Past Events

The Library is collaborating with Studio 5/6 to run two five-day technology workshops. Participants in the age groups 11-14 and 15-18 will learn and discover different topics and tools, such as 3-D modeling, 3-D scanning, mixed reality, electronics and coding.

In the last workshop of this series, participants will be introduced to sports-related virtual reality and augmented reality technology.

In this session, participants will learn how to import and customize objects and materials in order to create the environment of a football stadium. 

Participants will learn how to import a 3-D model into a virtual reality environment using the Unity platform. They also will create a virtual reality stadium with avatars of their favorite football players.

The English Creative Writing Circle is meeting every Tuesday in November, with a focus on writing a novel in a month! Get support as you write, a range of writing prompts, and writers sharing their journeys. Whatever your experience, come along and get writing! You are welcome to attend as many sessions as you want.

On the occasion of the International Day against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property, which falls on 14 November of each year, Qatar National Library (the IFLA PAC Regional Center in the Arab Region and the Middle East) is organizing a remote panel discussion with elite experts. They will discuss regional and international cooperation to combat the trafficking of cultural property, with a focus on documentary heritage, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa.

In this session participants will be introduced to 3-D modelling software. They will import a 3-D scan of the World Cup football and learn how to modify and personalize it, according to their nationality or favorite team.

Three-dimensional scanning technology is used for creating 3-D models of real-world objects. In this session participants will get an introduction to scanning technology and its applications and they will learn how to scan objects. They will then be introduced to the Shining 3-D scanner and the Sense 3-D scanner.

Join this two-day workshop for a fun learning experience. Artist Fatima Al Nuaimi will show participants how to recycle paper to create attractive bookmarks, inspired by the theme of the Qatar 2022 World Cup™!

In this workshop, participants will learn about the way arcade consoles are builts, with a step-by-step tutorial of how to build one. They will then share their work with a friend and play together.