Previous Events
UGA Press Annual Campus Book Sale
As part of the Spotlight on the Arts Festival, the University of Georgia Press will host its annual book sale for students, faculty, and staff on the Main Library's front lawn on November 13-14, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. each day. A wide variety of new and backlist titles will be available for purchase at a special Spotlight discount of 50% off. Stop by and browse available titles, learn more about the UGA Press, our people and our authors, and find out about exciting new initiatives from the Press and our partners.
Digital Humanities + Data Science Workshop for Faculty
Join data science and humanities computing experts David Beavan (Principal Research Software Engineer, Turing Institute, London) and Kaspar Beelen (Ph.D., Turing Institute and University of London) for a workshop on research software engineering in digital humanities. A brief overview will be provided followed by a hands-on workshop focused on how to use (large) language models for interrogating historical newspaper collections.
Digital Humanities + Research Software Engineering: Workshop for Graduate Students
Join data science and humanities computing experts David Beavan (Principal Research Software Engineer, Turing Institute) and Kaspar Beelen (Ph.D., Turing Institute, University of London) for a workshop on research software engineering in digital humanities. A brief overview will be provided followed by a hands-on workshop focused on how to use (large) language models for interrogating historical newspaper collections.
An Evening of Poetry with Coleman Barks
The internationally renowned poet Coleman Barks, a longtime Ath
Free The Tapes: Athens Potluck Edition
Free the Tapes, an event highlighting digitized audiovisual materials from members of the community, is back this fall at UGA Special Collections!
Celebrating Jack Davis with Mack Williams
Join the Lamar Dodd School of Art and the UGA Special Collections Libraries for the annual Jack Davis Lecture on Thursday, November 7 at 6:00PM in the auditorium (Room 271) of the UGA Special Collections Building. This year's lecture will feature animator and director Mack Williams, a UGA alum and 2024 Bulldog 100 recipient. A light reception and pop-up exhibition of highlights drawn from the Hargrett Library's Jack Davis Collection will follow the lecture.
Monster Mash
Do you want to get in the Halloween spirit? Join the UGA Libraries for our Monster Mash event on October 28th from 1 to 4 PM at the Main Library. There will be a pumpkin painting contest, button making, tricks, treats, and more!
Lets have a graveyard smash and do the monster mash!
Open Access Week Lightning Talks: Library Collections as Data
This series of lightning talks will highlight different collections as data in diverse a
