Oberlin College Libraries Appointments & Reservations
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From Theory to Gesture: Rhetoric, Acoustics, and Performance in the 16th and 17th Centuries
In-PersonTreatises on rhetoric, acoustics, and musical performance reveal how composers and performers thought about sound, expression, and the listener. The Baroque ideal of sprezzatura (the appearance of...
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- From:
- Wednesday, September 9, 2026
- To:
- Friday, October 23, 2026
- Location:
- Conservatory Library
- Categories:
- Conservatory Library Exhibits
This student-curated exhibit features archival collections related to Latine student life at Oberlin College. When Absol Manzanarez visited the Oberlin College Archives for a class, he learned about...
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- From:
- Tuesday, September 15, 2026
- To:
- Friday, October 16, 2026
- Location:
- Terrell Library Academic Commons (1st floor Mudd Center)
- Categories:
- Archives/Special Collections Exhibits Terrell Main Library (Mudd Center)
We love trinkets even more when we have a spot for them! Return for to add some color using paint or add a pattern from a selection of thin paper to complete your air-dry clay trinket dish "home" for...
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- Date:
- Thursday, October 15, 2026
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 8:00pm
- Location:
- Clarence Ward Art Library
- Categories:
- Art Library
Con Lib Book Club! - Ethel Smyth
In-PersonJoin us October 28th at noon in the Conservatory Library to discuss the music and life of Ethel Smyth. We are meeting as a book club to discuss Impressions that Remained Memoirs, by Ethel Smyth.
- Date:
- Wednesday, October 28, 2026
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm
- Location:
- Conservatory Library
- Categories:
- Conservatory Library
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 12 seats left
ART+craft : Spooky LED candle holders
In-PersonBring on the autumnal ambiance! Craft a glass candle holder—yours to take home with an LED tealight (dorm-approved!)—to mimic a jack-o'-lantern, translucent ghosts, or an elegant lace design for the...
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- Date:
- Thursday, October 29, 2026
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 8:00pm
- Location:
- Clarence Ward Art Library
- Categories:
- Art Library
Please join us at the Con Lib for our next Tiny Ref Desk concert! Marilyn McDonald, Edwin Huizinga ('06), Aaron and Boaz Mecham ('27) will present violin music and represent three generations of one...
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- Date:
- Friday, October 30, 2026
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Location:
- Music Research Commons
- Categories:
- Conservatory Library
Oberlin College Libraries present Silent Movie, Live Music—classic cuts of silent cinema with live accompaniment by performers, improvisers, and composers on the bleeding edge. This month, cellist...
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- Date:
- Friday, October 30, 2026
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 8:00pm
- Location:
- Mudd 403 (Map )
French Link Stitch Bookbinding
In-PersonLearn a simple historic book binding style that can be adapted to a variety of structures and bind a book to take home. The French link stitch is a popular sewing style that can be used for open...
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- Date:
- Monday, November 2, 2026
- Time:
- 4:00pm - 7:00pm
- Location:
- Forsythe Classroom (Terrell 410A)
- Categories:
- Book Arts Series Terrell Main Library (Mudd Center)
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 8 seats left
Join us in the Library Learning Lab (Mudd 113) for the 500th birthday party for a book and an information session about the Book Studies minor! Get to handle and explore a 500-year-old volume from...
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- Date:
- Thursday, November 5, 2026
- Time:
- 4:30pm - 6:00pm
- Categories:
- Archives/Special Collections
ART+craft : Timed + gesture drawings
In-PersonDive back into your drawing practice by participating in one-to-five minute drawing exercises at the Clarence Ward Art Library! Small still-life compositions will be staged during the ART+craft...
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- Date:
- Thursday, November 5, 2026
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 8:00pm
- Location:
- Clarence Ward Art Library
- Categories:
- Art Library
