The LLC: a gateway to discovery
The Luxembourg Learning Centre (LLC) is an open and innovative space intended to inspire its users to reach their goals. The exceptional architecture and the high quality furniture offer an attractive framework that makes the LLC an enjoyable place to work and live. Being a scientific library, the LLC is open to anyone in Luxembourg and the Greater Region as it aims to be a gateway of knowledge exchange between the University and society.
The people of the LLC
At your service
Our staff supports you to find the best resources within the Learning Centre any beyond, helps you to enhance your teaching and to make the most of your research. Our staff consists of librarians, specialists and administrative support.
People in numbers
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28staff members
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10student assistants
Architectural facts
Some details about the LLC architecture
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Architects:
VALENTINY HVP architects
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Building lenght:
110 m (plus 60 m of the old part of the Möllerei that was left as is)
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Floors:
7 (5 open to the public, 1 archive floor, 1 technical floor)
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Construction work:
ca. 14,000 m2 in total – of which
- Public space: 9,000 m2
- Administration: 880 m2
- Archives: 650 m2
- Conference Centre: 310 m2
- Entrance: 160 m2
- Garden: 170 m2
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Number of seats:
1,000 – of which
- Individual work places: 558 (with PC: 152)
- Collaborative work places: 408 (with multimedia functions/laptop: 163)
- Conference room work places: 85
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Shelf capacity:
10,700 linear metres
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Project planning
2006-2018
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Construction work:
2013-2017
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Opening:
2018
The LLC in numbers
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10.7 KMof Shelves
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5Public Floors
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14k m2of surface
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950seats
History facts
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2018
Luxembourg Learning Centre opens
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2015
First academic year of the University of Luxembourg in Belval –
BiblioLab opens while the library in Walferdange is closed with the closure of the campus -
2006
Planning starts for the “Maison du Livre”
(later: Luxembourg Learning Centre) -
2005
Decision is made to make Belval the main University campus
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2003
University of Luxembourg is founded –
the University library consists of four different libraries on three campuses
(Walferdange, Limpertsberg, Kirchberg) -
2002
The Fonds Belval is created to construct the “Cité des Sciences”
(600 million Euros to revitalise the industrial area of 500 hectare) -
1997
The iron and steel production in Belval is shut down