Join popular video essayist, critic, and creator Jacob Geller for a virtual talk and Q&A sponsored by the Digital Literacy Initiatives and Studios at the University Libraries. Geller is known for his...  More

PLEASE NOTE: This is a self-paced, asynchronous course offered through the Professional Development Network (PDN). Please register for the course and complete the modules on your own through this...  More

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

The Open Access movement has many, many benefits to getting scholarship and research out to everyone, but it has also created an environment with less-than savory players. How can you determine if...  More

Learn hand sewing techniques and take home your own small quilted block. Crafternoons provide informal arts instruction for all levels. All supplies provided and free of charge. Attendees are...  More

The Open Access movement has many, many benefits to getting scholarship and research out to everyone, but it has also created an environment with less-than savory players. How can you determine if...  More

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

Citation managers like EndNote, Mendeley, and Zotero are powerful tools that can help you save, organize, and cite your references. Their use can also help improve your workflow and make the research...  More

This hands-on, participatory workshop focuses on data wrangling and visualization using the tidyverse set of packages in R. Attendees will practice cleaning and wrangling tabular data and become...  More

Looking for a different platform besides Word or Google for your thesis or dissertation? Or do you want to go beyond the basics in LaTeX? Come learn more about working with LaTeX in Overleaf for...  More

Join us for this in-person workshop to help get started on working with data in Python! This hands-on, participatory workshop focuses on foundational programming tools for simplifying, clarifying,...  More

It's time for an adventure! In 1861, 14-year-old Frances, "Fannie," Murdoch picks up a pen as the Civil War picks up around her. Raised on a Mississippi cotton plantation, her life is filled with...  More

Discover the power of paper by learning to make zines, origami, and other papercrafts at the Prototyping Studio. Crafternoons provide informal arts instruction for all levels. All supplies provided...  More

PLEASE NOTE: This is a self-paced, asynchronous course offered through the Professional Development Network (PDN). Please register for the course and complete the modules on your own through this...  More

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

Join us on Thursday, February 26, from 12-1 pm ET, and meet the Evidence Synthesis Services (ESS) team. During this in-person workshop, hosted by RGSA in partnership with University Libraries,...  More

Join us on the 4th floor of Newman to make some button badges! This pop up event will run from 2-4pm with drop in participation. All materials provided are free, and the crafts made are yours to keep!...  More

In June 2026, Virginia Tech added open educational resources (OER) and open source software (OSS) to university-level Tenure and Promotion Guidelines. This session will review this clarification,...  More

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

Create, organize, and manage qualitative projects manually or with assistance from OpenAI in atlas.ti. Code qualitative text and audio/video recordings, analyze and summarize patterns in your data,...  More

This workshop is for anyone, whether you have never used an AI tool before or use them daily! Are you curious about AI tools designed for researchers? Or just want to learn about options available to...  More

Join the University Libraries and invited guests for a discussion for future professors regarding open access, open educational resources, and open data. University Libraries’ faculty will provide...  More

FutureScapes, a student-curated exhibit from the Securitas Cybersecurity Living-Learning Community, will open March 2 with an unveiling and interactive event from 6:30 - 8 p.m. in Newman Library’s...  More

Are you curious about Creative Commons licenses? We will discuss what they signify, why they are valuable, what you can do with them -- and how. This session is relevant to anyone who works with...  More

This hands-on, participatory workshop is designed for those with basic R programming experience that are looking to take their data visualization skills to the next level. Join us to learn about...  More