Upcoming workshops are listed on the CINRC calendar. All workshops require registration due to their popularity and limited seating. You can find more information on a workshop, as well as a registration link, by clicking on its calendar entry.

The Learning Hub has a page on their website with some really great tips for editing and proofreading here. However, please note the following message from the writing section of the learning hub:

While The Learning Hub’s writing staff is more than willing to help with most any type or level of writing, we are not an editing service, and will not simply proofread your paper for grammatical or citation mistakes. Rather, our tutors will walk you through primary concerns such as argument, logic, organization, clarity, and flow, before then working on secondary concerns including grammar and mechanics. Please keep this in mind as you make appointments with us.

Graduate or doctoral students seeking assistance with theses or dissertations will be assisted by our Writing Specialists or Writing Coordinator. You can either set up an appointment with the learning hub, go to one of their walk in sessions, or go to a workshop.

To set up an appointment, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Learning Hub Website
2. Scroll down until you see the button "Make an Appointment"
3. Complete the online form in as much detail as you can.
4. The Learning Hub will get in contact with you after you submit this form. Be prepared to send your tutor materials including: your paper ahead of time, the prompt, etc etc.

Bookstore in the lower level of the PAC Building. Call them at (217) 206-6766 or email them.

We do have classrooms within the library itself.

At the moment, only the big classroom (BRK 232) is in use and available for reservation: Reserve Here. This classroom can be found on the 2nd floor of the library at the far end. If you need help locating this classroom, ask the main desk.

If you're looking for a classroom on the other side of Brookens, or on level 1, we have a FAQ here to help you find those.

For reference, here is a link to the Brookens Library maps.

Brookens Library has created a research guide for each discipline taught at UIS. These guides are an excellent place to see what resources the Library has available in a particular subject area. Additionally, each research guide provides the contact information of the librarian that specializes in the subject; you can book a consultation with the librarian if further assistance is needed.

Primary sources are the evidence of history, original records or objects created by participants or observers at the time historical events occurred or even well after events, as in memoirs and oral histories. These sources serve as the raw materials historians use to interpret and analyze the past.

Primary sources may include but are not limited to: letters, manuscripts, diaries, journals, newspapers, maps, speeches, interviews, documents produced by government agencies, photographs, audio or video recordings, born-digital items (e.g. emails), research data, and objects or artifacts (such as works of art or ancient roads, buildings, tools, and weapons).

To get started finding primary sources, we have created a research guide to help you get started finding primary sources at UIS.

If you need further help, you can contact us at the Library Main Desk in person or over the phone (217-206-6606). Members of our SPARK team are available Tuesdays-Thursdays 6-9pm at the main desk who can help with research questions. Additionally, you can contact the history liaison librarian for more in-depth help.

Before syllabi become available on canvas, the UIS bookstore is the best place to find out what textbooks you'll be needing.

As long as the professor has released what books they'll be using, it will appear on the bookstore website and you can search for your textbooks using your UIN (where it will give you a list of all the textbooks you need for all your classes), or using the class code/title.

Brookens will remain a fixture on campus and will welcome units from other areas of campus upon completion of the Library Commons.

New Units to Brookens:

• Diversity Center
• Women's Center
• Gender and Sexuality Student Services
• Health Services (medical clinic, Counseling Center, Disability Services)
• Human Resources
• Purchasing and Grants
• UI System Ethics, Audits, and Payroll and Benefits

Remaining in Brookens:

• Online, Professional, and Engaged Learning (OPEL)
• Center for Online Learning, Research, and Service (COLRS)
• Continuing and Professional Education (CAPE)
• Office of Engaged Learning (OEL)
• Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE)
• Digital Accessibility Remediation Team (DART)
• Archives

The new Library Commons will bring together the following units:

• Library
• Center for Academic Success and Advising (CASA)
• Advising Services
• Learning Hub
• Students Transitioning for Academic Retention and Success (STARS)
• Career Development Center
• Information Technology Services (ITS)

The southeast corner of the quad between the Student Union and Health Sciences Building.

Yes, you can address them to:

University of Illinois Springfield
Norris L. Brookens Library
Room 207 Circulation
1 University Plaza
Springfield, IL 62703

For further assistance, please contact the Main Desk at the library at 217-206-6605.

UIS students, faculty, and staff are able to request materials for pick up at other I-Share affiliated libraries.

In the Request from I-Share window for the book you want to request, you can select your preferred pickup institution in the drop down menu.

Absolutely! If you want to print but don't have an i-card to swipe at the printers, send your document to the printer as usual then come up to the front desk. Let the person at the front desk know what you named your print job and bring the appropriate cash. Printing costs are $0.10 per page for black and white and $0.25 per page for color printing.

We can make change. The worker at the front desk will provide you with a receipt.

No. The checkout period for all library patrons for DVDs is 7 days with no renewals. You can check out the same DVD multiple times however, if you see it on the shelf later.

Yes, you may return books to other I-Share libraries. Practices for dropping off materials will vary depending on the library. (This does not apply to ILL books, which must be returned to the same location they were picked up at.)

A list of I-Share libraries

No, Interlibrary Loan (ILL) books must be returned to the library they were checked out at. You can identify an Interlibrary Loan (ILL) book by the bright green strip attached to it.

For further assistance, please contact the Main Desk at the library at 217-206-6605 or ask us via email.

Yes, an Interlibrary Loan (ILL) request may be turned down for a number of reasons:

• A lending library cannot be found.
• The citation is incorrect.
• The item is owned by Brookens library.
• The book is available at an I-Share library.
• For any of these cases, the request will be cancelled and you will be notified via email.

No, reference books are non-circulating, meaning they cannot be loaned out.

Usually, only the person who requested the materials can check them out. The main exception to this is proxy patrons. A proxy patron would have to fill out a request form and get prior approval. See our guide for more information.

Note: Only faculty and staff can designate proxy patrons.

For further assistance, please contact the Main Desk at the library at 217-206-6605.

We occasionally offer workshops related to proposal writing. Any information on upcoming workshops can be found on the CINRC calendar. Additionally, we do many self-help publications on this topic. These can be checked out to patrons with an I-Card or a Special Borrowers card.

The Foundation Center, with which we are affiliated, offers online training in the form of webinars and classes. You can check their live calendar for current offers & fees In addition, they offer archived webinars and other forms of self-paced training.

Alternatively, Lincoln Land Community College offers many short online courses with a focus on the nonprofit sector, including grant writing courses.

No, it will not have a lower level. The first floor will be at ground level.

Collaborative study spaces, quiet study spaces, group study rooms, vending machines and computer stations.

Roughly 80,000 books.

Three floors and 52,000 square feet.

The Illinois General Assembly allocated specific funding for the construction of the Library Commons building through the Capital Development Board, which oversees the construction of new state facilities.