In 2026, UNCG authors continue to have a number of options to help fund their open access publishing activities. In this session, we'll provide updates about available financial awards, as well as APC waivers and discounts that are offered by certain publishers. We’ll also offer guidance on navigating these funding options, and... Continue reading...
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How should we be teaching students to craft generative AI prompts for academic research projects? And how can students use AI as a tool to better engage with academic sources, including journal and research databases? We will provide a framework and examples that emphasize thoughtful and ethical uses of AI... Continue reading...
Jarrell Hall, lower level of Jackson Library. Join us as we watch this classic, directed by Rob Reiner. Free snacks! Open to all UNCG students, faculty, and staff.
Jackson Library, main lobby Borrow romance books based on expert librarian recommendations! Enjoy free candy, snacks, and crafts! Accommodations? Email rcsander@uncg.edu.
Scholarly publishers are adding AI tools to many products that the UNCG Libraries funds for the campus. Most of these AI tools provide RAG (retrieval-augmented generation), which apply large language model semantic capabilities to a specific, closed set of scholarly information and data. Learn which library subscriptions currently offer RAG AI... Continue reading...
Learn about some of the AI-augmented databases for research discovery and citation analysis. Examples include Scite, Research Rabbit, Consensus, Undermind, and Elicit. These tools allow researchers to search by semantics (concepts), map scholarly networks, provide context for citations, and/or evaluate citation patterns. How useful – and appropriate -- are these... Continue reading...
Jarrell Hall, lower level of Jackson Library. Join us as we watch this classic, directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. Free snacks! Open to all UNCG students, faculty, and staff.
Virtual programming and presentations, such as webinars, are becoming more and more common in education and the workforce. But how many webinars have you been to that are boring, where you end up browsing the Internet? Graduate students need to be able to present their work and research digitally, as... Continue reading...
In 2025, the University Libraries increased its digital holdings with new Gale archival materials, expanding our collection of Gale primary source databases. Join our webinar to explore these exciting additions and learn how they complement our existing online library resources. These interdisciplinary, and thematically organized, collections include: Archives of Sexuality... Continue reading...
Learn about some of the AI-augmented databases for research discovery and citation analysis. Examples include Scite, Research Rabbit, Consensus, Undermind, and Elicit. These tools allow researchers to search by semantics (concepts), map scholarly networks, provide context for citations, and/or evaluate citation patterns. How useful – and appropriate -- are these... Continue reading...
Governance indexes are composite measures that assess how effectively institutions govern, based on political, legal, and administrative indicators. These unique sources of information can be extremely useful but are also complicated and sometimes controversial. In this session, we will look at several different examples of governance indexes (as well as... Continue reading...
