Library Calendar
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RBML's fall exhibit featuring the University of Illinois Library's extensive Conde de Montemar letters collection, as well as other rare and fascinating books about the 16th-Century Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú.
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Join The Mortenson Center for International Library Programs and the ALA Student Chapter, Illinois iSchool, for a hybrid workshop on advancing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. April 1, 2023; 9am-3pm Central Time (Chicago)
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Around April 1st, bibliophiles, book artists, and food lovers around the world gather to celebrate the book arts and the (literal!) ingestion of culture. Participants create an “edible book,” which can be inspired by a favorite tale, involve a pun on a famous title, or simply be in the shape of a book (or scroll, or tablet, etc).
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Mark Mattson, Head of Global Engagement Initiatives and International Partnerships Librarian at Penn State University is visiting us on campus to discuss collaboration with our center and library colleagues on April 3-4, 2023. He's interested in meeting people to learn about international library programs and activities at our university.
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Is this a good journal to publish in? Should I be concerned about predatory practices? Join Dan Tracy, Head of Scholarly Communication & Publishing, to make informed choices when evaluating publication opportunities.
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Three experts from across campus will each discuss their work related to water and respond to questions from attendees during the #FunkPanel2023.
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Join us at the reception on Tuesday, April 11, from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. in room 220 of the Main Library (1408 W. Gregory Dr., Urbana) when we announce awards for First Prize ($500), Second Prize ($300), Third Prize ($200), Honorable Mention ($100), and the People's Choice Award ($100). The event is open to the public.
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Log in to learn about a group of women book collectors who met from 1944-2004, providing a space for legitimacy, fellowship, and education in a period where women’s access to formal education and academic institutions was limited.
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Join Dominique J. Moore, Acquisitions Editor, UI Press, to learn how to turn your dissertation into your first book manuscript.
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Dr. Goldstein will share her research on student-designer trade off decisions and design actions and thinking
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When did Asians become "yellow" in the Western imagination? This talk will explore the notion of yellowness and show that the label originated not in early travel texts or objective descriptions, but in the eighteenth and nineteenth-century scientific discourses on race.
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Please join us as the representatives from the Royal Library of Belgium discuss "KBR, the National Library of Belgium – a New Page."
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Ready to get your game on? Come play board games with your friends and learn more about the Library's video and board game collections and how you can check out games to take home and play. Don't forget to check out the Library's exhibit on Video Games on the way out! Snacks will be provided.
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Shakespeare’s First Folio, published in 1623, gathered 36 of the Bard’s plays, including 18 that would otherwise have disappeared. Come help us mark this 400th milestone: visit with some of RBML’s Shakespearean treasures, dare to read or recite a few lines, wear your Elizabethan finery if you wish, and “With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.”
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Join the Illinois Distributed Museum on a walking tour around campus that highlights important education innovations that have taken place on campus. This tour was created and will be led by our Spring 2023 intern, Grace Kraft.
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From the 1800's, various state and federal court laws, court decisions, and executive orders explicitly discriminated against Asian Americans. This talk will discuss how historical anti-Asian discrimination led to some of the most atrocious legal decisions in U.S. history and how anti-Asian discrimination still affects the law.
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Join the Illinois Distributed Museum on a walking tour around campus that highlights important cultural innovations and connections. This tour was created by and will be led by our Spring 2023 intern, Devin Manley.
