The Senate Committee on the Library and the University Library hosted a campus-wide Town Hall on April 27 via Zoom. Representatives from the Library provided a status update on the Archives and Special Collections Building project and spoke about the transition of Undergraduate Library services. There was also Q and A which followed. View the […]
Project News
Firm Hired to Further Assess Undergraduate Library Building
On behalf of the Library, the university has hired Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates to conduct an engineering assessment of the Undergraduate Library building. WJE will examine the building’s foundation and exterior to assess its watertightness, drainage systems, and risk of damage from water through the building envelope. Their work began in early February 2022. Wiss, […]
Archives and Special Collections Facility Approved by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
Today, the Board of Trustees at the University of Illinois approved the first phase of the University Library’s building project. Phase One of the building project will transform the current Undergraduate Library building into a facility that will house the University Archives, the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections, and The Rare Book & Manuscript Library. […]