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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, September 23, 2025
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, September 30, 2025
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- 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...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, October 1, 2025
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, October 7, 2025
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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
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- 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...
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- 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
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- 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...
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- 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