Past Events

Instructor: Hannah Swan
Online/virtual
06/17/2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Have you ever wondered what to do with your family photo albums or letters from loved ones? How to digitize slides or catalog a personal collection? Join Curator and History of Health Sciences Librarian Hannah Swan for a layperson’s guide to managing personal papers, photographs, and printed collections.

Facilitated by Kevin Wyne, MPAS, MSc, PA-C
Zoom (link will be emailed ahead of discussion)
06/03/2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Please join us for a discussion of Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green.

Instructor: Kenneth Williamson
Online/virtual
04/15/2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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In this workshop, you will learn how to sign up for a free EndNote Basic account, authenticate your account with UW Madison to get access to additional styles, import citations from a variety of databases, create and share groups, and use the Cite While You Write plugin for Microsoft Word.

Instructor: Joseph King
Ebling Library Meeting Room
04/10/2026 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Learn about one of the boardgames featured in Ebling’s collection. This workshop will introduce players to the rules of Carcassonne and allows them to play one or more rounds with other attendees.

Instructor: Joseph King
Ebling Library Meeting Room
02/04/2026 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Learn about one of the boardgames featured in Ebling’s collection. This workshop will introduce players to the rules of Azul and allows them to play one or more rounds with other attendees.

Instructor: Covidence
Online/virtual
01/28/2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Do you have questions about how to use Covidence's Data Extraction 2 tool? Then please join the Data Extraction 2 training.

Instructors: Leslie Christensen, Susan Vandagriff, Lia Vellardita, Paije Wilson
Online/virtual
11/12/2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is an ever-evolving, and often overwhelming topic. This workshop will give a high-level, critical overview of generative AI tools within the context of health sciences research.

Facilitated by Chris Hooper-Lane
Zoom (link will be emailed ahead of discussion)
10/31/2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Please join us for a discussion of this year’s UW Go Big Read selection James: A Novel by Percival Everett.

Instructors: Hannah Swan and Susan Vandagriff
Online/virtual
10/29/2025 @ 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
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Are the mortality records you’re looking for long departed? Is the website of infectious disease stats you needed a ghostly memory? If you need to dig up sources of health information from the archival and digital graveyards, this workshop is for you.

Instructor: Mary Hitchcock
Online/virtual
06/25/2025 @ 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
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This session introduces you to CINAHL’s new interface and features and will focus on effective search techniques, understanding/using CINAHL Headings, using limits, creating alerts, saving citations into citation managers (Zotero & EndNote), accessing full text, and creating alerts or saved searches with a personalized folder.