Previous Events

Join us for the 2023 Lillian Smith Book Awards Ceremony, which will be held on September 21,2023, at 7 p.m. The Lillian Smith Book Awards are sponsored by the Southern Regional Council, University of Georgia Libraries, DeKalb County Public Library/The Georgia Center for the Book, and Piedmont College. This free event includes remarks from both recipients and a Q&A followed by a book signing. 

The LSBA committee is proud to award the 2023 Lillian Smith Book Award to:

Join the Russell Library for the fourth annual Food, Power, and Politics Lecture featuring Maurice Bailey, President & CEO of Save Our Legacy Ourself (SOLO), a non-profit based on Sapelo Island. Bailey will discuss the revival of heritage crops and the preservation of the culture, heritage, and traditions of the Saltwater Geechee people on Sapelo Island. Nik Heynen will moderate the event. Light reception to follow. 

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.

Indigenous Guale Indians first greeted Jesuit missionaries to the Georgia coast in 1566, but their missionary effort there was spectacularly unsuccessful. Franciscans arrived a decade later and worked with Guale leaders to establish Mission Santa Catalina as Spain’s northern outpost along the eastern seaboard. The mission was overrun and destroyed in 1680 by raiders from South Carolina.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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