Library Calendar
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All Day 9/19/2025 - 8/10/2026Main Library Room 346The 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.
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10:00 - 11:00 am 10/1/2025Main Library, Room 314Infographics 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.
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All Day 10/2/2025 - 10/4/2025Main Library -
2:00 - 3:00 pm 10/2/2025Funk ACES Library, Room 509MAXQDA 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 is the third and final workshop in a three-part series on using MAXQDA for analyzing qualitative data and assumes that you know how to work with codes and data files in a MAXQDA project.
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3:00 - 4:00 pm 10/2/2025The Doctoral Research Support Program and the Writers Workshop are hosting Writing in the Disciplines, an online series that connects doctoral students with faculty, journal editors, and publishers to discuss writing styles and skills in specific disciplines. These events are open to all current doctoral students. We are extending an invitation to master's degree students
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5:00 - 6:30 pm 10/2/2025Music & Performing Arts Library Reading Room (1st floor), 1114 W Nevada StJoin us for an evening of music and insight in collaboration with the CU Folk & Roots Festival! Experience a captivating performance by Eddie Barbash + KASA & Friends, browse a curated display of folk and roots materials from the Music & Performing Arts Library's collections, and enjoy light refreshments.
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10:00 - 11:00 am 10/3/2025MAXQDA 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 is the third and final workshop in a three-part series on using MAXQDA for analyzing qualitative data and assumes that you know how to work with codes and data files in a MAXQDA project.
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11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10/3/2025This intensive session is designed for those looking to systematically advance their database search skills, particularly in the social sciences. It will provide a big picture understanding of the database searching process.
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1:00 - 1:50 pm 10/4/2025Main Library, 1408 W Gregory Dr., Champaign -
2:00 - 3:00 pm 10/6/2025Are you having trouble organizing all your sources but don’t know where to start? This hands-on workshop will introduce you to three popular citation managers—Mendeley, Zotero, and Endnote. We will go over pros and cons of each one and give you a preview of how they work to help you choose the best fit for your citation needs.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 10/8/2025University Archives, Room 146, Main LibraryIf you like trivia or university history, come to our first ever Ultimate Archives Trivia! Questions will focus on University of Illinois history involving academics, athletics, inventions, events, faculty, and alumni.
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12:00 - 2:00 pm 10/8/2025Locations Vary (visit SSIB Master Event Calendar for details)
Intellectual freedom is more than banned books. It's the free flow of ideas and information. Protect freedom to read, create, and express. Borrow a banned book from the Library bookmobile, create resistance art, or visit the cultural center libraries for a chance to win a limited edition Read & Resist tote bag and gift card to the Illini Union bookstore.
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1:00 - 2:00 pm 10/8/2025Main Library, Room 314Looking for a new way to conduct your research? Tired of getting zero results in your database searches? This workshop will break down how the professionals identify resources, and search for articles, books, and other scholarly works.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 10/9/2025Join us on Zoom (registration link below) or at the University Archives (146 Main Library, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana)Dr. Karen Terio, Professor and Interim Assistant Director of the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, Chief of the Zoological Pathology Program, and Professor of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, will discuss her research on wildlife pathology.
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2:00 - 3:00 pm 10/9/2025CITL Innovation Studio, Armory 172Throughout 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?
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3:00 - 4:00 pm 10/9/2025Main Library, Room 314Thinking about using AI for your qualitative project? In this workshop we’ll explore examples of how AI has been used in qualitative data analysis and factors to consider as you decide whether to use AI tools in your own work.
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3:00 - 4:00 pm 10/9/2025In this session, students will learn about how note-taking applications (including AI-powered tools) can significantly benefit their research process. For each tool, facilitators will share its purpose, how to use it, and how it meets various research needs.
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4:15 - 5:15 pm 10/9/2025IDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library
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5:30 - 7:00 pm 10/9/2025Krannert Art Museum, Room 62 -
10:00 - 11:00 am 10/10/2025Thinking about using AI for your qualitative project? In this workshop we’ll explore examples of how AI has been used in qualitative data analysis and factors to consider as you decide whether to use AI tools in your own work.
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11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10/10/2025Systematic reviews require a rigorous and systematic approach to reviewing existing literature and discovering new knowledge. As the number of scholarly publications rapidly increases across all disciplines, AI tools hold promise for keeping pace with the expanding literature.
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1:00 - 3:00 pm 10/10/2025CU Fab Lab
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4:00 - 5:00 pm 10/10/2025Player 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! See the piano in action and learn more about the instrument and roll collection. This is an informal even and all are welcome!
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11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10/14/2025Funk ACES Library, Room 509Web of Science is a large multidisciplinary platform of abstract databases for articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings. This session provides insight and strategies for getting the most use out of the platform. We will highlight how to search for literature and authors, as well as where to find citation and grant information.
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3:00 - 4:00 pm 10/14/2025We are inviting doctoral students to join this discussion on dissertation writing and research. Later-stage PhD candidates will share their research, writing, and time management techniques. Each panelist will talk about strategies that have worked for them (or strategies that definitely have not worked).
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4:00 - 5:00 pm 10/14/2025Grainger Engineering Library Information Center, Grainger Commons, Rooms 233/235A Scoping Review is a type of evidence synthesis that represents an exploration of research literature to understand the depth and breadth of research related to a specific question or topic. A scoping review maps concepts from the literature to reveal trends, themes, and gaps in the research area to inform, and provide context for further exploration or examination.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 10/15/2025New 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!
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2:00 - 4:00 pm 10/15/2025Grainger Engineering Library and Information Center, Basement -
11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10/16/2025Google 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 more!
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2:00 - 3:00 pm 10/16/2025Main Library, Room 314Qualitative data analysis software programs can be valuable tools for organizing research sources for a literature review. This workshop will demonstrate techniques for organizing and analyzing literature in the software program MAXQDA, though the strategies will be relevant to other qualitative data analysis tools like NVivo or Atlas.ti.
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3:00 - 4:00 pm 10/16/2025The Doctoral Research Support Program and the Writers Workshop are hosting Writing in the Disciplines, an online series that connects doctoral students with faculty, journal editors, and publishers to discuss writing styles and skills in specific disciplines. These events are open to all current doctoral students. We are extending an invitation to master's degree students
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4:15 - 5:15 pm 10/16/2025IDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library
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10:00 - 11:00 am 10/17/2025Qualitative data analysis software programs can be valuable tools for organizing research sources for a literature review. This workshop will demonstrate techniques for organizing and analyzing literature in the software program MAXQDA, though the strategies will be relevant to other qualitative data analysis tools like NVivo or Atlas.ti.
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11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10/17/2025A Scoping Review is a type of evidence synthesis that represents an exploration of research literature to understand the depth and breadth of research related to a specific question or topic. A scoping review maps concepts from the literature to reveal trends, themes, and gaps in the research area to inform, and provide context for further exploration or examination.
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10:00 am - 4:00 pm 10/18/2025Illini Union | Main LibraryJoin us at IlliniFest on Saturday, October 18th for our biggest open house of the year! Come visit the University Library at the Resource Fair in the Illini Union (10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.) Take a guided or self-guided tour of the Main Library (1:00 to 4:00 p.m.)
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10:00 - 11:00 am 10/20/2025Looking for a new way to conduct your research? Tired of getting zero results in your database searches? This workshop will break down how the professionals identify resources, and search for articles, books, and other scholarly works. We’ll cover chasing citations, creating optimal keyword searches, using built-in database functions to improve your searches, and more!
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3:00 - 4:00 pm 10/21/2025In this session, we partner with the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning to discuss survey research services and resources. This session is open to all doctoral students. Please complete the form to register for the workshop. It will be conducted through Zoom. We look forward to working with you!
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6:00 pm 8:00 pm 10/21/2025Illini Union, Courtyard Cafe, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
Come join the library at the Illini Union Courtyard Cafe for a night full of fun and games! The Library will bring board games for students to check out and play, either in the courtyard or to take home and play with friends! This event is held alongside the Courtyard Happenings events.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 10/22/2025Main Library, Room 314Are 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!
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3:00 - 5:00 pm 10/23/2025Main Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801More than 500 years after its printing, the production details of the Catholicon are still a much debated topic in incunabula research. Come learn about the most recently discovered clues with the subject’s preeminent scholar, Paul Needham!
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4:15 - 5:15 pm 10/23/2025IDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library
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5:00 pm 10/23/2025Join us for the second 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.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 10/28/2025Are 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!
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10:00 - 11:00 am 10/29/2025CITL Innovation Studio, Armory 172Throughout 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?
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1:00 - 2:00 pmInfographics 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.
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3:00 - 5:00 pm 10/29/2025Ricker Library of Architecture and Art, Architecture Building, 608 Lorado Taft Dr #208, Champaign, IL 61820Celebrate Halloween with Ricker Library ! On October 29th from 3pm-5pm, we will be hosting a show-and-tell with spooky, fantastical, and curious materials from our vault and circulating collections (with a special visiting item from RBML, weather permitting).
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4:15 - 5:15 pm 10/30/2025IDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library
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7:00 - 9:00 pm 10/30/2025Main Library Room 66Join us at 7 pm in room 66 of the Main Library on Halloween Eve (Thursday, 10/30) for a screening of the modern classic, Coraline. FREE!
