Upcoming Events
Workshop: Create a Basic Webmap with QGIS, the QGIS2 Web Plugin, and Github Pages
In this workshop, we will use a QGIS plugin to create a basic webmap that you can customize with Leaflet and share via Github pages or another web service. This workshop is for those with some experience with GIS.
Register to receive the Zoom link. Part of the Libraries' Spring into Research workshop series (https://guides.libs.uga.edu/SIR2021).
Virtual Exhibit Tour: Making Space
In 1961, Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter became the first Black students to enroll at the University of Georgia. Facing down adversity, they succeeded in desegregating the campus and winning a battle in the broader struggle for civil rights. However, the process of integration and building a more inclusive university continues today.
Virtual Film Screening: Without a Whisper
Join the Institute for Women's Studies in celebrating Women's History Month with a virtual screening of Without a Whisper. The film will be available to stream from Monday, March 22 - Friday, March 26, 2021. Contact Terri at TLHAT@uga.edu for more info.
This event series is sponsored by the Lucy Hargrett Draper Center and Archives for the Study of the Rights of Women in History and Law.
Virtual Film Screening: Councilwoman
Join the Institute for Women's Studies in celebrating Women's History Month with a virtual screening of Councilwoman. The film will be available to stream from Monday, March 29 - Friday, April 2, 2021. For more information, contact Terri at TLHAT@uga.edu.
This event series is sponsored by the Lucy Hargrett Draper Center and Archives for the Study of the Rights of Women in History and Law.
Congress Week 2021: An Afternoon with Tamar Hallerman
The Russell Library is hosting a conversation with Atlanta Journal-Constitution senior reporter and former Washington correspondent Tamar Hallerman on April 8 as part of its annual Congress Week celebration.
Peabody Transcriptathon
Funding from the National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC) has supported the digitization of 4,000 hours of public media in the Peabody Awards Collection. These programs are being made accessible through the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB). Brown Media is asking your help to expand access to these historic programs by helping correct computer generated transcripts. AAPB transcriptathons enlist a virtual community of volunteer transcribers who help to correct the simple errors made in speech-to-text transcripts.