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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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, November 18, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Offline Club

Your AI research questions answered In-Person

Come talk to a librarian about using generative AI tools like ChatGPT for your research. We're on hand to answer questions like: • How reliable is AI-generated information for academic research? •...  More
Date:
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
11:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
135M Digital Literacy, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Your AI research questions answered

Digital skills and your career In-Person

Beyond the resume; how can I use AI to build my career? Should I be using Chat GPT to be competitive for jobs? How can I use my digital skills to make a positive difference? Drop-in and talk with a...  More
Date:
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location:
135M Digital Literacy, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Digital skills and your career

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:
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 9 seats left
Intro to Data Analysis with RStudio

Junk Journaling and Bookbinding! In-Person

Join us for a guided bookbinding craft where participants will hand bind their own journal and then personalize it in a junk journal style. Supplies will be provided, but you're encourage to bring...  More
Date:
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Digital Scholarship Commons A308, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Arts and Crafts  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 10 seats left
Junk Journaling and Bookbinding!

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:
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Time:
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Location:
Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 19 seats left
Citations made easy: Intro to Zotero

Your AI research questions answered In-Person

Come talk to a librarian about using generative AI tools like ChatGPT for your research. We're on hand to answer questions like: • How reliable is AI-generated information for academic research? •...  More
Date:
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
135M Digital Literacy, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Your AI research questions answered

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:
Thursday, November 20, 2025
Time:
10:00am - 11:00am
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 19 seats left
Data Management Plans (DMPs)

Digital mindfulness: managing your digital devices In-Person

Being intentional about your use of digital devices is an important aspect of your digital wellbeing, including your ability to focus. Distraction from devices, apps, and notifications is a major...  More
Date:
Thursday, November 20, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
10:30am - 12:00pm
Location:
135M Digital Literacy, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Digital mindfulness: managing your digital devices

Beyond the Basics: Edit Vector Data with QGIS Online

Note: This workshop is online only. QGIS is a free and open source desktop Geographical Information Systems (GIS) package. With vector data, participants will edit both attributes and spatial...  More
Date:
Thursday, November 20, 2025
Time:
11:30am - 1:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 11 seats left
Beyond the Basics: Edit Vector Data with QGIS

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, November 20, 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:
  Social Event  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 49 seats left
Bring Your Own Book Bookclub

GenAI: Introduction & Prompt Design Online

Note: This workshop is online only. About this workshop: Workshop participants will explore the use of Generative AI (GenAI) to assist with Student Research for idea generation, and literature...  More
Date:
Thursday, November 20, 2025
Time:
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 32 seats left
GenAI: Introduction & Prompt Design

Unlock your government data In-Person

Do you need government data for your research? Statistics, demographics, elections and voting data, statutes and regulations, or financial data? Come talk with a librarian who can help make it...  More
Date:
Friday, November 21, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
10:00am - 11:00am
Location:
135M Digital Literacy, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Unlock your government data

Academic Integrity Support In-Person

Do you have questions about academic integrity in your research assignments? Are you feeling uncertain about: citing sources, including images and indigenous knowledge? choosing research...  More
Date:
Friday, November 21, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
135M Digital Literacy, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Academic Integrity Support

Movie Saturday In-Person

Come hang out in the student lounge and enjoy a free classic movie! Movies play every Saturday at 3pm in the foyer of the main floor of the library. Pull up a seat, or enjoy the ambiance of a classic...  More
Date:
Saturday, November 22, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Mearns – McPherson Library, Main Foyer, New Student Lounge - Main Floor
Audience:
  Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Social Event  

Introduction to Podcasting 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 Podcasting? If so, then this hands-on workshop will give you an introduction...  More
Date:
Monday, November 24, 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! - 24 seats left
Introduction to Podcasting

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, November 24, 2025
Time:
2:30pm - 4:00pm
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! - 8 seats left
Programmable Electronics with Arduino

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, November 25, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Offline Club

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:
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Time:
9:30am - 11:00am
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 24 seats left
GenAI: NotebookLM a Personal RAG Tool for Research & Productivity (Intermediate)

Introduction to Covidence Online

Covidence is a web-based platform that streamlines the process of conducting comprehensive literature reviews, including systematic reviews, scoping reviews, meta-syntheses, and meta-narratives. In...  More
Date:
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Time:
10:00am - 11:00am
Location:
Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff     General public  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 21 seats left
Introduction to Covidence

Your AI research questions answered In-Person

Come talk to a librarian about using generative AI tools like ChatGPT for your research. We're on hand to answer questions like: • How reliable is AI-generated information for academic research? •...  More
Date:
Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
11:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
135M Digital Literacy, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Your AI research questions answered

Bookbinding Workshop: Create Your Own Handmade Journal In-Person

Bookbinding Workshop: Create Your Own Handmade Journal Join librarian Michael Lines for a hands-on, 90-minute bookbinding workshop. In this session at the Farallon Book Arts Lab, you'll craft and...  More
Date:
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Time:
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Book Arts Lab (Room 086)
Event Cost:
CA$5.00
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff     General public     Library staff     Open to everyone  
Categories:
  Farallon Book Arts Lab  
Registration Type:
In-Person Registration
Register! - 11 seats left
Bookbinding Workshop: Create Your Own Handmade Journal

Introduction to Data Visualization with Tableau Online

Note: This workshop is online via Zoom. Are you a UVic student or staff member and are interested in design and data visualization? Are you looking to elevate your visual reports and presentations to...  More
Date:
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Time:
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Faculty and instructors     Graduate students     UVic staff  
Categories:
  DSC  
Registration Type:
Online Registration
Register! - 25 seats left
Introduction to Data Visualization with Tableau

Digital skills and your career In-Person

Beyond the resume; how can I use AI to build my career? Should I be using Chat GPT to be competitive for jobs? How can I use my digital skills to make a positive difference? Drop-in and talk with a...  More
Date:
Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location:
135M Digital Literacy, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
Audience:
  Undergraduate students     Graduate students  
Digital skills and your career

Advanced Zotero: Beyond the basics In-Person

Are you ready to take your Zotero skills to the next level? In this advanced workshop, we’ll delve deeper into the powerful features of Zotero, a free software that streamlines the process of...  More
Date:
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Time:
1:30pm - 2:30pm
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
Advanced Zotero: Beyond the basics