LIS Library Closure?

Library Journal December issue mentions that the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign officials had recommended closing the school’s physical LIS library, citing low usage, shift to electronic sources and other factors. It seems that library school libraries are also facing the closure like public libraries and some of the corporate libraries. However, this plan met with some resistance as Caroline M. Nappo, a PhD student of Library school circulated a petition to save the space.