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, October 17, 2025, from 12-1 pm for a hybrid Digital Humanities Workshop!
Canva is a free online tool for designing visuals like social media posts, presentations, and documents using customizable templates. In this workshop, attendees will learn the basic tools of Canva and apply them to a variety of templates. In the second half of the workshop, the instructor will assist attendees with their personal projects.
Snacks and coffee will be provided. Register today!
Presenter: Tina Tran, Visual Arts Liaison Librarian
Registration: Link
Location: Perry-Castañeda Library Scholars Lab, Data Lab (PCL 2.202) and Zoom
Join UT Libraries on Friday, October 24, 2025, from 12-1:15 pm for a hybrid Data & Donuts workshop!
Data & Donuts: SQL and Open Source Relational Databases will provide an introduction to using SQL (Structured Query Language) to store and manage data in open source relational databases like MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite. Gaining familiarity with SQL can help researchers better manage large datasets, construct detailed data queries that can be shared with open source research code, and utilize SQL dependent filtering functionality in open source applications like QGIS software.
This workshop is being hosted by the UT Libraries and UT Open Source Program Office.
Oh, and did we mention free donuts? 🍩 Register today!
Presenter: Michael Shensky
Registration: Link
Location: Perry-Castañeda Library Scholars Lab, Data Lab (PCL 2.202) or Zoom
Join UT Libraries on Friday, October 31, 2025, from 12-1 pm for a hybrid Digital Humanities Workshop!
This workshop will provide a basic introduction to Tropy, a digital tool for organizing and describing archival photographs and research materials. We will explore what Tropy can (and cannot) do as a research aid. We will also explore its application in a real archival research project examining a collection of nineteenth-century diplomatic letters. No knowledge of coding required, all technological comfort levels welcome.
Snacks and coffee will be provided. Register today!
Presenter: Jessa Dahl, Executive Director of JapanLab
Registration: Link
Location: Perry-Castañeda Library Scholars Lab, Data Lab (PCL 2.202) and Zoom
Join us Wednesday, November 5, from 12-1 pm for Using AI for Research: AI for Generating Research Code!
Learn all about the use of AI tools for facilitating the development of research software! In this virtual workshop you will learn about different AI tools that can be used by researchers to generate research code, their respective strengths and limitations, and important considerations when using AI in research. Participants will have an opportunity to learn through live demonstrations and hands-on practice with AI tools.
Registration required, so sign up today!
Registration: Link
Location: Virtual
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