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PUBLICATIONS
Inside
Illinois
Vol.
21, No. 8, Oct. 18, 2001
ACES Library, Information
and Alumni Center open for business
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Photo
by Bill Wiegand
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Gerdes Atrium, which spans the top four floors, showers natural
light down into the building's center and provides a sense
of spaciousness. |
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ACES Library, Information
and Alumni Center open for business
The opening of the Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Library, Information and Alumni Center was celebrated at an Oct. 4 dedication
ceremony, which was broadcast live on the World Wide Web.
A joint endeavor between private donors and the state of Illinois, the
$21 million, 52,000-square--foot facility features the latest in distance-learning
technology and consolidates materials from several campus buildings.
The College of ACES Library occupies the top four floors of the five-story
structure. With
its unique octagonal shape, stunning atrium and numerous windows, the
building is a luminous focal point of the south campus area.
The new building is located at 1101 S.Goodwin Ave. Urbana, between the
Animal Sciences Laboratory, Mumford Hall and Turner Hall. To take a
virtual tour, visit the College of ACES Web site at
http://w3.aces.uiuc.edu/liac/.
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for quiet study are sprinkled throughout the ACES Library,
including several group study rooms, which were made
possible by gifts from individuals, groups and corporations. |
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of ACES Library and Almuni Center was made possible by the
generous gifts of many alumni and friends of the university.
The late senator Harry "Babe" Woodyard, Chrisman,
Ill., was instrumental in securing state funding for the new
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