Morris Library

Project highlights include

• Modernization of the existing 275,000-square-foot facility, which was built in stages, with the basement through the third floor completed in 1956 and the fourth through seventh floors built in the late 1960s. The heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems will receive upgrades, and the building will get a new exterior.
• A 50,000-square-foot addition built to the north of the existing structure.
• Three new computer classrooms.
• Twenty group study rooms.
• Internet café.
• Cost: $42 million.
• Funding sources: $30 million from the State of Illinois, $12 million from SIU system and campus funds.