Raynor News and Events
2025
EVENT: Douglass Day Transcribe-a-Thon 2025
February 14 | Raynor Library and Lemonis Center
The Douglass Day Transcribe-a-Thon celebrates the life and legacy of abolitionist, orator, and author Frederick Douglass through collective transcription to make historical Black scholars’ and activists’ writings more accessible. Join us with hands-on sessions held in Raynor Library and in the Lemonis Center for Student Success.
EXHIBIT: Unceded Milwaukee
Online
Explore "Unceded Milwaukee," an interactive map for visualizing Indigenous Milwaukee before and after the 1833 Treaty of Chicago.
Digital Scholarship Consulting Services
Adding a digital component to a research project? Tap our digital scholarship specialists to move forward on strong footing.
Featured Resource: Mango Languages
Learn any of 48 global languages, from Potowatomi to Yiddish to ESL, with Mango Languages and the Mango app.
2024
EXHIBIT: Affirmation/Transformation
August 23 – December 21 | Online and Haggerty Museum
Cheeseheads, Swifties, Beatlemaniacs, Trekkies, Whovians, Potterheads, Beyhive, the Cenation, ARMY. People are fans of all sorts of things. But what makes someone a fan? Is there a difference between enjoying something and being a fan of that thing? Affirmation/Transformation considers “creation” as the line between casual enjoyment and fandom. Fans are not passive; fans create.
EXHIBIT: Italian Vulgate Bible from 1482
September 27 - October 15 | Raynor First Floor
Check out the exhibit of an Italian Bible printed in Venice in 1482. A display of books relating to St. Jerome is also on the bridge.
Event: Pop-Up Anatomy Lab
September 23-27, 2024 | Raynor First Floor
Studying for anatomy & physiology exams during the week of Sept. 23-27? Head to the pop-up anatomy lab near the Library Services Desk on Raynor Library's 1st floor.
Raynor in Top 25 Best College Libraries
September 2024
Among Marquette's several high marks in the recent Princeton Review rankings, Raynor Library notched the no. 23 spot in the best college library category.
New Library System
July 2024
Marquette's Raynor Library and Eckstein Law Library are debuting a new, next-generation library system.
Repository Downloads Hit Ten Million
February 2024
Marquette-produced scholarship in Raynor Library's institutional repository has marked a major milestone: 10 million downloads.
2023
Ex Libris: Bookplates from the Raynor Library Collections
September 2023
Now on display online and in person is the exhibit.
Migration to OpenAthens
August 2023
Changes Coming to Online Resource Access. The simple login steps to acccess Raynor Library's online resources will begin to change starting August 8, 2023.
2022
Dr. Tara Baillargeon Named Library Dean
March 2022
Provost Kimo Ah Yun today announced that Dr. Tara Baillargeon has been named permanent dean of university libraries.
2021
Library Receives $23,000 IMLS Grant
November 2021
Raynor Library received a $23,297 IMLS grant to partner with the Cristo Rey Jesuit High School work-study program to develop a work-based digital literacy program.
