Archive for the ‘Programs’ Category

Dedication of the Lucy Hargrett Draper Center, March 17

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 - Deborah Stanley, Web Editor

The dedication ceremony of the Lucy Hargrett Draper Center & Archives for the Study of the Rights of Women in History & Law, Circa 1550-2050 in celebration of Women's History Month, will take place at 2:00 PM on March 17, 2012. Please join the UGA Library in our formal dedication of ...

Digital Humanities talk at the SCL, March 9th

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 - Deborah Stanley, Web Editor

Presentation: The History and Future of Academic Conferences (Specifically THATCamp) Who: Amanda French, THATCamp coordinator at the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University When: Friday March 9th, 4:00pm Where: Auditorium, Richard B. Russell Building, home of the Special Collections Libraries Amanda French, THATCamp (The Humanities And Technology Camp) coordinator at ...

Kevin Smith, JD, MLS (Duke University) to speak on the Google Books Project

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 - mariann

The Heart of the Deal: getting the benefits of the Google Books Settlement without Google. When: 10-11:30AM Friday, March 23rd 2012 Where: 271 Auditorium, Special Collections Building This presentation will begin by discussing the good and bad points of the now-defunct Google Books settlement from the ongoing copyright infringement lawsuit brought by authors ...

Spring Bulldog Book Club @ MLC

Thursday, January 26th, 2012 - amber

Bulldog Book Club is open to all members of the UGA and Athens community. It meets at the Jittery Joe's coffee shop in the the Miller Learning Center. Book club discussions are held twice on each title, and you are welcome to attend either discussion. Bulldog Book Club discussions are ...

Time Change: Web of Knowledge workshop 8/25

Monday, August 15th, 2011 - Kristin Nielsen

Please note that the time for the workshop has changed to 3:30 p.m. Don Sechler, a trainer from Web of Knowledge (a.k.a. Web of Science), will be at UGA on August 25 to offer a workshop especially for faculty and students. The workshop will cover efficient search techniques, ways to ...

Bulldog Book Club 4/20 and 4/26: Four Queens

Sunday, April 17th, 2011 - phoebe

Finish out your spring reading with Nancy Goldstone's "complusively readable" Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe.  Then come to Bulldog Book Club and discuss it with English Professor Fran Teague and a UGA Librarian. Historian Goldstone tracks the historically and politically significant lives of four thirteenth-century sisters born ...

Bulldog Book Club 4/6 and 4/12: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Sunday, April 3rd, 2011 - phoebe

Read the hottest book of the last few years, Stig Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Then come to Bulldog Book Club and discuss it with English Professor Fran Teague and a UGA Librarian.  Bulldog Book Club is open to all. Cases rarely come much colder than the decades-old disappearance ...

Artist Talk: Patricia Van Dalen @ MLC (or, “what’s up with the tape?”)

Monday, March 28th, 2011 - amber

[caption id="attachment_4853" align="alignleft" width="222" caption="Patricia Van Dalen standing in front of her MLC installation, "Fragmented Light""][/caption] Artist Talk: Patricia Van Dalen Thursday, April 7th 3:30-4:30pm MLC 250 If you have visited us this semester and wondered what all the neon tape was about, here is your chance to find out! ...

Research and Information Management Workshops at the MLC

Monday, March 21st, 2011 - phoebe

The Miller Learning Center will be hosting a number of Research and Information Management Workshops  (each of which is a blue card event) in the next two weeks: Research Your Employer – Get a jump on a job – research a ...

Bulldog Book Club 3/23 and 3/29: Dead Clever

Sunday, March 20th, 2011 - phoebe

Dip into a modern update on the cozy British mystery novel in Scarlett Thomas' Dead Clever.  Then come to Bulldog Book Club and Discuss it with English Professor Fran Teague and a UGA Librarian.  Bulldog Book Club is open to all. Bored and unsuccessful at teaching, bartending and acting, Lily ...