A new $35 million, 50,000-square-foot library learning student success center at the University of Illinois Springfield is included in the $45 billion public works construction program passed by the Illinois legislature over the weekend.
The building will be situated on campus between the Health and Sciences Building and the Student Union, according to UIS Chancellor Susan Koch.
The center will replace Brookens Library and will house the Center for Online Learning Research and Service (COLRS), the Center for Academic Success (CAS) and Information Technology Services.
All of those centers are now housed in Brookens Library, the university’s first permanent building, which was completed in 1975 and dedicated the next year.
Koch said Monday that the goal is to have “shovels in the ground” by 2020.
“We’re pretty happy,” Koch said Monday. “The need for the building and the things in it has been in conversation for several years.
“This is the project we put forward (to the University of Illinois system) as our number one priority.”
Brookens, which Koch once described as “one of my favorite locations on the (UIS) campus,” is being eyed for classroom space in the future for academic programs like management information services.
Much like with the construction of the Student Union, Koch said there will be in-depth conversations involving people who will use and benefit from the new building.
This article appeared in The State Journal-Register on June 3, 2019.
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
UIS students discuss Black Lives Matter movement
Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland and Eric Garner are all major figures in the Black Lives Matter movement.
And it’s her responsibility to make sure others know their story, University of Illinois at Springfield freshman Carissa Gillings told her peers Monday.
“They are representations of injustice,” Gillings said. “Normal average people whose lives were cut short.”
Gillings was one of a handful of finalists to address a crowd of more than 100 people at Brookens Auditorium at Monday’s Black Lives Matter Symposium. The event was part of a Black History Month series at UIS.
Organizers said the symposium was intended to bring to light the totality of the Black Lives Matter movement beyond sound bites. It was also designed to provide greater awareness and respect for the difficult issues facing black people in the U.S.
Students wrote essays in advance and then finalists had the opportunity to present them in creative forms such as rap, lecture, slam poetry and slides.
For the essays, students were asked, among other things, to explain what the Black Lives Matter movement means to them and explain how the movement is creating awareness.
Kerry Poynter, interim executive director of the diversity center, said the university, with the help of students, came up with the idea because they knew the social movement was on the minds of students.
The story was reported by The State Journal-Register on February 16, 2016.
Read the article online.
And it’s her responsibility to make sure others know their story, University of Illinois at Springfield freshman Carissa Gillings told her peers Monday.
“They are representations of injustice,” Gillings said. “Normal average people whose lives were cut short.”
Gillings was one of a handful of finalists to address a crowd of more than 100 people at Brookens Auditorium at Monday’s Black Lives Matter Symposium. The event was part of a Black History Month series at UIS.
Organizers said the symposium was intended to bring to light the totality of the Black Lives Matter movement beyond sound bites. It was also designed to provide greater awareness and respect for the difficult issues facing black people in the U.S.
Students wrote essays in advance and then finalists had the opportunity to present them in creative forms such as rap, lecture, slam poetry and slides.
For the essays, students were asked, among other things, to explain what the Black Lives Matter movement means to them and explain how the movement is creating awareness.
Kerry Poynter, interim executive director of the diversity center, said the university, with the help of students, came up with the idea because they knew the social movement was on the minds of students.
The story was reported by The State Journal-Register on February 16, 2016.
Read the article online.
Friday, November 21, 2014
Academic Movers 2014: In Depth with Sarah Sagmoen
In the latest of our In-Depth Interviews with Library Journal Movers & Shakers from academic libraries, sponsored by SAGE, we spoke with Sarah Sagmoen, learning commons and user services librarian at the University of Illinois Springfield’s Brookens Library.
Hired as a visiting instructional librarian in 2009, Sagmoen was managing the reference desk and public computers by the end of her first year.
In her third year at Brookens, her work inspired the library to create the position she now occupies.
Between her academic duties and a lively student outreach program, she is busy building a strong community both inside the library and out.
This article appeared online in the Library Journal's Academic Newswire enewsletter on November 20, 2014.
Sagmoen answers many questions about her passion and creativity as a library leader.
Read the entire article here.
Hired as a visiting instructional librarian in 2009, Sagmoen was managing the reference desk and public computers by the end of her first year.
In her third year at Brookens, her work inspired the library to create the position she now occupies.
Between her academic duties and a lively student outreach program, she is busy building a strong community both inside the library and out.
This article appeared online in the Library Journal's Academic Newswire enewsletter on November 20, 2014.
Sagmoen answers many questions about her passion and creativity as a library leader.
Read the entire article here.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
UIS 'community read' hopes to inspire
The University of Illinois Springfield is trying to get everybody on the same page — at least for its first community reading project this fall.
“We’ve been involved with community reads with Lincoln Library and other public libraries but have never organized one ourselves,” said Jane Treadwell, UIS librarian and dean of library instructional services.
The university’s One Book, One UIS initiative will use “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” by Katherine Boo, an account of the lives of the residents of a slum in Mumbai, India, as its centerpiece.
The campus community is being encouraged to read the book and participate in the initiative, which kicks off Friday with the screening of a film and concludes Oct. 8 with the second of two panel discussions.
Boo will speak Oct. 7 at Brookens Auditorium.
“Behind the Beautiful Forevers” won the National Book Award for nonfiction in 2012, was short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize and appeared on several best book lists.
The story was featured by The State Journal-Register on September 1, 2013.
Read the article online
“We’ve been involved with community reads with Lincoln Library and other public libraries but have never organized one ourselves,” said Jane Treadwell, UIS librarian and dean of library instructional services.
The university’s One Book, One UIS initiative will use “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” by Katherine Boo, an account of the lives of the residents of a slum in Mumbai, India, as its centerpiece.
The campus community is being encouraged to read the book and participate in the initiative, which kicks off Friday with the screening of a film and concludes Oct. 8 with the second of two panel discussions.
Boo will speak Oct. 7 at Brookens Auditorium.
“Behind the Beautiful Forevers” won the National Book Award for nonfiction in 2012, was short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize and appeared on several best book lists.
The story was featured by The State Journal-Register on September 1, 2013.
Read the article online
Thursday, September 1, 2011
UIS Star Parties to resume Sept. 9
The University of Illinois Springfield’s Star Parties will resume Friday, Sept. 9, and continue every Friday night through Oct. 28, weather permitting.
Star Parties, conducted from 8 to 10 p.m. in the UIS observatory by professor of astronomy and physics John Martin, are free and open to the public. Reservations are not required.
The entrance to the campus observatory is on the southeast corner of Brookens Library.
The parties were featured in an September 1, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the article online
Star Parties, conducted from 8 to 10 p.m. in the UIS observatory by professor of astronomy and physics John Martin, are free and open to the public. Reservations are not required.
The entrance to the campus observatory is on the southeast corner of Brookens Library.
The parties were featured in an September 1, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the article online
Monday, April 26, 2010
A la carte: Mary Jane's Cafe
MARY JANE’S CAFE, on the main floor of Brookens Library at the University of Illinois Springfield, has reopened.
The coffee shop had been run by an independent vendor who left in December. Now it’s managed by the university’s food-service system.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday.
Besides hot and cold coffee drinks, there are teas, sodas and fruit smoothies. Foods include soups, salads and pastries, such as muffins, bagels, cinnamon rolls and cheesecake.
Mary Jane’s is named after Mary Jane MacDonald, the first librarian hired at the school then called Sangamon State University.
The cafe was featured in a April 24, 2010, article in the State Journal-Register.
Download a PDF of the article:
20100424-SJR-A-la-carte-Mary-Jane's.pdf
The coffee shop had been run by an independent vendor who left in December. Now it’s managed by the university’s food-service system.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday.
Besides hot and cold coffee drinks, there are teas, sodas and fruit smoothies. Foods include soups, salads and pastries, such as muffins, bagels, cinnamon rolls and cheesecake.
Mary Jane’s is named after Mary Jane MacDonald, the first librarian hired at the school then called Sangamon State University.
The cafe was featured in a April 24, 2010, article in the State Journal-Register.
Download a PDF of the article:
20100424-SJR-A-la-carte-Mary-Jane's.pdf
Monday, January 11, 2010
UIS part of ILEAD U
UIS staff and faculty are largely involved in the development of a new library institute, called ILEAD (Illinois Libraries Explore, Apply and Discover) U: the 21st Century Technology Tools Institute for Illinois Library Staff.
The institute was the feature of a January 10, 2010, article in the State Journal-Register.
Download a PDF of the article:
20100110-SJR-libraryinstitute.pdf
The institute was the feature of a January 10, 2010, article in the State Journal-Register.
Download a PDF of the article:
20100110-SJR-libraryinstitute.pdf
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Mary Jane's Cafe opens
Mary Jane's Cafe, the new coffee shop located in the lower level of Brookens Library at UIS, is open for business. The cafe is named for Mary Jane MacDonald, the first librarian hired at Sangamon State University, and offers a varied menu.
In an article in the April 27, 2008, State Journal-Register, Kathryn Rem talks with cafe operator Tyler Buckley and University Librarian Jane Treadwell about the new facility.
Download a pdf file of the article
20080427-sjr-MaryJanes.pdf
In an article in the April 27, 2008, State Journal-Register, Kathryn Rem talks with cafe operator Tyler Buckley and University Librarian Jane Treadwell about the new facility.
Download a pdf file of the article
20080427-sjr-MaryJanes.pdf
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