Gifts at Work

Gifts to the Library touch every program, scholar, and student at Illinois.

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‘Lost in the Stacks’ Helps Students Find Their Way

Endowment assists library student workers

The Library is part of the essential fabric of university life; an investment in its future advances student success and knowledge creation, and information access and justice for the citizens of our state and beyond."

—Claire Stewart

Juanita J. and Robert E. Simpson Dean of Libraries and University Librarian

More Gifts at Work

Golden Opportunities

Library holds special connection to Paris Olympics

Library Acquires First Edition of Plato’s Works

Volume marks a milestone in spread of classical studies

Positively Hilarious

Entertainer Arte Johnson donates papers to University Archives

Travels With Charlie

Donation offers look at student life in the '70s

In Memoriam

Benefactors Hallene, Wetzel to be missed

Honoring Ancestral History

Map purchase lauds forebears of Civil War descendants

Best in Show

Gift provides exhibition space for library treasures

Russell and Sharon Ewers and three grandsons

Harvesting the Fruits of Knowledge

Window celebrates education throughout generations

New Collection Commemorates Area Jewish Life

Everyday activities of central Illinois merchants, leaders chronicled