Editing Illinois State University (section)

===Milner Library===
[[File:Milner Library.jpg|thumb|Milner Library]]

Milner Library has a collection of more than 1.63 million volumes and an ever-increasing number of electronic materials accessible by the Internet to students and faculty. The library's collection is distinguished by materials related to educational theory and policy, curriculum development, and issues related to special education and assistive technology. The Special Collections include extensive Circus and Allied Arts materials and a children's literature collection that features more than 100 first edition volumes signed by author [[Lois Lenski]]. Milner Library is also a selective federal depository for government information.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Regional and Selective Federal Depository Libraries |url=https://ask.gpo.gov/s/fdlp-network |website=Government Publishing Office}}</ref>

Milner Library administers the  Jo Ann Rayfield University Archives, which houses selected official records from university departments and organizations, faculty papers, and memorabilia and ephemera on student life. The archives also hosts a branch of the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD).<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. JoAnn Rayfield Archives |url=https://library.illinoisstate.edu/services/archives/ |website=Rayfield Archives |publisher=Rayfield Archives, Milner Library |access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref> In addition to making physical collections available for in-person use,<ref>{{cite web |title=Finding Aids at Milner Library |url=https://findingaids.library.illinoisstate.edu/ |website=Finding Aids at Milner Library |publisher=Milner Library |access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref> the Rayfield Archives has made many of the university's official publications freely available for online research use.<ref>{{cite web |title=University Archives Online Collections |url=https://library.illinoisstate.edu/services/archives/collections/ |website=University Archives Online Collections |publisher=Rayfield Archives, Milner Library |access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref> Additional library facilities include [[book storage]] both on and off-site as well as a [[Preservation (library and archival science)|preservation]] department.

The Milner Library was named for [[Angeline Vernon Milner|Angeline "Ange" Vernon Milner]] (1856–1928), a Bloomington-Normal native and the first full-time librarian of Illinois State Normal University. Milner is credited with organizing the university's initial collection of more than 40,000 items and was a prolific author of more than seventy articles and short monographs in library and education journals during her tenure as University Librarian from 1890 to 1927.<ref>{{cite web |title=Milner, Angeline Vernon |url=https://www.mchistory.org/research/biographies/milner-angeline-vernon |website=Milner, Angeline Vernon |publisher=McLean County Museum of History |access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref>

The current library building, opened in 1976, is the second facility constructed to be a dedicated library. The university library has resided in five campus locations: Old Main (demolished 1958), [[John W. Cook Hall]], North Hall (demolished 1965), Williams Hall (first known as Milner Library), and the current Milner Library.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Anderson |first1=April Karlene |title=Illinois State University |date=2017 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Charleston, South Carolina |isbn=978-1-4671-2748-6 |pages=20, 47, 107 |edition=1st}}</ref>