Past Events

The Library's Open Initiative Award will be given to initiatives that have contributed to the advancement of open scholarship in Qatar. This session will feature the announcement of the award recipient and a presentation by the award recipient. The event will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams. 

This training session for teachers and parents will show you how to nurture and guide gifted and creative children to help them get the most out of their talents. The event will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams. 

Teach your children valuable life skills at your kitchen table in this free interactive and engaging online session developed specifically for children ages 8 to 11.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused ripples through all aspects of life, impacting the economy and education. Libraries have gone into lockdown, and the increased dependency on electronic resources has highlighted the necessity of quality online content and the importance of open access to information.

Join our Virtual Knitting and Crochet Meetup to share experiences, information and more. Show us what you’re working on every Thursday in October from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Everyone is welcome, including beginners and those who want to learn. Grab your yarn and needles and let’s chat! The event will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams.

As part of the Library's Open Access Week, local researchers and authors are invited to a workshop that will provide information and guidance on how to prepare a manuscript for submissions. The event will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams.

Qatar has an expanding research landscape with several significant achievements in multiple disciplines over the past decade. The present state of research data management in Qatar finds fragmented and scattered sources of research data and information about research activities in the country. The Library is committed to addressing the emerging but increasingly important aspects of research data curation, such as management and publication of research data as important outputs and their long-term digital preservation. This talk, held as part of the Library's Open Access Week, will trace the journey of the Library toward establishing a national research data curation service for Qatar, highlighting the associated opportunities and key challenges. 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. 

This session will talk about the main fields in Islamic Studies and how to start research in them. We will also learn how to find related resources easily among the Library's collections. The event will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams.

Alija Izetbegovic was a Bosnian politician, activist, lawyer, author and philosopher who in 1992 became the first President of the newly-independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. His book, Islam Between East and West, a treatise in understanding Islam in the modern age continues to inspire today. Join us for a lecture about this remarkable man on the 17th anniversary of his death. The event will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams.