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While traveling in Australia, Colleen Murphy, ’19 AHS, MPH ’20 AHS was stopped in a Sydney hotel by a fellow Illini—Debra Mattingly, MS ’79 LIS—who spotted her wearing a “Library Alumni” t-shirt. The chance meeting sparked a conversation about their shared time working in the Library, decades apart. Colleen offered to help Debra get a […]

These presentations are part of a virtual series hosted by the Friends of the Library and initiated by the Library Board of Advocates to share the wonders of the University Library at Illinois.

Centennial celebration also marks matching gift challenge

Community effort includes seven markers on UI campus

Library serves both scholarly and wellness needs

Investigating legal protections for indigenous art

Check out this timeline which chronicles the history of the University of Illinois Library since the 1860s!

Modugno creates and designs digital and print materials that advance the Library’s mission, working with everything from emails to blog posts to brochures, social media, and web content.

The fracas behind the Library's 'Four Hemispheres'

Projectionist to be missed