Past Events

Have you ever wondered if your child’s behavior is due to sensory issues? In this session, parents and caregivers will be introduced to different types of sensory difficulties and the difference between behavioral challenges and sensory challenges. The session will be presented by Mr. Bassam Adel Hamad, Occupational Therapist at Qatar Foundation Learning Center (TLC). The event will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams. 

Do you have questions about the Qatar National Library’s services? Join us in this exciting conversation with our Filipino Library staff! This event is driven to ensure that all residents of Qatar are engaged and involved in our community of learning, where members explore free access to a vast array of information and connect through meaningful programming. The event will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams.

In this workshop, our librarian will guide you through how to organize your resources using Zotero. Zotero is a tool that will help you collect, manage and cite your references. Using Zotero, you can attach PDFs, notes and images to your citations. It will also organize your resources into collections for different projects and create bibliographies. You'll learn all that and more in this program. The event will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams.

Every day we encounter real-life situations that can be used to raise informed and educated children. In this session by Khadija Al-Dabsheh, Management Development Expert and Specialist in Strategic Planning, you will get to know the ways and techniques of using the environment and real-life situations as they occur to share a learning moment with your children. The event will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams. 

Join us to discover and explore the Library's various online resources for middle school and high school students, including research tools, ebooks, audiobooks and periodicals. The workshop will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams. 

It is often difficult for parents to get their babies and toddlers to get enough sleep every night. This results in undesired mood swings and sleep deprivation. Sleep Consultant Marwa Al Rahmani has some tried and tested techniques that can help babies establish healthy sleep habits. She will also discuss how parents can create a flexible schedule that allow restful nights for both baby and parents.

Are you a new Library member or just haven’t visited us in a while? Join us for an introductory session about Library membership. You’ll hear about your benefits and responsibilities as a member, get information about our borrowing policies and how to use our self-checkout stations, and learn how to find books and other resources in our collections. Sign up and start getting the most out of your membership! The event will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams.

Dmitry Likhachov believes that the maximum period that paper takes from the date of its manufacture until the period of scribing on it is 10 years, depending on the distance between the place where the paper was made (Italy, for example) and the place of scribing on it (Egypt, for example).

Join us for Online Storytime every week. We will read stories and make up our own together. The event will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams. 

This workshop will introduce Google Drive, one of the leading online storage apps that can help you store your files and convert them to different formats. You will also learn how to quickly and efficiently collaborate on the same documents with your team members. The workshop will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams.