Library Calendar

This interdisciplinary discussion addresses: What does the book “The Third Reich of Dreams” offer to our reader in contemporary times? Amanda Rubin, Brett Ashley Kaplan and guests explore whether dreams as manifestations of the unconscious mind are random thoughts, inspiration, insights, foreshadowing, evidence of waking experience, or something else.

This workshop introduces students, academics and community members to visual storytelling skills and methods, including storyboarding, mood boarding, and writing scripts, as well as working with and adapting archival materials. Amanda Rubin will lead off by discussing the documentary she making on Charlotte Beradt, author of "The Third Reich of Dreams" (2025).

Amanda Rubin, documentary filmmaker and journalist's lecture on The Third Reich of Dreams, shares the incredible untold story of Charlotte Beradt and her legacy of courage as a woman, journalist, and refugee. This hybrid lecture will focus on the power of the irrepressible imagination and the potent symbolism of books, writing and archiving as “witnesses to history".

In this introductory workshop, we will be learning about basic 3D Printing modeling with TinkerCAD. We will provide a walkthrough and activity with this software. After registering, please create a TinkerCAD account. TinkerCAD is a free browser-based software that we will be using in the introductory 3D design workshop.

In this session, students will learn about general and subject-specific indexing and abstracting resources, search techniques, and interacting with collections held at the University of Illinois and beyond. This session is open to all doctoral students. We are extending an invitation to master's degree students to attend this session.

Systematic reviews are a form of structured research that requires a comprehensive collection, appraisal, and summary of all research on a topic. Systematic reviews are high-impact publications that carry weight to inform evidence-based decision making.

Curious about student health insurance? Get your questions answered with an Introduction to Student Health Insurance event! Learn about how to find a provider, determine coverage, and more!

Each qualitative research project requires a unique combination of analysis strategies in order to move from data to answers to your research question. But given the diversity of data types and questions explored with qualitative data, how do you decide what to do?

In this session, we will discuss AI applications and how they can help with dissertation research. This session is open to all doctoral students. Please complete the form to register for the workshop. It will be conducted through Zoom. We are extending an invitation to master's degree students to attend this workshop.

Each qualitative research project requires a unique combination of analysis strategies in order to move from data to answers to your research question. But given the diversity of data types and questions explored with qualitative data, how do you decide what to do?

Systematic reviews are a form of structured research that requires a comprehensive collection, appraisal, and summary of all research on a topic. Systematic reviews are high-impact publications that carry weight to inform evidence-based decision making.

Want to deck out your school swag or jacket? Just like buttons? Then join us to create your very own with our in-house button press! Use a fun library template, or design your own! Snacks, community, and information about upcoming library events provided. All welcome. Free!

Join us for the first webinar in the Costumes & Customs Lecture Series, sponsored by the Office of Arts Integration and organized in collaboration with the University Library, the Department of Theatre, the Department of Classics, the Spurlock Museum, and the Krannert Art Museum, explores the history and cultural significance of clothing across time and place.

Improvisers Exchange and Music and Performing Arts Library (MPAL) invite students and the University of Illinois community to an educational screening of Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros. An introduction to the film will be provided by Jason Finkelman, Director of Global Arts Performance Initiatives. A mobile display of Pauline Oliveros related materials will

Join us for the opening reception of RBML's fall exhibit, "Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho", featuring poetry and dance performances.

The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Mortenson Center, in collaboration with the American Welcome Center, and Illinois International- Global Relations will hold a Human Library Event that features immigrants and international students living in Champaign-Urbana as human books. Each “book” will be available to talk to "readers" about a non-US culture. Topics covered include cuisine, languages, location.

Attention Students! Explore Illinois’ AMAZING campus library system during the annual Library Crawl. Visit all four participating library locations anytime during open hours the week of 9/22-9/26 to get a passport stamp, information about the library and services, and a snack or library swag (while supplies last).

Attention Students! Explore Illinois’ AMAZING campus library system during the annual Library Crawl. Visit all four participating library locations anytime during open hours the week of 9/22-9/26 to get a passport stamp, information about the library and services, and a snack or library swag (while supplies last).

Google Scholar is an incredibly popular and useful tool for research with several features that scholars may not be familiar with. This workshop will elaborate on the difference between searching in Google Scholar and academic databases, demonstrate how to use Google Scholar’s Advanced Search, explain how to get to connect your library access to Google Scholar, and cover s

In this workshop, you will learn the basics of Illinois REDCap and how it can be used for the collection of research data, including how to create projects, instruments, and surveys and how to start collecting research data. It is recommended (but not required) that you have a REDCap account prior to attending the workshop.

New to the university? Need a refresher on using the library? This hands-on workshop will introduce you to library resources and services. After this workshop, you’ll be able to navigate the library website with confidence to access print and electronic materials. Come with questions if you have them!

PubMed is a free online database used to search the medicine and health literature with the aim of improving both global and personal health. In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to access PubMed and perform basic searches, as well as how to use some unique functions such as search filters and MeSH terms.

Scholarly databases feature common operators and special features that allow you to create more precise search results. The more you use these features and tools, the better your search experience will be. In this workshop, we talk about these search operators, special characters and limiters and discuss how to learn a new database in a way that is efficient and effective.

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 a Mendeley library set up and ready to use!

Free flu vaccines for Illinois students and faculty/staff. Students need to bring their iCard, and faculty/staff need to bring their state insurance card.

MAXQDA is a robust software for analyzing qualitative data, including text, media, and survey data. MAXQDA is available for free to all campus users via Illinois Computes. This workshop is the second in a three-part series on using MAXQDA for analyzing qualitative data and does assumes that you know how create, manage, and use documents and codes in MAXQDA.

MAXQDA is a robust software for analyzing qualitative data, including text, media, and survey data. MAXQDA is available for free to all campus users via Illinois Computes. This workshop is the second in a three-part series on using MAXQDA for analyzing qualitative data and does assumes that you know how create, manage, and use documents and codes in MAXQDA.

Scholarly databases feature common operators and special features that allow you to create more precise search results. The more you use these features and tools, the better your search experience will be. In this workshop, we talk about these search operators, special characters and limiters and discuss how to learn a new database in a way that is efficient and effective.

The Reading Room will be closed for a private event on September 26 from noon onwards. Normal hours resume September 27. The Main Library building will be open normal hours September 26, with all other service points accessible to patrons. Parking in Lot E3 may be limited. Library digital resources remain available and can be accessed through the Library Gateway.

Are you overwhelmed by organizing your sources? Zotero is a free, open-source citation manager that helps you store and organize your files and insert formatted citations into papers. You will leave this hands-on workshop with a Zotero library set up and ready to use!

This Illinois REDCap workshop will focus on advanced ways Illinois REDCap can be used to collect research data, including how to build or edit projects with a Data Dictionary, collecting data with repeatable instruments, and collecting longitudinal data with defined events. It is recommended (but not required) that you have a REDCap account prior to attending the workshop.

PubMed is a free online database used to search the medicine and health literature with the aim of improving both global and personal health. In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to access PubMed and perform basic searches, as well as how to use some unique functions such as search filters and MeSH terms.