Archive for the ‘Library Events’ Category

First Person Project Interview Day April 19

Friday, March 29th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland

The next interviews for the First Person Project, a new oral history series documenting the experiences of everyday Georgians, are set for April 19 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries at the University of Georgia. Modeled roughly on StoryCorps, a national initiative ...

Ethics, Law & Access: Larger Implications of Aaron Swartz

Monday, March 25th, 2013 - Ian Thomas, Science Library

Wed. March 27, 2013, 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM - Miller Learning Center, Rm 171 Speakers: Prof. William Lee (Journalism/Mass Communication) & Prof. David Shipley (Law School). The death of hacker-activist Aaron Swartz has sparked conversations around the issues of open access, intellectual property, and copyright law. Our panel will ...

2nd Annual Donald L. Hollowell Lecture, April 3

Friday, March 22nd, 2013 - Renna Tuten

Wednesday, April 3, 7 PM Russell Special Collections Library Room 271 (Auditorium). Join the School of Social Work and the Foot Soldier Project for Civil Rights Studies and Research for the 2nd Annual Donald L. Hollowell Lecture, on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. The guest speaker will be Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Director General ...

EITS Computer Health and Security Fair – Apr. 3 @ MLC

Monday, March 18th, 2013 - amber

EITS Computer Health and Security Fair - April 3, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., MLC 2nd floor lobby Is your laptop safe from all of the never-ending cyber security concerns? A free computer check from University of Georgia technology professionals may give you an answer. The University’s Enterprise Information Technology Services (EITS) ...

Peabody Screening: Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream – March 20

Monday, March 18th, 2013 - Renna Tuten

To warm up baseball fans for the March 31 start of Major League Baseball’s regular season, the University of Georgia’s George Foster Peabody Awards and Peabody Award Collection will present three baseball-themed documentaries that have won the coveted award. The films will all be screened in the auditorium of the ...

First Peabody Winners Festival set for March 27

Thursday, March 14th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland

Thirty-plus recipients of the University of Georgia’s prestigious Peabody Awards will be announced via webcast at 10 a.m. March 27, and later that day, at 7 p.m., a sampling of the latest winners will be screened in the auditorium of the Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries, 300 Hull St., ...

Special Collections Libraries to Host Faculty Open House

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland

The Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries will celebrate its first anniversary with an open house for university faculty. Scheduled for 2-6 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, the event will spotlight faculty members who have formed innovative collaborations with the Special Collections Libraries and showcase the exhibits and collections of the ...

Peabody Screening: The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg – March 13

Monday, March 11th, 2013 - Renna Tuten

To warm up baseball fans for the March 31 start of Major League Baseball’s regular season, the University of Georgia’s George Foster Peabody Awards and Peabody Award Collection will present three baseball-themed documentaries that have won the coveted award. The films will all be screened in the auditorium of the ...

Peabody Screening: When It Was a Game – March 6

Monday, March 4th, 2013 - Renna Tuten

To warm up baseball fans for the March 31 start of Major League Baseball’s regular season, the University of Georgia’s George Foster Peabody Awards and Peabody Award Collection will present three baseball-themed documentaries that have won the coveted award. The films will all be screened in the auditorium of the ...

Easy Citations with Refworks 3/5, 7 pm, MLC 369

Sunday, March 3rd, 2013 - amber

Come to MLC 369 on March 5 at 7 p.m. to learn how to organize references and format your citations with Refworks. Put a citation manager to work for you and spend less time formatting citations and more time writing. This is also a Blue Card Event.