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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1944
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1070 BOARD OF TRUSTEES braries, simply because they have a better chance to have more mention by virtue of their size. As far as service to students is concerned, it is of interest to note that the University of Illinois was the first institution in the country to establish a course for undergraduate students in the use of the library. This was done in 1897. It is still a flourishing course and many institutions have followed this lead. During the past ten years the University library has improved its services along lines of library films, service to visually handicapped students, the opening of browsing rooms in the two Union buildings, the compilation of a handbook for the use of undergraduates, and the setting up of traveling collections for the university community in Urbana. It is the judgment of the Commission that during the past decade the University library has held its own in the matter of size of collections and that services to students have increased in quantity and improved in quality. The Building Program Perhaps the outstanding achievement of the present administration of the University of Illinois has been its building program which from July 1, 1933, to June 30, 1942, involved a total cost for new buildings and equipment of $7,858,974. Of this total amount $2,178,567 was spent for the Union Building at Urbana and men's residence halls. These buildings unquestionably contribute to the morale and general welfare of the student body. A further analysis shows that instructional activities benefited through the following items: first, through the addition to the library and the erection of Gregory Hall in Urbana at a cost of $1,110,929; second, through the erection of the Natural Resources building at a cost of $582,335 which released much valuable space for class and laboratory use at Urbana, which was formerly occupied by the two state surveys; third, through the erection of the Education and Research Laboratory building for the three colleges in Chicago at a cost of $1,818,136; fourth, through the erection of the power, heat, and light plant in Urbana at a cost of $1,685,934 which made possible the expansion of the physical plant for educational purposes to an extent which would have been otherwise impossible. [52 —A.C.E. Report]
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