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Caption: Dedication - Brookens Library (UIS) (Two-Pager)
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- 2- The third level has the remainder of the Federal Documents and the periodicals collection in both hard copy and microform. This floor also has classrooms and faculty offices, as does the fourth floor, accessed by a separate entrance on level two. The library book collection Is located on level four. A M levels have a smoking lounge off the main staircase. Throughout the building, the walls and designs have followed the lines of the roughly hexagonal shape. The ceilings are bare to show the aesthetic beauty of the massive concrete forms, which allow the floors to support exceptionally heavy loads typical of libraries. The carpet is composed of antron and nylon with metallic fibers woven in to reduce static electricity. The color of the carpet Is known as "coppertones." The main staircase Is an unusual feature of the building In that it is free-flowing and does not have noticeable support. The elevator next to the staircase is exceptional in that it has a window that looks out over the plaza as the elevator ascends. Outside the Library, by the main staircase Is the courtyard. The metallic structure is the Spauiding Memorial Fountain, the gift of Kathleen S. Spaulding in memory of her husband Charles H. Spaulding. Mr. Spaulding was an internationally recognized authority on chemical engineering and water purification. He Is best remembered for the invention of the water precipitator which purifies water and Is used throughout the United States today. The Spaulding precipitators are In use at Lake Springfield and at the Sanitary Treatment Plant in Springfield. The fountain is a stylistic representation of the precipitator and was designed by Scopia, Inc. of Chesterfield, Missouri. It is 8 feet In diameter and k feet high, and constructed of polished stainless steel. the Puhir/nff -hG ? ? a Z a 1eve, L and t h e concourse on level one will be joined with ^^f^^^ thG f U t U r e and W m e n a b l e A g r o u n d transportation LIBRARY FACTS AND FIGURES Books Government Publications Periodical Subscriptions Microforms Non-Print Items Number of Library Faculty C i v i l Service Support Staff Administrators 202 ,000 56 ,000 2 ,700 315, ,000 H i ,000 11 ft 3 Revised October 1977
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