August 5, 2021

August Update

Last updated 8/9

Services Updates

• Special Collections and Seattle branch Libraries will open September 29th.
  • Special Collections: 
    • Access will be by appointment only Monday-Friday 1:00 PM – 4:45 PM during fall quarter for both UW affiliates and the public.
    • Special Collections staff are available to answer research questions via ASK US and the online question form.(i.e. available services prior to opening, confirming materials, citations).Services will expand as staffing permits. 
  • Seattle branch Libraries and Tateuchi East Asia Library:
    • See the Libraries COVID Update page “Reopening Dates” for planned hours of operations for ALL Libraries, including Suzzallo and Allen Libraries and Odegaard Undergraduate Library.
  • Hours for all Libraries will expand as staffing permits. 

• Be Prepared: HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS) Deactivation – Why does it matter?
  • The HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service provides access to over 1 millions online resources while Libraries are closed, but when the UW Libraries reopens, that access will be turned off, per HathiTrust requirements. 

• • Between August 20th and September 20th UW Libraries will be deactivating ETAS, a process that requires multiple changes to over 1.7 million records. During this time, ETAS resources that were previously findable in Libraries Search may not show up in results. Users should instead search for ETAS materials via the Hathi Trust Digital Library (requires login with UW NetID); not Libraries Search.

• • Starting September 20, 2021, UW access to ETAS will end. If you are planning to use ETAS materials for a course or research, know that you will not have access to some online only materials starting September 20th.  Physical books and journals that are part of ETAS will be available to borrow. You can check now (before 8/20) to see if titles are part of ETAS via UW Libraries Search, noted under “View It” See example.
  • For more information, view the Libraries HathiTrust guide. 

• For up-to-date information on all Libraries’ reopening plans, please see the Libraries COVID-19 update page.

News and Stories

• UW Libraries Faculty Guidance for 2021/2022 has been updated – get information on course reserves and other resources to help plan your courses.

• Graduate Student Research Institute (GSRI) is here! – August 23-27 (see below)

• Jacob Lawrence in Seattle: UW Students and Libraries Create New Book: Assistant Professor of Art History Juliet Sperling’s Art H 400 students create a collection of essays exploring the prolific artist’s work and the possibilities of open publishing.

• Underserved teens gain valuable summer experience through UW Libraries High School Internship Program.

Workshops

• Open Scholarship Summer Series (OSSS) – August 9-13: The Open Scholarship Summer Series is an opportunity for students to explore concepts relating to open source tools and digital publishing. Learn More.

• Data Visualization Track 1 – August 9–13: Learn about the fundamentals of collecting, cleaning, and visualizing data and create your own visualizations using open source, in browser data visualization tools. Learn More. 

• Story Maps Track 2 – August 16-20: Learn about the basics of creating your first story map as well as how to use the open source platform StoryMaps JS to tell stories with geospatial content. Learn More. 

• Pressbooks
  • Getting Started with Pressbooks – Wednesday, August 11: Designed for users who are new to Pressbooks. Attendees will learn how to get started — from creating a new book to publishing and exporting offline versions of the text. Learn More.  
  • Pressbooks in Progress: Share Your Work + Ask Questions – Friday, August 13: Have you been wanting to take your UW Libraries Pressbooks projects to the next stage?  Feel like you need some inspiration for your book?  This is an open time for UW Pressbooks users to bring their projects to share and ask questions. Learn More. 
  • Advanced Pressbooks Publishing – Monday, August 23: Designed for users who have some familiarity with Pressbooks and are ready to engage in more complex activities, like adding interactive elements or integrating Pressbooks with supported third-party tools. Learn More.

• Research Data Management Workshop – August 16-19: Join UW Libraries for an asynchronous workshop centered around Research Data Management Planning. Topics will include getting started with data management planning, funder requirements for data sharing, metadata, tips to help keep you organized, sharing, archiving and preservation, and an introduction to tools and on-campus support to aid researchers. Learn More. 

• Graduate Student Research Institute (GSRI) – August 23-27: Join UW Libraries for a free asynchronous five-day online workshop for new and returning UW graduate students. This workshop is aimed at helping students learn the tools and strategies they need to research smarter, not harder. Learn More. 

Features: Digital Collections, Resources & UW Press

• New book: Love for Liberation: African Independence, Black Power, and a Diaspora Underground by Robin J. Hayes. Featuring interviews with activists, extensive archival research, and media analysis, Robin Hayes reveals how Black Power and African independence activists created a diaspora underground, characterized by collaboration and reciprocal empowerment.

• Black Studies Center (BSC) is a multidisciplinary gateway to current scholarly and historical material related to Black experience in the United States, wider African diaspora, and the continent. The current version (available through June 30, 2022) includes an expanded collection of historic African American newspapers and the Black Abolitionist Papers. BSC is brought to you by your UW Libraries.

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