November 9, 2022

November Update

It’s NOVEMBER, Huskies! With Finals Week about a month away, be sure to see Finals Week Prep Tips and expanded Odegaard Library hours below.  In this update you’ll also find new workshops and events you won’t want to miss– from Podcasting to Piranesi Book Club, a “totally awesome” homage to the ’90s (and Foster Business Library) and the kick-off to  Fall 2022 Community Reads (open to all)!

And if your favorite librarian made a significant contribution to your work, class or otherwise provided an exceptional UW Libraries experience within the past year, please consider nominating them for the Distinguished Librarian Award, part of UW’s annual Awards of Excellence. 

Operations

• Special Collections Reminder: You no longer need an appointment for research consultations and to view reference materials and exhibits (items that are accessible in the public space/reading area).
• Modified hours for Odegaard Library during the end of autumn quarter and finals:
  • Monday, 12/5 – Friday, 12/9:  8am-12am (midnight)
  • Saturday, 12/10 and Sunday, 12/11: 10am-12am (midnight)
  • Monday, 12/12 – Thursday, 12/15: 8am-12am (midnight)
  • Last Day of finals: Friday, December 16: 8am-6pm
• Elsevier Negotiation update 11/2:  The University of Washington Board of deans and chancellors (BoDC) or their designee, are in the process of providing feedback on behalf of their schools regarding changes to Elsevier journal access for 2023 and alternative access plans. Please read this latest announcement for details.

News and Stories

Benjamin F. McAdoo’s lasting legacy as an architect and activist:  This recent PNW Magazine feature explores the work of UW senior architecture student, Sierra Miles with The Benjamin McAdoo Research Collective and University of Washington Libraries’ Special Collections to document and celebrate the prolific talent and influential impact of McAdoo, the first licensed black architect in the state of Washington. 

Book Talks

Community Reads: Visionary Fiction

November 15th, 1-2:30PM: Join us for our first synchronous discussion event in almost three years! For the 2022-2023 academic year, Community Reads will be focusing on the anthology Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements, with an overarching theme of visionary fiction. Each quarter, we will be focus on a different short story from the text, with a discussion  and an opportunity to dream collectively about how to reimagine our world.  This is a hybrid event, with both in-person and Zoom activities. Please feel free to join us in whatever capacity you can. Fall 2022 Community Reads information

Piranesi: Special Collections Exhibit Book Club

Wednesday November 16, 2022 5:00-6:30 p.m.: Join Kat Lewis, co-curator of Invisible Cities: The Prints of Giovanni Battista Piranesi and the Art of the Built Environment for an exhibit tour and book club discussion on Susanna Clarke’s 2020 fantasy novel Piranesi. Meet in the Special Collections lobby, Allen Library.

Exhibits: 

Happy 25th Birthday Foster Business Library!

Visit the new exhibit —It Came From the 90s: Foster Business Library Celebrates 25 Years 

Invisible Cities: The Prints of Giovanni Battista Piranesi and the Art of the Built Environment, through Saturday, Mar 18, 2023

Assyrians from Persia (Iran) to the United States, 1887–1923: Assyrian Education, American Missionaries, and the Search for a Home, Nov 7 through Dec 9

Featured Resources

Preparing for Finals Week: UW Libraries 10 Tips for Success – learn more about these time-saving resources to help you succeed and stress less during finals!

Westlaw Campus Research, a new legal database brought to you by UW Libraries, supports sophisticated research into primary law resources (cases, statutes, regulations) and deep coverage of secondary sources, such as legal encyclopedias, law reviews, treatises, and the Washington Practice series.

Voting Guide: If you missed it this year, be sure to bookmark UW Libraries  Voting Guide (updated for mid-terms, too) for tons of great videos and helpful links on how to register, campaign issues and voting rights!

Workshops and Events

Virtual Scholars’ Studio,  Scholars’ Studio is a quarterly event featuring up to 10 short presentations (5 minutes each) by UW graduate students and postdocs. The deadline for presentations has passed, but anyone can RSVP to be part of the audience on Thursday, Nov 17, 12 – 1 pm. Learn more and Sign up.

Open Scholarship Commons

Audacity & Podcasting- Thursday, November 10, 2022 3:00-4:30pm. Students can expect to leave this workshop with a basic understanding of Audacity (Audio Software) and the knowledge to begin creating a podcast of their own. Register

Pressbooks: Pressbooks’ suite of products makes it easy to create, adapt, and share educational material. UW Libraries offers several monthly workshops on how to create open textbooks, course materials and more with Pressbooks.. 

• • Hypothesis UW Faculty Showcase (Partner Event) – Wednesday November 16th 10-11am. UW colleagues will share how they have used Hypothesis in their courses to enrich student engagement through social annotation across the disciplines. Open to new and advanced Hypothesis users alike! Note: Hypothesis is an open source web annotation tool that can be used on its own, or enabled in Pressbooks to allow for public or private annotation of your book.  Register for this event.

• • Advanced Pressbooks Publishing Webinar – Wednesday November 23rd 10-11am.  Using Pressbooks but want to take advantage of more complex activities, like adding interactive elements like quizzing and annotation?  Register and learn more.

• • Create Interactive Course Materials Using H5P in Pressbooks – Thursday December 1st 3-4pm. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll practice using H5P to create interactive activities (quizzes, slideshows, flashcards, and more!) in Pressbooks. Register and learn more.

• • Save-the-Date: UW Libraries Pressbooks User Group Meetup – Wednesday December 7th 12-1pm.  Have you been wanting to take your UW Libraries Pressbooks projects to the next stage?  Feel like you need some inspiration for your book?  Have specific questions about using the platform? This is an open time for UW Libraries Pressbooks users to bring their projects to share and ask questions. Register.

Drop-In Help 

• • Digital Scholarship Drop-In Help Hours (via Zoom) on Thursdays:  We offer consultations for research and course-related projects. Examples include support for digital publishing, building digital exhibits, and more! We can help you find the right tools, resources and instruction whether you’re just getting started or are working on an ongoing project

Health Sciences REDCAP Trainings

 Provided by the Institute of Translational Health Sciences and UW Health Sciences Library.

• REDCap 203- Longitudinal Studies (Open to All), Tuesday, Nov 15, 11am – 12pm

Missed it?  If you couldn’t attend these insightful UW Libraries events last month, you can still view them online:  Beyond a Colorblind Institution by Professor La TaSha Levy – Listen to the 2022 UW Libraries Annual Constitution Address A reading and discussion with Rena Priest, Maxine Cushing Gray Distinguished Lecture, Washington State Poet Laureate