On December 10, 2021, the architect/engineering firms submitted the final schematic design documents. With that and the Library’s successful work to secure funding for construction, the first phase of the building project (transforming the existing Undergraduate Library into an archives and special collections building dedicated for rare and archival collections) will be on the agenda […]
Project News
Archives and Special Collections Building and Undergraduate Services Town Hall Held
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 […]
Alumni Couple Invests in Library’s Future
When Steve and Megan Shebik peer into their vision for the future, they see a modern library for students and faculty, a renovated space capped by a jewel-box top that would anchor the area just south of the University of Illinois Quad. The literally transparent environs of the newly renovated buildings would beckon students and […]