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2025 Bibliodérive Schedule

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This schedule is updated on a rolling basis until the week before the Biblodérive!

Check back in closer to the date for the full list of situations. In the meantime, you can propose a prompt for this year's deck, propose a situation, or view previous situations for inspiration!


The Flaxman Library Bibliodérive Deck

Every Day of the Bibliodérive: Drop-in anytime the library is open

6th floor Sharp
Choose a card from the Bibliodérive Deck and use the prompt to engage with the library’s collections, spaces, or community. The Bibliodérive Deck of cards will be available to dérivists for use throughout the event. Prior to the Bibliodérive, we are collecting new prompts from the SAIC community; click here to propose a prompt. The completed deck will be archived in the library.

Arnold J. Kemp reads N. H. Pritchard’s “The Matrix”

Thursday, 10/16: 4-5pm

503 Sharp Library Special Collections Reading Room
Join Arnold J. Kemp, Professor in Painting & Drawing, for his cover-to-cover reading of Norman H. Pritchards concrete poems. Everyone is welcome.