Previous Events

Join us for aqueous work from an award-winning poet and distinguished composer. Peter Van Zandt Lane will give a presentation on his current composition project, Thresholds, a work for orchestra and electronics that incorporates data sonification from the Georgia Coastal Ecologies Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site and is supported by a grant from the Georgia Sea Grant Artists Program.

Every Wednesday from 1:30 – 3:00 PM, students and faculty are welcome to attend data consultation walk-ins hosted in both the Main Library, Room 300 (Digi Lab) and the McBay Science Library, Room 207. 

Learn how to use R for text analysis in this workshop series! This second installment will cover how to perform sentiment analysis and topic modeling. Familiarity with basic R is encouraged but not required. Attendees should come with R (www.r-project.org) and RStudio (www.posit.co/download/rstudio-desktop) pre-installed on their computers.

Meagan Duever, GIS Librarian at UGA, will be presenting a workshop on how to get started with basic mapmaking using latitude and longitude data.

Kick-off your football weekends with a tour of this exhibit featuring original artifacts and rarely seen photographs that explore the life and career of legendary UGA coach Vince Dooley. Join curator Jason Hasty at 3:00 p.m. in the second floor rotunda of the Special Collections Building. This tour is free to the public with no prior registration required. For more information call 706-542-6179 or email hasty@uga.edu.

Join the Hargrett Library for the induction of Percival Everett into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame on Thursday, November 2nd at 6:00 p.m. in room 285 of the UGA Special Collections Building. Everett will give a reading and participate in an audience Q&A; a light reception will follow. This free event is part of the University's Signature Lecture series; RSVP is required. Email LNessel@uga.edu to RSVP.

Every Wednesday from 1:30 – 3:00 PM, students and faculty are welcome to attend data consultation walk-ins hosted in both the Main Library, Room 300 (Digi Lab) and the McBay Science Library, Room 207. 

Learn how to use R for text analysis in this workshop series! The first installment will cover the basics of how to process outside texts and perform analyses of word and part-of-speech frequency. Familiarity with basic R is encouraged but not required. Attendees should come with R (www.r-project.org) and RStudio (www.posit.co/download/rstudio-desktop) pre-installed on their computers.

Come celebrate your favorite late-night study spot, at the Miller Learning Center's 20th Birthday Party. Students are invited to sign a card, make buttons, and enjoy some from free treats from King of Pops. 

Join the Hargrett Library for the induction of Frances Mayes into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame and enjoy a taste of Tuscany on Saturday, October 28, 2023 in room 285 of the Special Collections Libraries.

We'll begin the evening cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, featuring cannellini & sage crostini and pea & shallot crostini.