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The Grainger Engineering Library is located on the north side of the Bardeen Quad on the University of Illinois' engineering campus. Dedicated in 1994, Grainger took home the prize of "Project of the Year" in 1995 as awarded by the Illinois Engineering Council. It also received the decoration of "Excellence in Masonry Design, Honorable Mention Award" from the Illinois/Indiana Masonry Council in 1996. 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 approximately 60 people. 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. In fact, it was so technically advanced that the furniture had to be custom designed because no one had ever had data and power connected to every seat on this scale before. Take a UI photo tour.