Past Events

Art of Science Contest

Feb 22, 2021–Apr 11, 2021 (All Day)
Art of Science Contest
Data curators at the UC San Diego Library have the privilege of working with researchers from a wide range of scientific disciplines as they prepare data for the Library's Research …

Wiser: The Scientific Roots of Wisdom, Compassion, and What Makes Us Good

Apr 8, 2021 (12:00 PM–1:00 PM)
Wiser: The Scientific Roots of Wisdom, Compassion, and What Makes Us Good
Join us in conversation with Dr. Dilip Jeste, author of "Wiser: The Scientific Roots of Wisdom, Compassion, and What Makes Us Good"

Virtual Library Study Rooms w/ A.S. Office of Academic Affairs

Mar 8, 2021–Mar 12, 2021 (All Day)
Virtual Library Study Rooms w/ A.S. Office of Academic Affairs
During Week 10 of Winter Quarter, the Library is collaborating with the Associated Student Office of Academic Affairs to bring a fun twist to our Virtual Study Rooms.  Two lucky …

Open Education Week: Faculty Authors of Educational Resources: Taking Action For a More Equitable and Affordable Student Experience

Mar 8, 2021 (4:00 PM–5:30 PM)
Open Education Week: Faculty Authors of Educational Resources: Taking Action For a More Equitable and Affordable Student Experience
Faculty concerned about high-priced educational materials that do not meet their curricular needs have taken to creating open access educational resources to reduce cost for their students, to have more …

Open Education Week: UC San Diego Student Open Education Initiatives & California's Higher Education Collaborative OER Efforts

Mar 3, 2021 (11:30 AM–12:30 PM)
Open Education Week: UC San Diego Student Open Education Initiatives & California’s Higher Education Collaborative OER Efforts
Textbook and course material affordability has been an obstacle to students' success even before the pandemic but even more crucial to address as students have been experiencing increased financial instability. …

Celebrate Read Across America Day with the Library

Mar 2, 2021 (12:00 PM–1:00 PM)
Celebrate Read Across America Day with the Library
Ready, set, read! Join us as we virtually celebrate the National Education Association’s (NEA) 18th annual Read Across America Day. Booklovers from across campus will be reading diverse works that …

Love & Break Up Letters to the Library

Feb 1, 2021–Feb 28, 2021 (All Day)
Love & Break Up Letters to the Library
This year the Library is hosting a virtual version of our Love & Break Up Letters to the Library activity, available online from Monday, February 1st, 2021 through Sunday, February 28th, 2021. Do …

A Conversation with Kevin Young

Feb 24, 2021 (5:30 PM)
A Conversation with Kevin Young
A Geisel Library 50th Anniversary Signature Event Join us for an engaging virtual event with poet, author and director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Kevin …

Connecting Communities to Improve Educational Equity: A Conversation with Campus Resources Centers and the Library

Feb 22, 2021 (10:00 AM–11:30 AM)
Connecting Communities to Improve Educational Equity: A Conversation with Campus Resources Centers and the Library
Join the Library on February 22nd from 10 am to 11:30 am for our event celebrating Black History Month: Connecting Communities to Improve Educational Equity: A Conversation between Campus Resources and the Library.

Sexual Barter in Times of Genocide: Reflections on Sexual Violence, Agency, and Sex Work with Anna Hajkova

Feb 17, 2021 (5:00 PM–6:00 PM)
Sexual Barter in Times of Genocide: Reflections on Sexual Violence, Agency, and Sex Work with Anna Hajkova
What is everyday life, and how is it experienced under extreme stress? This is the broader question that animates the research of Anna Hájková, an associate professor of Modern Continental …

Love Data Week: Data Science Students Lightning Talks

Feb 10, 2021 (1:00 PM–2:00 PM)
Love Data Week: Data Science Students Lightning Talks
Join us for an hour of lightning talks from UC students as they share their data science focused personal projects! Personal projects are a common way for data science students …

Love Data Week: ICPSR Presentation

Feb 10, 2021 (12:00 PM–1:00 PM)
Love Data Week: ICPSR Presentation
Join us for an ICPSR presentation! Do you need data for the gagillion papers you have to write this quarter? Or maybe you're going up for tenure and need to …

Love Data Week: Gale Digital Scholar Demonstration

Feb 10, 2021 (12:00 PM–12:30 PM)
Love Data Week: Gale Digital Scholar Demonstration
Join us for a Gale Digital Scholar demonstration! This session will provide an overview of the main text mining features of the Gale Digital Scholar Lab, and provide examples of …

Love Data Week: ProQuest TDM Studio Demonstration

Feb 9, 2021 (12:00 PM–12:30 PM)
Love Data Week: ProQuest TDM Studio Demonstration
Join us for a ProQuest TDM Studio demonstration! ProQuest’s TDM Studio is a text and data mining solution which opens up millions of newspaper articles, dissertations, and primary sources to …

Love Data Week: SQL in 60 Minutes

Feb 8, 2021 (1:00 PM–2:00 PM)
Love Data Week: SQL in 60 Minutes
Join us for an interactive session to learn basic analysis using SQL in just one hour! SQL is the most common way to select data or answer questions with databases. …

Love Data Week: HathiTrust Research Center Demonstration

Feb 8, 2021 (12:00 PM–12:30 PM)
Love Data Week: HathiTrust Research Center Demonstration
Join us for our Hathi Trust Research Center demonstration! This session will introduce the HathiTrust Research Center and its tools and services for text and data mining the HathiTrust Digital …

"Create Your Own Geisel" 50th Anniversary Contest

Dec 18, 2020–Jan 22, 2021 (12:01 AM–11:59 PM)
“Create Your Own Geisel” 50th Anniversary Contest
Show us your creative interpretations of Geisel Library and enter to win a UC San Diego Bookstore e-gift card! This contest is open to UC San Diego students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members.

Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II with Anna Shternshis and Psoy Korolenko

Jan 21, 2021 (5:00 PM–6:00 PM)
Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II with Anna Shternshis and Psoy Korolenko
At the height of World War II, a team of Soviet scholars embarked on an ambitious goal to collect recently written songs dealing with the Holocaust. Lost until the early …

Geisel After Dark Virtual Event 2020

Nov 4, 2020–Nov 30, 2020 (All Day)
Geisel After Dark Virtual Event 2020
Join the Library for our 7th annual Geisel After Dark event for chances to win weekly raffles for $20 Amazon e-gift cards and a final raffle for a $50 Amazon e-gift …

Turkey Calling Show 2020

Nov 25, 2020 (12:00 PM)
Turkey Calling Show 2020
The UC San Diego Library's annual Turkey Calling Show is going virtual this year! Join us for a live Facebook Premiere of a short and sweet version of this beloved …

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