Library Calendar
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Dr. Caidi will deliver a presentation titled Reading as Belonging: Implications for Library and Information Practice. She examines the extent to which the LIS field equips students and staff with the skills and mindset they need to work meaningfully with communities, to practice an ethics of care towards the most marginalized.
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Attention Students! Explore Illinois’ AMAZING campus library system during the Library Crawl that will take you from the South Quad to the Engineering Quad.
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RBML’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. Opening reception will feature remarks by Brooks’s daughter, Nora Brooks Blakely. Exhibit will be on display through May 2025.
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Attention students: Stop by the Orange Room of the Main Library on Thursday, 9/26 at 7-9 pm to make a custom button with the library's button press. Free! Snacks provided.
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The Music & Performing Arts Library will be hosting a pop-up library as part of the EcoEcho Concert for Climate and Biodiversity Action. Come join us for a free evening of livestream original music, local organizations, discussion, engagement, food, and fun!
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Join us for an afternoon of music and insight in collaboration with the CU Folk & Roots Festival! Experience a captivating performance/lecture 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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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.
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Champaign-Urbana and surrounding area families and community members are invited to celebrate youth literature at the Festival's Community Day Celebration, a free event open to the public. Author readings, book signings, puppet shows, live music, art displays, and various hands-on activities for children will all be part of the fun!
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Jesse Erickson, Astor Curator of Printed Books & Bindings at the Morgan Library, joins the RBML virtually to discuss Black bibliographical exploration and trace the migrations of Black Vernacular English (BVE) from 18th-century literature to that of the hip hop generation. This presentation is open to the public; please pre-register at go.illinois.edu/Erickson.
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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.
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Professor Bob Morrissey (Department of History) joins us to discuss the John Eliot Bible, published in 1664, and how this unusual text can be used to examine American origin stories, as well as histories of historical interpretation and practice in our land-grant institution. Come take a look at RBML’s copy of this exceedingly rare book!
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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! This event is part of the library's biannual Reading Day De-Stress Fest; it is open to the public and refreshments will be served.
