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. […]
Project News
Building Project Reaches Milestones
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 […]
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 […]