Past Events

Bookshare is an online database for people with print disabilities. It provides audiobooks, read-along books, DAISY talking books, and braille and large-font books. You can customize your reading experience with ebooks in formats that work according to your needs. This event will help you find resources on Bookshare and register for membership

Join us for storytime every Monday at the Children's Library. In October, we will read stories about space.

The Library is hosting a series of events to mark International Open Access Week 2019. Please register for individual events below.

The theme of this year’s International Open Access Week is “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge,” which aims to explore the question of how inclusive open access and open knowledge are. Speakers will discuss the benefits of open access to Qatar's research ecosystem. Attendees will also be invited to share their thoughts on how we can collaborate with national and international stakeholders to open up access to our scientific and cultural heritage.

Join us for a screening of the award-winning 2017 documentary The Farthest: Voyager in Space. The movie follows people and events around the Voyager mission, which is the first human-made object to leave our Solar System and enter deep space.

Struggling to think of a dissertation topic? Hitting a dead end with your research methodology? Emotionally and mentally drained because you can’t find the information you need for your research?Postgraduate work is tough, but with a little help from your fellow PhD students, you can survive it. Our informal postgraduate peer support network (P2SN) for aspiring and current postgraduate students is an opportunity to exchange information and knowledge, share expertise, and provide each other intellectual and emotional support.

Japanese-born artist Koichi Yamamoto presents two lectures about his work, which merges traditional and contemporary approaches to printmaking and creates innovative approaches to the language of the art. It is his exploration and mastery of the complex process of engraving that raises his art to an extraordinary level in printmaking. Yamamoto will share his ideas and motivation, as well as how locations and situations influenced his work. Looking back his 30 years of print work, he will summarize evolution of format, method and learning processes. The master printmaker, internationally known for his complex engravings, will also talk about his recent focus on functional forms and intaglio printed kite art at Qatar National Library.

What does it mean to live in Italy? Bring your family and friends and listen to native Italian stories about Italian culture, traditions and way of living. Learn the vocabulary that will be useful if you ever find yourself in Italy!

Do you want to write a novel but don't know how to start? November is National Novel Writing Month. Join us on 26 October to learn about 'NaNoWriMo' and how you can participate. Bring your laptop and we'll help you warm up with some writing exercises. Then join us Saturday mornings in November for writing tips, encouragement and to write your novel!

One plays the role of the wolf, the others play the role of the fruits! The wolf calls out a fruit, the fruit runs and the wolf tries to capture the fruit! This is “Il Lupo Mangia Frutta” and it sounds like a fun game, doesn’t it? We challenge you to play it in Italian!