For many University students, what’s tucked behind the receptionist desks and security gates on the second floor of the Main Library is a place of mystery. The Main Stacks collection — a sprawling, 10 ...

A look at the University of Illinois' Undergraduate Library, Main Library and a tour of the Main Stacks collection, which holds approximately 5 million volumes. Karl McDermott, an economics professor ...

URBANA — Officials at the University of Illinois library said they intend to reopen the main stacks to the public when it opens at 1 p.m. Sunday. The stacks were closed to public access Saturday ...

Perhaps you’ve heard of it. Perhaps you’ve even been, but I’d wager many of you have never appreciated the entirety of the Main Library. Enclosed by Armory, Sixth and Gregory, the Main Library is an ...