May 27, 2021
Beyond the Pilot: Digital Scholarship Open Hosting Platforms Are Here to Stay
The UW Libraries wants to support you in creating knowledge and sharing it openly through digital means! We’ve been piloting open hosting platforms over the past few years and we are pleased to announce that Manifold Publishing (digital book publishing), Digital Scholarship Hosting (Omeka, WordPress, Scalar, and more), and UW Pressbooks (for creating and adapting…
May 25, 2021
By the Numbers: UW Libraries During the Pandemic
While many of our buildings have been closed since March 2020, Libraries staff have continued to serve our users through remote instruction, programming, research and clinical support, services, and collections. Thousands of students have utilized new services via the Open Scholarship Commons and Undergraduate Researcher Tutorials, and record numbers of grad students participated in online…
May 19, 2021
Libraries Accessibility Update 2020-2021
To recognize Global Accessibility Awareness Day, May 20, 2021, we wanted to highlight some of the accessibility projects and improvements the University of Washington Libraries has made in the past year. From testing to training, we made a lot of progress in 2020. The pandemic has brought to light many accessibility issues that we can…
May 18, 2021
Peer Learning in the Libraries: Piloting the Peer Educator Program
updated 9/17/2021 What is a Peer Research Consultant? Peer Research Consultants (PRCs) are student employees who work through the Odegaard Writing and Research Center team to provide beginning-level library research help online. They contribute to student development through teaching, learning and training, including classroom visits and other student outreach activities. So, what can a Peer…
May 13, 2021
Passion, Dedication, and Action: Yeen-Mei Wu and Tateuchi EAL’s Taiwan Studies Collection
Re-posted from the Tateuchi East Asia Library blog 5/5/21 In June 2001, a group of donors from the Taiwanese community in Seattle worked in a very short time to establish and provide basic funding for the Taiwan Collection Endowed Fund at the UW Libraries’ East Asia Library (today’s Tateuchi East Asia Library). Ms. Yeen-Mei Wu,…
May 11, 2021
Get Inspired at the Open Scholarship Commons
What is the Open Scholarship Commons? In fall of 2020, the Libraries launched a new virtual space–the Open Scholarship Commons (OSC) a hub for cross-disciplinary knowledge creation and dissemination– supporting students and faculty in the use of digital tools to openly share research and safely integrate new digital pedagogy techniques into the classroom. From data…
