Library Calendar

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Thursday, September 21, 2023

  • 33rd Mortenson Distinguished Lecture
    • 3:30 - 5:00 pm
    • iHotel and Conference Center, 1900 S. 1st St., Champaign, IL. Room: Heritage Halll 2

    Join us for the 33rd Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture with Dr. Ricardo L. Punzalan. His lecture on “Reciprocity, Reparative Actions, and Decolonial Work” explores the case of “decolonizing” U.S. Philippine materials to transform our digital work to enact reparative actions that connect collections with communities that have been long separated by colonization.

    • 6:30 - 8:30 pm
    • ISR: 50A/B

    Join Res Hall Libraries and the Honors LLC for a night of escape rooms! Look for clues and solve puzzles to get yourself and your team out. There will be snacks for all and incentives for our winners! Think you can escape the room? Put yourself to the test!

Monday, September 25, 2023

    • 2:00 - 2:50 pm

    Are you struggling to keep track of all your sources? Looking for an easier way to cite as you write? Mendeley is a free citation manager that helps you organize your citations, store and annotate your files, and insert formatted citations into papers. You will leave this hands-on workshop with the ability to set up and use your very own Mendeley library!

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Thursday, September 28, 2023

    • 10:00 - 10:50 am
    • CITL Innovation Studio

    Throughout your life you will, almost certainly, give presentations. We have all sat through presentations that were boring, confusing, and drab. How do you communicate your message most succinctly? What visuals will captivate and inform your audience the best? Is it only about your slide design or are there other techniques that leave a lasting impression?

    • 11:00 - 11:50 am
    • Main Library 314

    Infographics can be an effective way to convey small bits of information very quickly, while drawing viewers in due to their visual appeal. In this workshop students will learn about best practices for creating infographics, and be introduced to several free online tools that allow users to create their own infographics, including: Piktochart, Infogr.am, and Visme.

    • 12:00 - 1:00 pm

    This larger University Library event features three U of I Librarians including Kit Condill, the Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies Librarian from IASL.

Friday, September 29, 2023

    • 3:00 - 3:50 pm
    • Main Library 220

    Trying to figure out how one event fits within the larger picture? Want to find patterns across hundreds or thousands of texts? Unlock the power of studying text on a large scale through this beginner-friendly introduction to text mining.

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

    • 5:00 - 7:00 pm
    • ISR: 50A/B and SDRP: 2003

    Come and get your craft on with Res Hall Libraries! We have two locations featuring two different crafts for you. Join us at the ISR to make Paper-Mâché letters! Or join us at SDRP for needlepoint kits! All materials—and snacks!—provided. We can't wait to craft with you!

Thursday, October 12, 2023

    • 7:30 pm
    • Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum

    Please join us as for this special evening with U.S. Poet Laureate, Ada Limón. Part conversation and part poetry reading, the event follows Limón as she shares with us how poetry connects us to the world, allows us to heal, to love, to grieve, and reminds us of the full spectrum of human emotion.

Friday, October 13, 2023

Friday, October 20, 2023

    • 4:00 - 5:00 pm
    • Main Library, 2nd Floor Reading Room, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, Illinois

    Start your Homecoming celebration with a special performance in the University Library’s historic Reading Room. Join Archivist and Sousa Archives and Center for American Music Director Scott Schwartz as he and three School of Music students perform on three of the Center’s rare music instruments and discuss the importance of returning their voices.

    • 4:00 pm
    • Player Piano room on the 2nd floor of the Music & Performing Arts Library (1300 Music Building, 1114 W Nevada St)

    Enjoy a free concert featuring the Music & Performing Arts Library’s Steinway Duo-Art Reproducing Piano and learn more about the instrument and roll collection.

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

    • 6:30 - 8:30 pm
    • ISR: 50A/B

    Join Res Hall Libraries and the Honors LLC for a night of card games! Bring your A-game and take on other students in cards. There will be snacks for all and, to up the ante, incentives for our winners! Come get dealt in and show us what you got!

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

    • 5:00 - 7:00 pm
    • ISR: 50A/B and SDRP: 2003

    Join Res Hall Libraries for our last craft night of the semester! As always we have two locations with different crafting options for you. Join us at ISR for yarn art! Or make your way to SDRP to make decorative paper-mâché letters to add to your living space! All craft materials—and snacks!—provided. We can't wait to craft with you!

    • 6:30 pm

    Archivist Steven Booth joins the RBML virtually to discuss the Johnson Publishing Company (JPC) archive, a collection of more than 4.5 million photographs of published and unpublished works documenting the Black experience dating from 1942 to the 21st century.

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

    • 6:30 - 7:30 pm
    • ISR Room 93

    Bring on the book talk! Join Res Hall Libraries and the Honors LLC for book club! For this meeting, we're reading "The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett. You can get a free copy of the book when you sign up to attend, while supplies last! Sign up information to come. Open this event for more info on the book!

Thursday, November 30, 2023

    • 5:30 - 7:30 pm
    • ISR: 50A/B

    Calling all trivia buffs! We're throwing a trivia night! Join Res Hall Libraries to play pub-style trivia on teams. Bring your crew and see if you can beat the other teams! Free pizza and snacks for all who attend!

Thursday, December 7, 2023

    • 12:00 - 2:00 pm
    • ISR: 50A/B

    Need a break from reading books on reading day? We've got just the thing! Join Res Hall Libraries to build a book instead! You will be able to create and decorate your own blank book. They make great gifts for others (or for yourself!). All materials—and snacks—provided!

    • 3:00 - 5:00 pm
    • 346 Main Library, 1408 W. Gregory Dr.

    Come and celebrate the semester’s end with hot apple cider, sweet and salty treats, and some of our favorite winter-themed materials from the RBML vault. Make a button, relax with a coloring sheet, and leave with a letterpress poetry card!

    • 3:00 - 5:00 pm
    • SDRP Room 2050

    Need a break from reading books on reading day? We've got just the thing! Join Res Hall Libraries to build a book instead! You will be able to create and decorate your own blank book. They make great gifts for others (or for yourself!). All materials—and snacks—provided!

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

    • 5:00 - 7:00 pm
    • ISR: 50A/B and SDRP: 2003

    Join Res Hall Libraries for our last craft night of the semester! As always we have two locations with different crafting options for you. Join us at ISR to pot your very own succulent! Or make your way to SDRP for yarn art! All craft materials—and snacks!—provided. We can't wait to craft with you!

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

    • 5:00 - 7:00 pm
    • ISR: 50A/B and SDRP: 2003

    Join Res Hall Libraries for this month's craft night! We have two locations with different crafting options for you. Join us at ISR to create your own fuse beads art! Or make your way to SDRP to craft a felt banner for your room! All craft materials—and snacks!—provided. We can't wait to craft with you!

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

    • 5:00 - 7:00 pm
    • ISR: 50A/B and SDRP: 2003

    Join Res Hall Libraries for our last craft night of the semester! As always we have two locations with different crafting options for you. Join us at ISR to craft a felt banner for your room! Or make your way to SDRP to create your own fuse beads art! All craft materials—and snacks!—provided. We can't wait to craft with you!

Friday, April 12, 2024

    • 4:00 pm
    • Player Piano room on the 2nd floor of the Music & Performing Arts Library (1300 Music Building, 1114 W Nevada St)

    Enjoy a free concert featuring the Music & Performing Arts Library’s Steinway Duo-Art Reproducing Piano and learn more about the instrument and roll collection.