Upcoming Events

Bring your friends to take a Library Shelfie. We'll have an Instax and some treats!

Relax and wake up to a good day with yoga and coffee.

The Georgia Review, the Institute for African American Studies at UGA, Avid Bookshop, and the Athens-Clarke County Library invite the public to a reading with Aaliyah Bilal and Kiese Laymon. This event is on Thursday, January 23, 2025, at 7pm in the Appleton Auditorium at the Athens-Clarke County Library.

Are you smarter than a librarian? Test your knowledge at UGA Libraries trivia night! We'll have free snacks!

"Your online activity creates a treasure trove of data. This data ranges from your interests and purchases to your online behaviors, and it is collected by websites, apps, devices, services, and companies all around the globe. This data can even include information about your physical self, like health data" (National Cybersecurity Alliance 2024). 

This workshop aims to empower students to learn about online privacy, how they can limit what information is tracked about them online, and provide practical practices for more private online browsing.

Join us to celebrate the opening of the Hargrett Library’s newest exhibition From Farms to Fast Fashion: Unraveling the Need for Sustainable Style on Thursday, February 6th from 6:00-8:00PM. The event will include tours of the gallery, a clothing swap hosted by UGA student group Fair Fashion, and light refreshments.  
Attendees interested in participating in the clothing swap can bring clothing, shoes, and other accessories to the Large Event Space (Room 285) during the event. The more you bring, the more you can swap!

Join the University of Georgia Press in partnership with the Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries and the University of Georgia Department of History for a book discussion with chief executive officer of DeKalb County Michael L. Thurmond. Thurmond will discuss his book James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia: A Founder’s Journey from Slave Trader to Abolitionist. James Brooks, the Carl and Sally Gable Distinguished Professor of History, will provide an introduction. A light reception will follow the discussion.

Join the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame for a panel discussion focused on Black publishing in Georgia, hosted in honor of Robert Sengstacke Abbott on

Join the Richard B. Russell Library on Thursday, March 13th, at 5:30pm for a discussion with author Richard Hutto about his new work, The Countess and the Nazis. 

A light reception will follow the discussion, with the opportunity to purchase Hutto's recent work with a book sale facilitated by the University Bookstore!