id: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/class/reading-room name: reading_room_class title: ReadingRoom Class imports: - linkml:types - ./ReconstructedEntity - ./CustodianObservation - ./ReconstructionActivity - ../enums/ReadingRoomTypeEnum - ../slots/reading_room_id - ../slots/reading_room_name - ../slots/reading_room_description - ../slots/reading_room_type - ../slots/seating_capacity - ../slots/has_computer_terminal # REMOVED 2026-01-14: ../slots/terminal_count - migrated to has_or_had_quantity with Quantity - ../slots/has_or_had_quantity - ./Quantity - ../slots/has_microfilm_reader - ../slots/has_wifi - ../slots/requires_registration - ../slots/requires_appointment - ../slots/allows_or_allowed - ./Laptop - ./Photography - ../slots/has_supervised_handling - ../slots/has_locker - ../slots/opening_hour - ../slots/has_or_had_accessibility_feature - ../slots/specificity_annotation - ../slots/template_specificity - ../slots/was_derived_from - ../slots/was_generated_by - ./SpecificityAnnotation - ./TemplateSpecificityScores prefixes: linkml: https://w3id.org/linkml/ hc: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/ schema: http://schema.org/ org: http://www.w3.org/ns/org# dcterms: http://purl.org/dc/terms/ crm: http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/ prov: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov# skos: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core# aat: http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/ classes: ReadingRoom: is_a: ReconstructedEntity class_uri: aat:300004051 description: "Reading room or research room at a heritage custodian institution.\n\n**DEFINITION**:\n\nA ReadingRoom is\ \ a designated space where researchers, scholars, and the\npublic can access and consult collection materials under\ \ supervised\nconditions. Reading rooms are the primary interface between heritage\ncustodians and their users for on-site\ \ collection access.\n\n**GETTY AAT ALIGNMENT**:\n\n`aat:300004051` (reading rooms) - \"Rooms in libraries, archives,\ \ or other\nbuildings where books, periodicals, or other materials may be read or\nstudied, but not normally borrowed.\"\ \n\n**DISTINCTION FROM ReadingRoomAnnex**:\n\n| Type | Location | Status |\n|------|----------|--------|\n| **ReadingRoom**\ \ | Main building | Primary reading facility |\n| ReadingRoomAnnex | Separate location | Overflow/supplementary |\n\n\ **TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS**:\n\n- **Supervised access**: Staff oversight for security\n- **Controlled environment**:\ \ Climate control for materials\n- **Research support**: Finding aids, catalogs, reference help\n- **Registration required**:\ \ Reader cards, ID verification\n- **Rules of use**: No food/drink, pencils only, handling guidelines\n\n**TYPES OF\ \ READING ROOMS**:\n\n1. **General Reading Room**: Primary research space\n2. **Special Collections Reading Room**:\ \ Rare/valuable materials\n3. **Microfilm Reading Room**: Microform materials\n4. **Digital Reading Room**: Electronic\ \ resources, digitization on demand\n5. **Map Room**: Oversized cartographic materials\n6. **Newspaper Reading Room**:\ \ Periodicals and newspapers\n\n**USE CASES**:\n\n1. **Archive Reading Room**:\n ```yaml\n ReadingRoom:\n reading_room_id:\ \ \"https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/aux/na-studiezaal\"\n reading_room_name: \"Nationaal Archief Studiezaal\"\n reading_room_type:\ \ \"General\"\n seating_capacity: 80\n requires_registration: true\n allows_photography: true\n ```\n\n\ 2. **Special Collections Room**:\n ```yaml\n ReadingRoom:\n reading_room_name: \"KB Bijzondere Collecties Leeszaal\"\ \n reading_room_type: \"Special Collections\"\n seating_capacity: 20\n requires_appointment: true\n \ \ has_supervised_handling: true\n ```\n" exact_mappings: - aat:300004051 close_mappings: - org:Site - schema:Place - schema:Library related_mappings: - aat:300004049 - schema:ReadingRoom slots: - has_or_had_accessibility_feature - allows_or_allowed - has_computer_terminal - has_locker - has_microfilm_reader - has_supervised_handling - has_wifi - opening_hour - reading_room_description - reading_room_id - reading_room_name - reading_room_type - requires_appointment - requires_registration - seating_capacity - specificity_annotation - template_specificity # REMOVED 2026-01-14: terminal_count - migrated to has_or_had_quantity - has_or_had_quantity - was_derived_from - was_generated_by slot_usage: reading_room_id: range: uriorcurie required: true identifier: true examples: - value: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/aux/na-studiezaal description: Nationaal Archief reading room reading_room_name: range: string required: true examples: - value: Nationaal Archief Studiezaal description: Archive reading room - value: KB Bijzondere Collecties Leeszaal description: Special collections room - value: Stadsarchief Amsterdam Studiezaal description: City archive reading room reading_room_description: range: string examples: - value: Main research room for consulting archival collections. Staff assistance available. Self-service microfilm readers and computer terminals for catalog access. description: General reading room reading_room_type: range: ReadingRoomTypeEnum required: true examples: - value: GENERAL description: General reading room - value: SPECIAL_COLLECTIONS description: Special collections room seating_capacity: range: integer examples: - value: 80 description: Large reading room - value: 20 description: Small special collections room has_computer_terminal: range: boolean examples: - value: true description: Has computer access # REMOVED 2026-01-14: terminal_count - migrated to has_or_had_quantity # terminal_count: # range: integer # examples: # - value: 12 # description: 12 terminals available has_or_had_quantity: range: Quantity required: false inlined: true description: | Number of computer terminals available. MIGRATED 2026-01-14: Replaces terminal_count slot. examples: - value: quantity_value: 12 quantity_type: TERMINAL_COUNT has_or_had_measurement_unit: unit_type: TERMINAL unit_symbol: "terminals" description: 12 computer terminals available has_microfilm_reader: range: boolean examples: - value: true description: Has microfilm readers has_wifi: range: boolean examples: - value: true description: WiFi available requires_registration: range: boolean examples: - value: true description: Registration required requires_appointment: range: boolean examples: - value: true description: Appointment required - value: false description: Walk-in access allows_or_allowed: range: string multivalued: true description: >- Permitted activities and equipment in the reading room. Use Laptop and Photography classes for structured permissions. examples: - value: "Laptops permitted" description: Laptop use allowed - value: "Photography for personal research" description: Photography allowed with conditions has_supervised_handling: range: boolean examples: - value: true description: Supervised handling required has_locker: range: boolean examples: - value: true description: Lockers available opening_hour: range: string examples: - value: Tu-Fr 09:00-17:00, Sa 09:00-13:00 description: Typical archive hours has_or_had_accessibility_feature: range: string multivalued: true examples: - value: Wheelchair accessible description: Physical accessibility - value: Screen magnification software description: Visual accessibility was_derived_from: range: CustodianObservation multivalued: true required: false was_generated_by: range: ReconstructionActivity required: false comments: - ReadingRoom models primary research/consultation spaces - Getty AAT 300004051 for reading rooms - Distinguished from ReadingRoomAnnex by being primary facility - Key interface between heritage custodians and researchers - Access rules vary by institution and material type see_also: - http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300004051 - https://schema.org/Library examples: - value: reading_room_id: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/aux/na-studiezaal reading_room_name: Nationaal Archief Studiezaal reading_room_description: Main research room for consulting archival collections. Self-service retrieval from open stacks. Staff assistance available. reading_room_type: GENERAL seating_capacity: 80 has_computer_terminals: true terminal_count: 15 has_microfilm_readers: true has_wifi: true requires_registration: true requires_appointment: false allows_or_allowed: - "Laptops permitted" - "Photography for personal research use" has_lockers: true opening_hours: Tu-Fr 09:00-17:00, Sa 09:00-13:00 has_or_had_accessibility_feature: - Wheelchair accessible - Adjustable desks description: National archive reading room - value: reading_room_id: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/aux/kb-bijzondere-collecties reading_room_name: KB Bijzondere Collecties Leeszaal reading_room_description: Special collections reading room for rare books, manuscripts, and incunabula. Supervised handling required. reading_room_type: SPECIAL_COLLECTIONS seating_capacity: 20 has_computer_terminals: true terminal_count: 4 requires_registration: true requires_appointment: true allows_or_allowed: - "Photography not permitted - reproduction service available" has_supervised_handling: true has_lockers: true opening_hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-16:00 description: Special collections reading room