October 21, 2021
Fall Faculty Feature: Maya Angela Smith
In the summer of 2021, UW iSchool graduate students Dillon Baker and Taylor Healey Brooks partnered with UW Libraries Open Scholarship Commons, the Research Commons, and the Assessment and Planning department on their capstone project: Celebrating Black Faculty and Student Scholarship: A Framework for UW Libraries Programming and Outreach, generating new ideas for programming and…
October 20, 2021
Why researchers need ORCID: Tips from UW Libraries
Have you ever wondered how researchers distinguish themselves from others with the same name? In a given field or institution, there may be several researchers with a similar, or even the same exact name. Perhaps the researcher has changed their first, last, or preferred name over time. Or perhaps the researcher’s name is spelled differently…
October 19, 2021
When will UW Libraries expand hours?
We hear you. Our entire UW community is working hard to return to operations that look and feel more like pre-COVID times, including expanding evening and weekend hours for the Libraries; but this will take some additional time, and we appreciate your patience and understanding as we work collectively to increase services and hours. Increasing…
October 15, 2021
UW Libraries Observes International Open Access Week: October 25-29th, 2021
Join us in celebrating OA Week this month by attending events and discovering services offered by the UW Libraries. Schedule of events below. “Open Science should play a significant role in ensuring equity among researchers from developed and developing countries, enabling fair and reciprocal sharing of scientific inputs and outputs and equal access to scientific…
October 8, 2021
October Update
Welcome back, Huskies! It’s AWESOME to have students back in our spaces again! We missed you! Thanks to all of our visitors who have been doing a great job keeping our Libraries safe (wearing your mask, not eating inside the Libraries, etc.) our staff, your fellow students and visitors appreciate it. We are just getting…
It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity with UW Libraries Open Scholarship Commons
One year ago, the UW Libraries opened the Open Scholarship Commons (OSC). Built on the values of equity, experimentation, flexibility, openness and technology, the OSC is designed to be a central HUB where everyone, regardless of disciplinary home, can come together and learn new concepts and technology skills to create knowledge and share it openly…
