Previous Events

Aug 15
Chart Your Year!

Meet us across from Jittery Joes in the MLC to set intentional goals for the fall semester! Grab a worksheet, an affirmation, and chat with a librarian about resources that can help you achieve your goals! 

 

11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Zell B. Miller Learning Center , 2nd Floor, Across from Jittery Joes
Aug 02
When Fiction Remembers: A Conversation on Fiction, History, and the Art of Storytelling with author Anthony Grooms and filmmaker Jesse Freeman

Join the UGA Special Collections Libraries on Saturday, August 2nd at 1pm at the Athens-Clarke County Library for the induction of 2025 Georgia Writers Hall of Fame inductee Anthony "Tony" Grooms, celebrated author of Bombingham and The Vain Conversation. Grooms is an award-winning author, poet, and educator of creative writing for over 30 years.

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Athens-Clarke County Library , Auditorium
Jul 26
Free the Tapes: Summer Edition!

Mark your calendars for Free the Tapes: Summer Edition! Free parking available in the Hull Street Deck!

Free the Tapes, an event highlighting digitized audiovisual materials from members of the community, is back this summer at UGA Special Collections! Join us on Saturday, July 26th, 2025, from 1PM-3PM to view clips of newly digitized and preserved videos from our community, play bingo, interact with different AV formats and equipment, and learn more about our archives!

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries , 271
Jun 21
Athens Book Fair

The Athens Art Book Fair was established to spotlight the criti

11:00 am to 4:00 pm
May 15
Third Thursday: A Tour of the Georgia Music Collections

Join us for tours of the Georgia Music Collections installation at the Akins Ford Arena on Thursday, May

6:15 pm to 8:00 pm
Akins Ford Arena , Gate 1
May 06
Online Office Hours

Need research help? Want to talk with a librarian? Drop-in to our online office hours for some preliminary research* and information support. 

We can help you: 

  • Refine your topic
  • Craft a search strategy
  • Find sources and supporting evidence
  • Evaluate sources
  • Use information ethically, e.g., citation help

When: Every Tuesday 11am - 12pm and Thursday 4 - 5pm

Where: https://zoom.us/j/92062094478

- 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
, Online Online
May 01
Online Office Hours

Need research help? Want to talk with a librarian? Drop-in to our online office hours for some preliminary research* and information support. 

We can help you: 

  • Refine your topic
  • Craft a search strategy
  • Find sources and supporting evidence
  • Evaluate sources
  • Use information ethically, e.g., citation help

When: Every Tuesday 11am - 12pm and Thursday 4 - 5pm

Where: https://zoom.us/j/92062094478

- 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
, Online Online
Apr 30
Picnic Party!

Join us for a fun celebration to relax before finals

  • polaroid station: take & decorate
  • DIY pinwheels
  • lemonade
  • freeze pops
  • snacks

*canopies & picnic blankets provided*

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Main Library
Apr 29
Pups and Pops

Join us to relax before finals with free popsicles from king of pops and cute therapy dogs!

11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Zell B. Miller Learning Center
Apr 29
Night Against Procrastination

If you need people to keep you accountable to do your work then join us for a Night Against Procrastination on April 29th from 6-9 PM at MLC.

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Zell B. Miller Learning Center