Welcome to Aeon, the Special Collection Request System at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Please sign into your User Account or create one. Establishing an account will allow you to request materials or reproductions from the following University of Illinois Special Collections units:
- Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- Illinois History & Lincoln Collections
- University Archives
- American Library Association Archives
The following Special Collections units are using this account system only for specific types of requests:
- Map Library, for reproductions only; staff will add the request(s) to your account on your behalf
- Sousa Archives, for off-site storage materials only; staff will add the request(s) to your account on your behalf
Digitization Services unit also uses this account system to manage requests for high-quality reproductions of materials from other units of the University Library. You will need an Aeon user account, and library staff will provide instructions on how to submit your request.
In your account, you are also able to review previous requests and save new requests for future submission.
If you have already logged into your account and are returning from the online catalog or manuscript collections or archival holdings database, please click the appropriate Illinois or visitor login link to continue to your user account.