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Books in Culture/Culture in Books
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library sponsors and publicizes events related to the history and craft of books and printing as part of its Books in Culture/Culture in Books series. Combining lectures, workshops, hands-on presentations, concerts, and other events, Books in Culture/Culture in Books keeps the love of the book alive and well on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Upcoming events at The Rare Book & Manuscript Library and elsewhere on campus are listed below. Check back often for updates and new listings of events.
What’s On
@ The Rare Book & Manuscript Library
October 2nd 2009 — January 29,2010
One in a Million: An Exhibition of Eleven Landmark Acquisitions at The University of Illinois.
The exhibition showcases the landmark “millionth”volumes acquired by the UIUC Library from its 1-millionth volume (Sir Walter Raleigh’s History of the World, 1614) to the 11-millionth item added this fall, Ben Franklin’s 1744 edition of Cicero, the first English translation of Classical literature printed in the new world. The Rare Book & Manuscript Library will host a symposium on The Classics in Americaon October 9 to mark the occasion.
Click here for a .pdf of the "One in a Million" exhibition catalog.
Treasures from The Rare Book & Manuscript Library in Urbana will travel to our sister institution in Chicago for a major exhibition on early English printing.
The exhibition in the Special Collections Department at the Richard J. Daley Library at the University of Illinois at Chicago features an impressive selection of Elizabethan materials from The Rare Book & Manuscript Library collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library.
The exhibition is sponsored by the Caxton Club and the libraries at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and Chicago
Daley Library Special Collections Hours:
Sunday Closed
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Wednesday 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Saturdays 12:30-4:30 p.m., October 10, 26, and November 14 ONLY
The Richard J. Daley Library is located in the heart of the East Campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago. The Special Collections Library is on the south side of the Library on the third floor. Elevators to the third floor are available in the hallway on the southwest side of the Library’s central lobby near the Library’s new coffee shop, The Daly Grind Cafe.
Parking is available in public lots at the corner of Harrison and Morgan Streets and along Halsted Street. CTA trains connect with the campus via the Blue Line and Pink Line. Several CTA buses stop at the campus including the 7-Harrison and the 8-Halsted.
University of Illinois at Chicago
Special Collections Department
Richard J. Daley Library
801 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 996-2742
www.uic.edu/depts/lib/specialcoll/
December 2, 2009, 3:00pm to 5:00pm
No. 44 Society Meeting
Holiday Party and Book Boast
No. 44 Society members are invited to bring a sample from their collections for the rest of the club to admire. Stories of the chase are encouraged!
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