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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1968
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1070 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [June 19 T h e University's College of Engineering at Urbana is one of the country's largest and most distinguished centers of engineering education and research. W i t h a total enrollment of almost 5,000 — including 1,300 graduate students — the College's library space is grossly inadequate. There is seating space for only 120 students and book storage for only 50,000 volumes; yet, within ten years, adequate seating space is expected to approximate 1,100 reading stations and the book collection is expected to reach 200,000 volumes. Stack space for the engineering collection was exhausted years ago, and a substantial portion of the engineering books has been transferred to the bookstacks in other buildings where they are relatively inaccessible to engineering students and faculty. Funds for this building were requested for the 1967-69 biennium, but the project was not approved by the Board of Higher Education. Meantime, enrollment has continued to increase, and further substantial increases are projected. The critical deficiency in the College's library space should be remedied. In addition to providing library facilities, this building will add space for a research center on information storage and retrieval that will be used jointly by the Department of Electrical Engineering, the Department of Computer Science, and the Graduate School of Library Science. It is believed that this project would be eligible for as much as $1,000,000 in federal funds. T h e facility is programmed to contain the following types and amounts of s ace: P NASF by Building Block Archive Administrative and Total Unit Library Office Research Storage Library 20 147 Stack 20 147 30 546 Reading 30 546 6 107 Service 6 107 285 3 135 Electrical Engineering 675 2 175 155 1 700 Computer Science 675 870 14 733 Library Science 675 44 Total 56 800 2 025 3 089 454 62 368 L a w Building Addition Estimated total cost State funds Non-State funds Gross square feet Net assignable square feet Building efficiency $5 301 100 ($3 651 100) ($1 650 000) 85 365 54 829 64% This facility would enable the College of Law to increase substantially its enrollment of professional students, as well as to provide space for additional graduate students. Enrollment would be increased from 637 in the year 1967-68 to slightly more than 1,000 students. Applications for admission to the College of Law have grown rapidly in recent years, and many well-qualified students are now being denied admission. If the State of Illinois is to continue to provide opportunity for legal education to an increasing number of college graduates, it is essential that this program of expansion be supported. The Law Building Addition was included in the 1967-69 request for capital funds, and was approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. However, funds for this facility were not included in the budget submitted to the General Assembly by the Governor. Schematic drawings have since been completed, and a grant application has been submitted to the Graduate Facilities Branch of the U. S. Office of Education under Title II of the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963. It is estimated that this facility is eligible to receive approximately $1,650,000 in federal funds. This facility is programmed to provide the following types and amounts of space:
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