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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1968
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1968] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 1065 Graduate laboratories 7 500 Research laboratories 14 400 Offices 10 800 Patient waiting areas 1 200 Lockers 1 310 Commons 1 155 Special areas 5 385 Total 80 000 The building addition has been planned to accommodate the following enrollment increases (to bring the College's total enrollment to 905): 1st year dental 35 2nd year dental 30 3rd year dental 32 4th year dental 32 Paradental 92 Graduate and postgraduate _60 Total 281 Upon completion of Phase I I construction, the College of Dentistry will vacate all remaining space in existing buildings totaling about 35,000 net square feet. This space will be reassigned to the College of Medicine. Library of Medical Sciences Estimated total cost $9 337 500 State funds ($7 337 500) Non-State funds ($2 000 000) Gross square feet 134 000 Net assignable square feet 84 048 Building efficiency 63% The University's request for a library facility was approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education for funding in the 1967-69 biennium, but the project was subsequently omitted from the Governor's budget. The Library of Medical Sciences represents one of the most valuable resources in health education and health care possessed by the State. In spite of its value, the potential contribution of this function to health-science education and research has been restricted by extremely inadequate physical facilities for library materials, users, and staff. This view is supported by the following comment in the Report on Education in the Health Fields adopted by the Illinois Board of Higher Education on June 4, 1968: "The need for adequate library facilities and resources for each institution in which health education is being conducted cannot be overstated. Current facilities are far from adequate." As expressed in a recent examiners' report to the national education council of one college, the Library's "effectiveness is largely lost due to inadequacy in space both for housing books and periodicals, for strategically-located library personnel, and for adequate reading table space." The report continues: "In the judgment of the examiners, this is the most serious physical need for the College and it would appear likely to be one of considerable urgency for the entire health professions complex." Since 1941, efforts have been made to improve this situation, but with little success. Recently, the acute shortage of space required the installation of bookstacks in scarce reader space and the relocation of some functions to remote, temporary locations. The Library of Medical Sciences is acutely aware of the growing expectations for health information systems at the local, State, and national levels. The program for new facilities provides a capability for development in this area, as well as providing for the essential housing of materials, users, and staff. The program calls for the construction of 84,048 net square feet of space to accommodate the projected needs resulting from program expansions in all health fields and a phased development for information systems. The Library of Medical Sciences has been programmed to provide the following types and amounts of space:
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