UVic Libraries events calendar

Welcome to the UVic Libraries events calendar!

  • This page shows the next 25 events in the order they are happening. To see more, use the search box.  
  • This page displays public events only. If you have registered for a private event (thesis writer's intensive, for example), consult your email for more information.
  • Curious about all the workshops we offer? Our workshops menu lets you browse workshops by topic and access self-paced workshop materials. Instructors can request workshop sessions for their classes.

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Events and Workshops at UVic Libraries

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Intro to Data Analysis with RStudio Online

Note: This workshop is online only. Are you a UVic student or Staff member and want to learn more about statistical and data analysis using RStudio? Are you a graduate student wondering how you're...  More
Date:
Friday, September 19, 2025
Time:
10:30am - 12:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 8 seats left

Programmable Electronics with Arduino In-Person

Note: This workshop will be held in person. Are you a UVic student, faculty, or staff member and want to learn more about computing electronics? If so, then this hands-on workshop will give you an...  More
Date:
Monday, September 22, 2025
Time:
11:30am - 1:00pm
Location:
Digital Scholarship Commons A308, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register!

Intro to 3D Design & Print In-Person

Note: This workshop will be held in person. Are you a UVic student, staff, or faculty member and want to learn more about designing objects digitally and printing them on our 3D printers? If so, then...  More
Date:
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Time:
10:30am - 12:00pm
Location:
Digital Scholarship Commons A308
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 16 seats left

Offline Club

Join the Department of Writing and the Libraries in a space where you can turn off your devices to read, write, sketch and talk. Each Tuesday from 4-6 pm, all students are welcome to join a tech-free...  More
Date:
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  

Practical Data Skills: Pre-Registration of Research Protocols Online

What You’ll Learn: Open Science & Scholarship - Discover practical skills that empower you to contribute meaningfully to open science —making your work more accessible, equitable, and...  More
Date:
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Time:
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Categories:
  DSC     Workshops  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 18 seats left

Qualitative Data Analysis with NVivo Online

Note: This workshop is online only. NVivo is software for computer assisted qualitative data analysis. In this introductory workshop, participants will learn about the uses and benefits of working...  More
Date:
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 21 seats left

Pandas DataFrames in Jupyter Notebooks Online

Note: This workshop is online only. Are you working with datasets, but want a more flexible environment for data cleaning, extraction and/or analysis? Pandas is an open-source Python library for...  More
Date:
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 25 seats left

Making Friendship Bracelets- Drop in! In-Person

Join us to a fun filled afternoon of crafting and friendship! Supplies for friendship bracelets are provided. Registration NOT required but feel free to register to get a calendar invite! This is a...  More
Date:
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
New Student Lounge - Main Floor , Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Engagement Events  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 45 seats left

GenAI: NotebookLM a Personal RAG Tool for Research & Productivity (Intermediate) Online

Note: This workshop will be held online via Zoom. About the Workshop This workshop focuses on using NoteBookLM, a personal Generative AI (GenAI) tool, that becomes an expert on the specific...  More
Date:
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Time:
9:30am - 11:00am
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC     Artificial intelligence (AI)  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 18 seats left

Citations made easy: Intro to Zotero Online

Are citations giving you a headache? Do you find the intricacies of citation styles like APA or MLA confusing? Tired of the last-minute rush to create a correctly formatted bibliography? If so - you...  More
Date:
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Time:
10:30am - 11:30am
Location:
Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 7 seats left

Find Your Way: Library Open House In-Person

Join us for a snack and find your way to academic success at UVic Libraries! Thursday, September 25, 2025, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. in the Main Foyer of Mearns Centre for Learning-McPherson Library Sign up...  More
Date:
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
New Student Lounge - Main Floor , Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Open to everyone  

Data Management Plans (DMPs) Online

This workshop offers a foundational understanding of research data management and Data Management Plans (DMPs). Geared towards graduate students and faculty researchers, this lecture-style session...  More
Date:
Friday, September 26, 2025
Time:
10:00am - 11:00am
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 14 seats left

Graduate Student Orientation Tour In-Person

Sign up for a 30 minute tour of the 'Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library' including stops at the important places where you’ll find the people, services, programs, and resources to support...  More
Date:
Monday, September 29, 2025
Time:
11:00am - 11:30am
Location:
Mearns – McPherson Library, Main Foyer
Audience:
  Graduate students  
Categories:
  Tours  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 42 seats left

Offline Club

Join the Department of Writing and the Libraries in a space where you can turn off your devices to read, write, sketch and talk. Each Tuesday from 4-6 pm, all students are welcome to join a tech-free...  More
Date:
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  

Bring Your Own Book Bookclub In-Person

Join us a Mearns-McPherson Library with your latest read for BYOB Bookclub! We will gather in the student lounge to read quietly for 15 minutes before a lightly guided discussion of what everyone is...  More
Date:
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
11:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Mearns – McPherson Library, Main Foyer, New Student Lounge - Main Floor , Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Engagement Events  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 50 seats left

Decoding Your Research Assignment: Understanding What Your Professor Really Wants In-Person

Are you stressed about current (or future) research assignments? Curious about what a research assignment might look like? Join Social Sciences Librarian David Boudinot, to learn more about how to...  More
Date:
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Time:
11:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Room 130, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students     Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Engagement Events     Workshops  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 35 seats left

Practical Data Skills: Find Open Data Online

What You’ll Learn: Open Science & Scholarship - Discover practical skills that empower you to contribute meaningfully to open science —making your work more accessible, equitable, and...  More
Date:
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Time:
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Categories:
  DSC     Workshops  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 4 seats left

Welcome Back Research Data Drop-In In-Person

The Welcome Back Research Data Drop-In is open to anybody at UVic, and will showcase services and supports for all things about your research and research data, featuring representatives from: UVic...  More
Date:
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Time:
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
Digital Scholarship Commons A308
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Categories:
  DSC  

Offline Club

Join the Department of Writing and the Libraries in a space where you can turn off your devices to read, write, sketch and talk. Each Tuesday from 4-6 pm, all students are welcome to join a tech-free...  More
Date:
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  

Practical Data Skills: Best Practices for Reproducible Research Online

What You’ll Learn: Open Science & Scholarship - Discover practical skills that empower you to contribute meaningfully to open science —making your work more accessible, equitable, and...  More
Date:
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Time:
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Categories:
  DSC     Workshops  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 13 seats left

Systematic Reviews Workshop 1: Setting Yourself Up for Success (Online) Online

This virtual workshop will cover what is needed to plan your systematic review (or other evidence synthesis review) and create a review protocol that can be used to guide you through the review...  More
Date:
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Time:
10:00am - 12:00pm
Audience:
  Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 28 seats left

Offline Club

Join the Department of Writing and the Libraries in a space where you can turn off your devices to read, write, sketch and talk. Each Tuesday from 4-6 pm, all students are welcome to join a tech-free...  More
Date:
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  

Practical Data Skills: Data Privacy Online

What You’ll Learn: Open Science & Scholarship: Learn how to engage with Open Science to make scholarship more equitable, accessible, and inclusive. Practical Data Skills: Gain practical data skills...  More
Date:
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Time:
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Categories:
  DSC     Workshops  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 22 seats left

Bring Your Own Book Bookclub In-Person

Join us a Mearns-McPherson Library with your latest read for BYOB Bookclub! We will gather in the student lounge to read quietly for 15 minutes before a lightly guided discussion of what everyone is...  More
Date:
Thursday, October 16, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
Mearns – McPherson Library, Main Foyer, New Student Lounge - Main Floor , Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Engagement Events  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 50 seats left

Citations made easy: Intro to Zotero In-Person

Are citations giving you a headache? Do you find the intricacies of citation styles like APA or MLA confusing? Tired of the last-minute rush to create a correctly formatted bibliography? If so - you...  More
Date:
Monday, October 20, 2025
Time:
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Location:
Digital Scholarship Commons A308, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 14 seats left