Daryl testing
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Thursday, September 24, 2026
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Exhibit Opening — “I could people the hours with creations”: Celebrating Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Please join us for an opening reception to celebrate the acquisition of the first edition of Frankenstein and explore the life and career of Mary Shelley. Exhibit curator Lynne Thomas will give brief remarks, and refreshments will be served.
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Monday, October 5, 2026
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Monday, October 12, 2026
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
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The techniques for making texts have changed across multiple media and historical contexts since antiquity, but a regular feature of the work of authors and scholars through all those changes is the reliance on helpers or amanuenses. Dr. Ann Blair (Harvard) will discuss the factors that have made them both invisible and occasionally visible, and the kind of work they did.
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Thursday, October 29, 2026
Friday, October 30, 2026
Sunday, November 1, 2026
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Kahlil Robert Irving Residency
Recurring
Monday, November 2, 2026
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Kahlil Robert Irving Residency
Recurring
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
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Kahlil Robert Irving Residency
Recurring
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
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Kahlil Robert Irving Residency
Recurring
Thursday, November 5, 2026
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Kahlil Robert Irving Residency
Recurring
Friday, November 6, 2026
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Kahlil Robert Irving Residency
Recurring
Monday, November 9, 2026
Thursday, November 12, 2026
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This event will highlight the collaborative project involving Emblematica (U of I), a digital library of emblem books, and Compositor (U of Birmingham), a database of printers’ ornaments. Dr. Hazel Wilkinson hypothesizes that “emblem-literacy” caused historical readers to engage with ornamented books in ways previously unaccounted-for in scholarship.
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
Thursday, November 19, 2026
Tuesday, December 1, 2026
Thursday, December 3, 2026
Monday, December 7, 2026
Tuesday, December 8, 2026
Wednesday, December 9, 2026
Thursday, December 10, 2026
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Come and celebrate the semester’s end with hot apple cider, sweet and salty treats, and relaxing RBML-themed activities. Make a button, fill in a coloring sheet, collaborate on a big puzzle, and snag a fresh print of our annual holiday linocut card! This event is part of the library's Reading Day De-Stress Fest; it is open to the public and refreshments will be served.
