Main Library

Monster Mash

Do you want to get in the Halloween spirit? Join the UGA Libraries for our Monster Mash event on October 28th from 1 to 4 PM at the Main Library. There will be a pumpkin painting contest, button making, tricks, treats, and more!

Lets have a graveyard smash and do the monster mash!

UGA Press Annual Campus Book Sale

As part of the Spotlight on the Arts Festival, the University of Georgia Press will host its annual book sale for students, faculty, and staff on the Main Library's front lawn on November 13-14, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. each day. A wide variety of new and backlist titles will be available for purchase at a special Spotlight discount of 50% off. Stop by and browse available titles, learn more about the UGA Press, our people and our authors, and find out about exciting new initiatives from the Press and our partners.

Drop-in Data Consultations

Led by Katie Ireland (RCDM), David Beavan (Turing Institute), and Kaspar Beelen (Turing Institute, University of London). Join us for consultations with experts in DH, data science, and research software engineering. We are here to help with finding and analyzing your data, large language models, R, python, data visualization, and more!

Digital Humanities + Research Software Engineering: Workshop for Graduate Students

Join data science and humanities computing experts David Beavan (Principal Research Software Engineer, Turing Institute) and Kaspar Beelen (Ph.D., Turing Institute, University of London) for a workshop on research software engineering in digital humanities. A brief overview will be provided followed by a hands-on workshop focused on how to use (large) language models for interrogating historical newspaper collections.

Digital Humanities + Data Science Workshop for Faculty

Join data science and humanities computing experts David Beavan (Principal Research Software Engineer, Turing Institute, London) and Kaspar Beelen (Ph.D., Turing Institute and University of London) for a workshop on research software engineering in digital humanities. A brief overview will be provided followed by a hands-on workshop focused on how to use (large) language models for interrogating historical newspaper collections.

Poetry with Wyatt Prunty

Join award winning poet and 2024 Georgia Writers Hall of Fame Honoree Wyatt Prunty for a poetry reading on Tuesday, October 15th at 6:00PM. The reading, which will take place in the 3rd floor reading room of the University of Georgia Main Library, will be followed by a Q&A with the poet and a light reception.