Previous Events

Sep 13
Intro to Ggplot for Data Visualization: Part 2

This two-part workshop will get you started with data visualization using Ggplot. Taught by DigiLab graduate assistant Keiko Bridwell.

4:00 pm
Main Library , DigiLab, Room 300
Sep 13
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.

12:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Science Library
Sep 12
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.

12:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Main Library
Sep 08
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.

3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries , Rotunda Gallery (2nd Floor)
Sep 06
Intro to Ggplot for Data Visualization: Part 1

This two-part workshop will get you started with data visualization using Ggplot. Taught by DigiLab graduate assistant Keiko Bridwell.

4:00 pm
Main Library , DigiLab, Room 300
Sep 05
Keeping the Chattahoochee: Sally Bethea to Discuss New Book about Her Efforts to Protect an Essential Southern Waterway

The University of Georgia Press, Avid Bookshop, and the Athens-Clarke County Library invite the public to an author event and book signing with Sally Bethea in celebration of her book Keeping the Chattahoochee: Reviving and Defending a Great Southern River on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, from 7pm-8pm at the public library. There will be a book signing after the discussion.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Athens-Clarke County Library
Sep 01
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.

- 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries
Aug 31
Exhibit Opening: House Party

Join the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library for an evening of tours, drinks, and light snacks to celebrate the opening of "House Party: Digging Into House Show History in Athens". This event is free and open to the public; for more information contact Jess Grant at jess.grant@uga.edu.

5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries , 2nd Floor Exhibition Hallway
Aug 30
Humanities Pedagogy and AI in German and American Classrooms

ChatGPT made its début less than a year ago: how are humanists responding to the bot? Join Dr. Julia Burkhardt, Professor of Medieval History at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich and a participant in the UGA-LMU Faculty Research Exchange Program, in exploring this question with a group of UGA faculty who have been thinking deeply about artificial intelligence and education: Elizabeth Davis (English), Jeremy Davis (Philosophy), Katie Ireland (Libraries and Digital Humanities), Kevin Jones (History), and Montgomery Wolf (History). 

4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Main Library , 3rd Floor Reading Room
Aug 23
The Ins and Outs of Constructing a Multilingual edition of Utopia

A colloquium presentation by Inmaculada Urena Asensio, Ph.D. candidate, University of Jaen, Spain, and Visiting Scholar at Northeastern University. 

3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries , 277