Workshops at the University of Texas Libraries are free, drop-in workshops on topics related to research, digital tools and more. All workshops are free, open to everyone and located across Libraries locations. Workshops with invited speakers or co-organized with outside institutions may be subject to registration fees. Non-UT affiliated persons can connect to our WiFi network through the UTGuest network or EduRoam.
Upcoming Workshops
Join UT Libraries on Friday, November 7, 2025, from 12-1 pm for a virtual Digital Humanities Workshop!
This workshop will introduce participants to “distant reading,” a form of text analysis. In contrast to “close reading,” distant reading uses computational and visual tools to appreciate the overall structure of texts and explore how they fit in a broader corpus. We will use the Quanteda package in the R programming language, but no prior coding experience is required.
Registration required, so sign up today!
Presenter: Mark Ravina, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Chair in Japanese Studies
Registration: Link
Location: Zoom
Join us Thursday, November 13, 2025, from 11-1 pm, for a Scan Tech Studio Pop-up Workshop and Office Hours!
In this workshop, participants will learn techniques and best practices for digitizing and working with digitized materials from libraries and archives. After an initial one hour workshop, we will have librarians available for an additional hour of office hours for more in-depth consultation on attendees’ own questions or research projects. The workshop will cover:
- techniques for DIY digitization in a library or archive
- best practices for organizing your digital files
- how to perform optical character recognition (OCR) to extract text from your images
- methodologies and sample code for performing text analysis
Attendees are encouraged to bring their own questions and projects to discuss during the office hours!
Registration is not required, although we would appreciate if you would submit this form to confirm your interest.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Ian Goodale.
Location: CREEES Fusion Room, Burdine Hall (BUR 480)
Address: 2505 University Avenue, Austin, TX 78712
Join us Monday, November 17, from 2-3 pm for our virtual Patent Basics workshop!
Come learn about patents as a category of intellectual property, about the types of U.S. patents, and about finding patents in freely available databases.
Registration is required, so sign up today! Questions? Please contact Larayne Dallas.
Registration: Link
Location: Virtual