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Raynor Library News and Events

2026

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EVENT | Douglass Day Transcribe-A-Thon

February 13, 2026 11am-2pm | Lemonis Center for Student Success 2nd Floor

The Transcribe-a-Thon celebrates the legacy of Frederick Douglass through collective transcription to make historical Black activists’ writings more accessible.

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EXHIBIT | Embroidered with Pain

January 24 - February 24, 2026 | Raynor Lobby

A new interactive exhibit at Raynor Library, Embroidered with Pain, shares the uncomfortable and often hidden stories of Ukrainians who have survived wartime sexual violence through a thousand-year-old Ukrainian tradition of embroidering life events on decorative and ritual cloth known as rushnyk.

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EVENT | Finals Week Snack Breaks

December 7-9, 2025 | Raynor Library Bridge

As finals week gets under way, take a break from studying and power up with snacks and hot beverages! Nighttime snack breaks will take place on the Raynor Bridge over three of the nights of finals week.

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EXHIBIT | Picture This

Ongoing | Raynor Second Floor

The latest honorees of the College of Health Sciences's annual Picture This research and scholarship photography competition are now on display in Raynor Library. A framed display located in Raynor's hallway to the Bridge shows the winning 2024/25 photographs.

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EVENT | Prep Rally

Thursday, December 4, 2025, 7:00 to 8:00 pm | Lemonis Center for Student Success

Marquette students, get powered up for finals week at the Prep Rally in the Lemonis Center for Student Success! Come for lots of ways to destress, free food, and convenient opportunities to tap into campus resources to help you finish strong.

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EXHIBIT | Fair Play: Women's Athletics at Marquette

Fall 2025 | Raynor 3rd Floor

Fifty years have passed since women at Marquette entered intercollegiate athletics. Women have played sports at Marquette for nearly as long as they have been admitted to the university. But the enactment of the federal Title IX statute opened doors to the competitive play for all of Marquette's athletes. Visit the exhibit that celebrates this achievement and the stories of female athletes who made their mark at Marquette.

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Raynor Medieval Works Digitized for IU Collection

November 2025

Several of Raynor Library's medieval manuscripts are now available online in Indiana University's Peripheral Manuscripts digital collection.

Chasse-sur-Rhône Researchers Visit University Archives

October 2025

Read about the visit of a delegation from St. Joan of Arc Chapel's hometown in Chasse-sur-Rhône, France, to the archives in October 2025.

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Affordable Learning Program Kicks Off

October 2025

Learn about textbook affordability's effects on student success--and a new stipend program that supports participating faculty who want to explore textbook alternatives.

New Short Documentary Spotlights Tolkien Fandom Collection

September 2025

The Muster at Marquette, a short documentary on the quest to preserve 6,000 Tolkien fandom voices, debuts on Hobbit Day, Sept. 22, 2025, for online viewing.

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EVENT | Silent Book Club

Fall 2025 | Beaumier D, Raynor Lowel Level, 7:00pm-8:00pm

Hey Marquette students! Join us every third Wednesday this fall for the Silent Book Club. No assigned reading, no pressure! Bring your current read and cozy up with a group of fellow book lovers. Tea will be provided!

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Test Run: Phone Charger Self-Checkout

August 2025

Need to charge your phone? Come try the Electron-To-Go phone charger self-checkout station, located by TechSquad on the first floor, and let us know what you think.

Book Auto-Renewals

August 2025

Books borrowed by faculty and staff from Raynor Library’s main collection will automatically renew for another year on Aug. 14. Although no action is required, it is a good time to review your borrowed items and return any that you are no longer using.

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Borrow a Laptop

July 2025

Check out a Mac or PC on the quick from our self-serve kiosks on the 1st floor of Raynor or 2nd floor of Lemonis.

Switching from RefWorks to Zotero

March 2025

Zotero is replacing RefWorks as the library's supported citation manager. Find out how to make the transition.

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Explore 2K+ MUWBB Photos

March 2025

Just in time for March Madness, 2,000+ digitized historical WBB photos have been added our public digital collections.

Featured Resource: Libby by Overdrive

March 2025

Get the Libby app to access thousands of ebooks and audiobooks on your mobile device, computer, or Kindle.

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EXHIBIT: This Lead Is Killing Us

March 10 - April 19 | Raynor Lobby

Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the exhibition explores how citizens, scientists and medical professionals have confronted industry to protect their health against the dangers of lead poisoning.

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EVENT: Douglass Day Transcribe-a-Thon 2025

February 14 | Raynor and Lemonis

The Transcribe-a-Thon celebrates the legacy of Frederick Douglass through collective transcription to make historical Black activists’ writings more accessible.

EXHIBIT: Unceded Milwaukee

Online

Explore "Unceded Milwaukee," an interactive map for visualizing Indigenous Milwaukee before and after the 1833 Treaty of Chicago.

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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.

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