Renovation projects impacting services at multiple library locations. More information.
If you only had one shot – one opportunity – to make your digital dreams come true, would you capture it, or just let it slip?
Now’s your chance, Cats! With UK Libraries’ Fall 2026 Digital Scholarship & Data Workshops, you can avoid a sweater covered in mom’s spaghetti and learn to program, wrangle data, or write a flawless data plan.
Offered by our digital scholarship and data librarians, workshops begin on Wednesday, Sep. 2 and last throughout the fall semester.
Highlights of the Fall 2026 schedule include:
Workshops are designed to help students, faculty, and researchers improve and expand their capacities to use digital tools in their work and scholarship, with broad appeal to all data-intensive disciplines or anyone looking to develop their data skills.
The workshops are free to attend and open to all UK students, faculty, and staff. Registration is required. Find more details and register for the workshops below.
With Margaret I. King Library closed for a multi-year renovation project, The Stacks is moving to a new, temporary location in Room 2-34 in William T. Young Library.
Our dedicated team of librarians is also relocating to Young Library, where they will continue to provide expertise and services across all areas of digital and data-intensive scholarship.
Please contact TheStacks@uky.edu to inquire about the use of the space and services, or sign up for an appointment to meet via Zoom or in person with a member of our team.
Have you always wanted to learn to program but never had the chance? This workshop series is your opportunity to get acquainted with the basics of Python and learn how it can be used for reproducible research. Sessions will provide guided instruction on key concepts and resources to help you hone your coding skills and continue your independent learning.
The three-part workshop series will be held twice during the semester, first during the week of September 14-18, and then on the first three Tuesdays of November.
Please do not sign up for later sessions if you are unable to attend the first.
This workshop series is your opportunity to get acquainted with the basics of R and learn how it can be used for data visualization, cleaning, and analysis. Sessions will provide guided instruction on key concepts, hands-on practice with real datasets (including survey data on Midwestern identity and over a century of Kentucky Derby results), and resources to continue your independent learning. No prior coding experience is necessary.
Users will need to bring their own laptops to participate.
Workshops held throughout the semester will introduce users to a variety of special topics in digital scholarship and data management. This semester, discover free software tools available through UK and grant-specific data management plans.
