{"id":4576,"date":"2021-10-12T20:05:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T20:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/?page_id=4576"},"modified":"2023-04-27T16:36:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T16:36:50","slug":"uglupdates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/geninfo\/uglupdates\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Library Closes at the End of the Spring 2022 Semester\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UGL closed to the public on May 13, 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As <\/span>announced in 2018<\/span><\/a>, the building will be converted over the next few years into an Archives and Special Collections building. Services for undergraduate students will be integrated into the Main Library, Grainger Engineering Library Information Center, Funk ACES Library, and other units around campus by the start of classes in Fall 2022. Transition planning is currently underway for popular services including the Writers Workshop and Media Commons. The Library looks forward to welcoming students into these renovated spaces in the next academic year. For the most up-to-date information, please check back here often.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We are designing spaces in the Main Library and other campus libraries with the interests of our undergraduates as a priority. These spaces will continue to offer the tools and services the UGL has become known and loved for and will also allow us to meet the unique needs that have emerged during the pandemic.”<\/em>
\n~John P. Wilkin, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries (2013-2022)<\/p>\n

The Library has long offered undergraduate student services across a range of campus libraries, including study spaces, collections, and services in the Main Library, Funk ACES Library, Music and Performing Arts Library, and Grainger Engineering Library and Information Center.<\/p>\n

Town Hall: Archives and Special Collections Building and Undergraduate Services<\/strong><\/p>\n

Together, the Senate Committee on the Library and the University Library hosted a campus-wide Town Hall via Zoom on November 18, 2021. Representatives from the Library provided background and logistics for the project and spoke on Undergraduate Library services. The architecture\/engineering teams (Ratio and Shepley Bulfinch) gave a project presentation. There was also time devoted to Q and A.<\/p>\n

View the entire November Zoom recording here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A follow-up Town Hall is taking place on Wednesday, April 27th, from 1-2:30pm on Zoom.\u00a0 Details an registration information are on the Library Calendar entry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Resources<\/b><\/p>\n