Library Technology

The University Library, in keeping with our mission “to ensure unfettered access to information,” provides publicly accessible computers throughout our facilities. All users, whether affiliated with the University of Illinois or not, are welcome to use these designated computers in the following locations.

ACES (Funk) Library – four computers in Room 212 South

Architecture and Art (Ricker) Library – one computer in Room 208 of the Architecture Building.

Chemistry Library – one computer in Room 170 of Noyes Laboratory

Communications Library – one computer in Room 122 of Gregory Hall

Grainger Engineering Library Information Center

• One computer in Room 000M
• Four computers in Room 140

Main Library

• First Floor
  • Three computers in the corridor outside Room 127 (Human Resources)
  • Five computers in The Orange Room, Rooms 100 and 112
  • Three computers in Social Sciences, Health and Education Library (SSHEL), Room 101
  • Three computers across from the Information Desk, Room 110b
  • One computer in the the University Archives, Room 146
• Second Floor
  • Three computers inside the Main Stacks (for patrons with Main Stacks Access)
  • One computer in Scholarly Commons, Room 220
  • One computer in Literatures and Languages Library, Room 225
  • One computer in History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library, Room 246
• Third Floor
  • One computer in Scholarly Commons, Room 306
  • Three computers in International and Area Studies Library, Room 321
  • One computer in Illinois History and Lincoln Collection, Room 324
  • Two computer in Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Room 346
• Fourth Floor
  • One computer in the Map Library, Room 418b

Music and Performing Arts Library

• One computer in Room 1316 of the Music Building
• One computer in Room 2320 of the Music Building

Oak St. Library – One computer in Room 103

Student Life and Culture Archives – One computer in Room 105 of the Horticulture Field Lab Building

Veterinary Medicine – One computer in Room 1257 of the Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building

Printer Locations

Black & white printers are located in all University Library locations. 

Color printers are located in:

• ACES (Funk) Library
• Architecture and Art
• Grainger
• Main Library (first floor across from the Information Desk)
• Main Library (The Orange Room)
• Main Library (University Archives – Room 146)
• Music and Performing Arts Library (MPAL)
• Vet Med

11″ x 17″ printers are located in:

• University Archives (Main Library – Room 146)
• The Orange Room (Main Library – Room 112)
• Grainger (Pay cash)

Campus printing and Papercut are supported by Technology Services.

Costs

• Black & white: $0.10/page
• Color: $0.40/page
• 11×17: $0.50/page

Payment Options

Students

Use Paid Credit.

Print charges will be deducted from your Paid Credit balance. See How to Add Paid Credits.

Faculty & Staff

Charge your University account.

Affiliated U of I faculty and staff who are not currently registered as taking a class can log in with their NetID to have print charges billed to their account once a month.

Everyone

Paying Cash

Only available at the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center.
Please note that this service is not available on weekends and resumes at 8:00 PM on Sunday evenings.

1. From a library computer, select the printer “Library Pay Cash B&W” or “Library Pay Cash Color.”
2. Go to the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center to have your print made and to pay for it.

Guest Printing in Papercut

(Only for people without a netID or university account)

Guest printing instructions

Flatbed scanners (8.5″ x 11.7″) are available in:

• ACES (Funk) Library
• Architecture and Art Library (Architecture Building – Room 208)
• Chemistry Library (Noyes Laboratory Building – Room 170)
• Grainger
• Mathematics Library (Altgeld Hall – Room 216)
• Music & Performing Arts Library (Music Building – Room 1300)
• Oak Street Library Reading Room
• Scholarly Commons (Main Library – Room 220)
• SSHEL (Main Library – Room 101)

Flatbed Scanners (12.2″ x 17.2″) are available in:

• Architecture and Art Library (Architecture Building – Room 208)
• Map Library (Main Library – Room 418)

A Sheet Feeder Scanner (8.5″ x 11.7″) is available in Scholarly Commons (Main Library – Room 220)You can place any type of WordPress Block or blocks into this Accordion Section

Are available in:

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History, Philosophy, & Newspaper Library (Main Library – Room 246)

International & Area Studies Library (Main Library – Room 321)

The Library provides access to thousands of databases of subscription-based articles, ebooks, images, and more. Because of licensing restrictions, off-campus access is limited to University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

• Staff
• Faculty
• Faculty emeriti
• Visiting scholars (with NetIDs)
• University High School students
• Currently enrolled University students (including summer access for those enrolled in Fall classes.)

Please reference this FAQ for more on who can use the Library’s online resources.

Use the VPN (Virtual Private Network)

Installing the campus VPN client will allow you to securely connect to resources from off campus by routing your activity through the campus network. This method is especially useful if you’re using a lot of different resources, browser bookmarks, or unproxied links you find outside of the library domain (e.g., Google or Google Scholar). This method also allows you to bypass the proxy server if you manually remove the proxy string from the URL. NOTE: Do not use the default “Split-Tunnel” profile, please select “Tunnel-All” for this to work.

1. Follow instructions for VPN download and installation provided by campus Technology Services.
2. Very important: make sure it’s set to “Tunnel All” (see VPN for accessing library materials for more information).