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Located on the Bardeen Quad on the University of Illinois north campus, the Grainger Engineering Library has been called "the model for all future academic technical libraries." Dedicated in 1994, Grainger is the largest engineering library in the country, covering over 92,000 square feet and holding more than 300,000 volumes. It is widely accepted as one of the most technologically advanced information management centers in the nation with as many as 1,000 available computer hookups, at nearly every table, carrel, and desk. The Grainger Library contains a two-story Main Reading Gallery, which can seat 1,254 people, and two smaller, two-story pavilion reading galleries, which can each accommodate 60 people. It is currently the second-most visited study area on campus, second only to the Illini Union. This $34 million project was made possible by a man named William Wallace Grainger, a University of Illinois electrical engineering graduate, class of 1919. Take a UI photo tour.