Library Calendar
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“We are each other’s harvest” : Gwendolyn Brooks and the Formation of Black Literary Canon
RecurringAll Day 9/26/2024 - 5/23/2025Main Library Room 346RBML’s new exhibit celebrates the 75th anniversary of Gwendolyn Brooks’s 'Annie Allen' – the poetry collection that won the first Pulitzer Prize by a Black author – and explores the rich history of Black literature’s emergence into the mainstream. On display through May 2025.
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3:00 - 4:00 pm 5/2/2025Grainger Commons (Room 233/235)
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All Day 5/5/2025University Library, 1408 W Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801
The Reading Room will be closed for a private event on May 5 from noon onwards. Before noon the study space will be limited to the South side of the room. Normal hours resume May 6.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 5/6/2025Hybrid: University Archives, Main Library Room 146 or via Zoom
The May edition of the Women in Science Lecture Series will be given by Jennifer Hain Teper, Head of Preservation Services at the University of Illinois Library, who will discuss how she uses science in her work to conserve library collections and special collections.
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11:00 am - 9:00 pm 5/8/2025Funk Library, Grainger Engineering Library, Main Library, Music & Performing Arts Library
On Reading Day, take a study break to relax and refresh at the library's end-of-semester tradition, De-Stress Fest!
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3:00 - 5:00 pm 5/8/2025Main Library Room 346
Stop by room 346 in the Main Library on Thursday, May 8, from 3-5pm, and celebrate the semester’s end with some sweet and salty refreshments, button-making, and coloring — all are welcome! And be sure to check out the many other study break activities going on all day throughout the library as part of De-Stress Fest!
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1:00 - 2:00 pm 5/13/2025
Adam Beaty will detail his experiences as an MSLIS student independently leading two archival projects focused on LGBTQ materials: a digital collection named "Queer Nightlife in Champaign-Urbana, IL: 1973-2000", and a digital exhibit named "LGBTQ Spaces in Champaign County".
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1:00 - 4:00 pm 5/17/2025Main Library (first floor north-south corridor), 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana
The Main Library first floor north-south corridor will be open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the Saturday and Sunday of Commencement weekend for photo opportunities with the Bronze Tablets.
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1:00 - 4:00 pm 5/18/2025Main Library (first floor north-south corridor), 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana
The Main Library first floor north-south corridor will be open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the Saturday and Sunday of Commencement weekend for photo opportunities with the Bronze Tablets.