Previous Events
Fall into Research: EndNote Special Options
Learn about EndNote options you may not be utilizing. Find out how EndNote works with Google Docs. Take a look at EndNote Click and see how it can work with EndNote and other citation managers. Pick up some tips for Mac users. There will be a question-and-answer time at the end.
Fall into Research: Going Open Access @ UGA
Are you curious about the Open Access movement? Is open publishing now required by your funding agency? Join us for a workshop on Open Access and learn about why and how to make your research open to all, and the resources available to support you at UGA
Fall into Research: EndNote Basics for PCs
Need help managing your citations for your scholarly publications? EndNote can be the solution to all your citation formatting woes! In this session, learn what EndNote is, how to build your library of citations, syncing your library to the cloud, and how EndNote interfaces with Word to create in-text citations and bibliographic entries. Designed for novice users of EndNote.
Exhibit Tour, Legacy: Vince Dooley, 1932-2022
Kick-off your football weekend with a closer look at original artifacts and rarely seen photographs highlighting the life and career of legendary UGA coach Vince Dooley. Join curator Jason Hasty for a free tour of the exhibit Legacy: Vince Dooley, 1932-2022 at 3:00 p.m. in the second floor rotunda of the UGA Special Collections Building.
Mountain Food Myths and Memories: A Conversation with Erica Abrams Locklear
Please join us for a conversation with Erica Abrams Locklear, author of Appalachia on the Table: Representing Mountain Food and People (University of Georgia Press), and Josina Guess, assistant editor for Sojourners Magazine, to discuss Locklear's book and how long-held preconceptions about Appalachian foodways color our perception of the region and its people.
2023 Lillian Smith Book Awards
Join us for the 2023 Lillian Smith Book Awards Ceremony, which will be held on September 21,2023, at 7 p.m. The Lillian Smith Book Awards are sponsored by the Southern Regional Council, University of Georgia Libraries, DeKalb County Public Library/The Georgia Center for the Book, and Piedmont College. This free event includes remarks from both recipients and a Q&A followed by a book signing.
The LSBA committee is proud to award the 2023 Lillian Smith Book Award to:
2023 Food, Power, and Politics Lecture
Join the Russell Library for the fourth annual Food, Power, and Politics Lecture featuring Maurice Bailey, President & CEO of Save Our Legacy Ourself (SOLO), a non-profit based on Sapelo Island. Bailey will discuss the revival of heritage crops and the preservation of the culture, heritage, and traditions of the Saltwater Geechee people on Sapelo Island. Nik Heynen will moderate the event. Light reception to follow.
Exhibit Tour, Legacy: Vince Dooley, 1932-2022
Kick-off your football weekend with a closer look at original artifacts and rarely seen photographs highlighting the life and career of legendary UGA coach Vince Dooley. Join curator Jason Hasty for a free tour of the exhibit Legacy: Vince Dooley, 1932-2022 at 3:00 p.m. in the second floor rotunda of the UGA Special Collections Building.
Lecture with Dr. David Hurst Thomas, "Indigenous Georgia and Franciscan Survivance at Mission Santa Catalina de Guale (1570-1680)"
Indigenous Guale Indians first greeted Jesuit missionaries to the Georgia coast in 1566, but their missionary effort there was spectacularly unsuccessful. Franciscans arrived a decade later and worked with Guale leaders to establish Mission Santa Catalina as Spain’s northern outpost along the eastern seaboard. The mission was overrun and destroyed in 1680 by raiders from South Carolina.
UGA Libraries FACTS. Academic Fair
At UGA Libraries, we’ve got FACTS, and we don’t just mean the information that you can access through our books, online journals, databases, and other resources. Learn how to navigate the services that can put you on track for academic success — from our study spaces to the technology that enables you to take your projects to the next level — and meet the librarians and staff who can teach you to perfect your research skills.