Library Events

Upcoming Events

Time Zone: Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)

Archival Adventures - Harper's Weekly Journal 1861 Online

It's time for an adventure! What were Americans reading as the nation teetered on the edge insurrection? This week, we're diving into the pages of Harper's Weekly (1857-1916), the influential...  More
Date:
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Audience:
  Beginners     Advanced     Undergraduates     Public     Graduate Students     Faculty/Staff     Alumni     Postdoc  
Categories:
  Event > Livestream  

Josie's Office Hours In-Person

Join Josie the Therapy Dog from Cook Counseling for her weekly office hours located on the 2nd floor of Newman Library near the Popular Reading Collection. If you are an individual with a disability...  More
Date:
Monday, March 17, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
11:30am - 12:30pm
Location:
2nd Floor Commons (Newman Library)

Digital Scholarship Collaboration Hour In-Person / Online

Join us for the weekly Digital Scholarship Collaboration Hour in the Athenaeum Collaboration Room (Newman 126) on the 1st floor of Newman Library. Bring your lunch or afternoon coffee and join us in...  More
Date:
Monday, March 17, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Athenaeum Collaboration Room (Newman 126), Blacksburg Campus
Audience:
  Beginners     Undergraduates     Graduate Students     Faculty/Staff     Postdoc     Researchers  
Categories:
  Event > Data Science  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration / Online Registration
Register! - 20 seats left

Introduction to Open Textbooks In-Person

Do your students frequently ask if the textbook for your course is really required? Do you suspect that some, perhaps many of your students don't buy the book? Do you want to explore some relatively...  More
Date:
Monday, March 17, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
12:20pm - 1:10pm
Audience:
  Graduate Students     Faculty/Staff  
Categories:
  Workshop  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 20 seats left

How to take advantage of Virginia Tech’s open access policy In-Person

Since March 2021, all Virginia Tech researchers can provide immediate open access to the accepted version of scholarly articles through the university’s repository, VTechWorks, regardless of their...  More
Date:
Monday, March 17, 2025
Time:
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Location:
Online
Audience:
  Graduate Students     Faculty/Staff     Postdoc     Researchers  
Categories:
  Event  

Craft & Chat: Crochet and Celebrating Small Wins In-Person

Whether you're a crochet pro or have never picked up a crochet hook in your life, come learn how to make a crochet lanyard while discussing why we should be celebrating even the smallest...  More
Date:
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
Project Design Studio (Newman 419) (Map ), Blacksburg Campus
Audience:
  Beginners     Undergraduates     Public     Graduate Students     Faculty/Staff     Alumni     Postdoc     Researchers  
Categories:
  Workshop  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 10 seats left

Archival Adventures - Erotica of the Past Online

It's time for an adventure! This week we're diving into erotica of the past to uncover the secrets of our ancestors' loves lives! From illustrated stories revealing the sexual habits of Victorian...  More
Date:
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Audience:
  Beginners     Advanced     Undergraduates     Public     Graduate Students     Faculty/Staff     Alumni     Postdoc  
Categories:
  Event > Livestream  

VTSCOM Library Lunch & Learn In-Person

Please join us at the VTCSOM library to learn more about resources available to you as a VTC student. On the first and third Thursday of every month, VTCSOM Library staff will host Lunch & Learn...  More
Date:
Thursday, March 20, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
12:15pm - 12:45pm
Location:
Health Sciences & Technology Campus
Audience:
  Graduate Students  
Categories:
  Workshop  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 25 seats left

Library Game Night In-Person

Join us in the new Gaming Studio in Newman Library for a fun night of board games, TTRPGs, video games, and VR! Plus, opportunities to connect with courses, research, and organizations related to...  More
Date:
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Time:
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Game Studio (Newman 4th floor)
Audience:
  Beginners     Advanced     Undergraduates     Public     Graduate Students     Faculty/Staff     Alumni     Postdoc     Researchers  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 100 seats left

Josie's Office Hours In-Person

Join Josie the Therapy Dog from Cook Counseling for her weekly office hours located on the 2nd floor of Newman Library near the Popular Reading Collection. If you are an individual with a disability...  More
Date:
Monday, March 24, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
11:30am - 12:30pm
Location:
2nd Floor Commons (Newman Library)

Digital Scholarship Collaboration Hour In-Person / Online

Join us for the weekly Digital Scholarship Collaboration Hour in the Athenaeum Collaboration Room (Newman 126) on the 1st floor of Newman Library. Bring your lunch or afternoon coffee and join us in...  More
Date:
Monday, March 24, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Athenaeum Collaboration Room (Newman 126), Blacksburg Campus
Audience:
  Beginners     Undergraduates     Graduate Students     Faculty/Staff     Postdoc     Researchers  
Categories:
  Event > Data Science  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration / Online Registration
Register! - 20 seats left

Elements Faculty Activity System: Overview Workshop and Drop-In Q&A In-Person

Virginia Tech Elements, a faculty activity repository, is used for a variety of purposes, including data for department, college, or broader institutional analytics and reports, the Virginia Tech...  More
Date:
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Time:
10:00am - 11:00am
Location:
Blacksburg Campus
Audience:
  Faculty/Staff  
Categories:
  Workshop  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 49 seats left

Craft & Chat: Quilting and Community Building In-Person

Learn hand-sewing techniques and make your own quilted block to take home. We'll talk about the history of quilting bees and how to build community through craft traditions. Craft & Chats provide...  More
Date:
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Time:
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Location:
Project Design Studio (Newman 419) (Map ), Blacksburg Campus
Audience:
  Beginners     Undergraduates     Public     Graduate Students     Faculty/Staff     Alumni     Postdoc     Researchers  
Categories:
  Workshop  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 9 seats left

Incorporating Media into Digital Scholarship with Knight Lab Tools In-Person / Online

In this workshop, we will talk about five tools from Knight Lab [https://knightlab.northwestern.edu/projects/] (Timeline, Storyline, StoryMap, Soundcite, and Juxtapose). These tools can be integrated...  More
Date:
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Time:
9:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Torgersen 3310, Blacksburg Campus
Audience:
  Beginners     Undergraduates     Public     Graduate Students     Faculty/Staff     Alumni     Postdoc  
Categories:
  Workshop  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration / Online Registration
Register! - 72 seats left

Intro to R and RStudio Online

Learn how to work with data in R and RStudio, whether or not you have any experience with coding or data analysis. This hands-on workshop is open to anyone who wants to work with data in R. You do...  More
Date:
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Time:
9:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Online
Audience:
  Beginners     Undergraduates     Public     Graduate Students     Faculty/Staff     Alumni     Postdoc     Researchers  
Categories:
  Workshop     Workshop > Data Science  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 45 seats left

Archival Adventures: Rex, by Harl Vincent Online

It's time for an adventure! This week, we dive back into author and sci-fi historian Sam Moskowitz's list of genre classics from his 1940 letter to the editor of Comet. Today's story: Rex by Harl...  More
Date:
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Audience:
  Beginners     Advanced     Undergraduates     Public     Graduate Students     Faculty/Staff     Alumni     Postdoc  
Categories:
  Event > Livestream  

Virtual Chat with Fabio Zinno - Head of Machine Learning at EA Sports In-Person / Online

Fabio Zinno, Head of Machine Learning at EA Sports, will be joining us virtually to discuss machine learning and AI in the video game industry. Attendees may join us online via Zoom or in Newman...  More
Date:
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Time:
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Location:
SCALE-UP Classroom (Newman 101S), Blacksburg Campus
Audience:
  Beginners     Advanced     Undergraduates     Public     Graduate Students     Faculty/Staff     Alumni     Postdoc     Researchers  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration / Online Registration
Register! - 140 seats left

Intro to Unreal Engine In-Person

Learn the basics of creating virtual worlds with Unreal Engine! Unreal Engine is a free software used by developers all over the world. All attendees are eligible to enter a raffle for a limited...  More
Date:
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Time:
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location:
Torgersen 3310, Blacksburg Campus
Audience:
  Beginners     Undergraduates     Public     Graduate Students     Faculty/Staff     Alumni  
Categories:
  Workshop  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 15 seats left

Intro to Python and JupyterLab Online

This hands-on workshop for novices will cover basic programming skills in Python using the JupyterLab interface. The workshop is open to anyone. You do not need any experience to participate, but you...  More
Date:
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Time:
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Audience:
  Beginners     Undergraduates     Public     Graduate Students     Faculty/Staff     Alumni     Postdoc     Researchers  
Categories:
  Workshop     Workshop > Data Science  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 47 seats left

Epcot's Birthday Party In-Person

Join the University Libraries, Hokie Wellness, and Cook Counseling Center in celebrating therapy dog Epcot's 4th birthday. There will be free cake, prizes, and fun. If you are an individual with a...  More
Date:
Friday, March 28, 2025
Time:
11:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
2nd Floor Commons (Newman Library), Blacksburg Campus
Audience:
  Undergraduates     Public     Graduate Students     Faculty/Staff  
Categories:
  Event  

Josie's Office Hours In-Person

Join Josie the Therapy Dog from Cook Counseling for her weekly office hours located on the 2nd floor of Newman Library near the Popular Reading Collection. If you are an individual with a disability...  More
Date:
Monday, March 31, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
11:30am - 12:30pm
Location:
2nd Floor Commons (Newman Library)

Digital Scholarship Collaboration Hour In-Person / Online

Join us for the weekly Digital Scholarship Collaboration Hour in the Athenaeum Collaboration Room (Newman 126) on the 1st floor of Newman Library. Bring your lunch or afternoon coffee and join us in...  More
Date:
Monday, March 31, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Athenaeum Collaboration Room (Newman 126), Blacksburg Campus
Audience:
  Beginners     Undergraduates     Graduate Students     Faculty/Staff     Postdoc     Researchers  
Categories:
  Event > Data Science  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration / Online Registration
Register! - 20 seats left

Data wrangling and visualization with R Online

This hands-on workshop is designed for those with basic R programming experience. It will focus on data wrangling and visualization using the tidyverse set of packages. The workshop is open to...  More
Date:
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Time:
9:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Online
Audience:
  Beginners     Undergraduates     Public     Graduate Students     Faculty/Staff     Alumni     Postdoc     Researchers  
Categories:
  Workshop     Workshop > Data Science  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 46 seats left

Archival Adventures: USS Dacotah Engineer's Journal, Part 10 – Seeking the “290” Online

It’s time for an adventure! This week we return to the journal of Phillip Peltz, Chief Engineer of the USS Dacotah. After completing quarantine and repairs in New York, the ship sets out in pursuit...  More
Date:
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Audience:
  Beginners     Advanced     Undergraduates     Public     Graduate Students     Faculty/Staff     Alumni     Postdoc  
Categories:
  Event > Livestream  

Virtual Chat with Doug Cockle - Voiceover Actor In-Person / Online

Doug Cockle, an actor best known as the voice of Geralt of Rivea in The Witcher franchise, will be joining us virtually to discuss voice acting in the video game industry. Attendees may join us online...  More
Date:
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Time:
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
The Goodall Room (Newman 101), Blacksburg Campus
Audience:
  Beginners     Advanced     Undergraduates     Public     Graduate Students     Faculty/Staff     Alumni     Postdoc     Researchers  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration / Online Registration
Register! - 140 seats left

Library Hours