March 8, 2023
March Update
The end of winter quarter is here, and spring is right around the corner (spring quarter hours now posted)! Be sure to brush up on our Top Ten Tips for Finals, and don’t forget to take a study break — visit one of the fascinating exhibits or “chill out” with a 90s trivia contest (Happy Birthday, Foster Library!). And remember, if you need library help – ASK US online help is here for you 24/7!
News/Stories
Faculty / Instructors – You will need to submit spring and summer course reserves earlier than normal due to the purchase limitations and deadlines required by the UW Financial Transformation schedule. See new guidance in the UW Libraries Faculty Guide.
Celebrating Women’s History Month: From one trailblazing fellow husky to an international hero of medicine and science, these UW Libraries’ exhibits explore the lives of two amazing women. Learn more.
UW Libraries’ student-centered design featured as academic library best practice: Insights from the development of the Undergraduate Student Tutorial and collaboration with the UW Undergraduate Research Program (URPP). Read the story.
Foster Business Library’s 25th Birthday Celebration continues…
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- “It Came from the 90s: Throwback Trivia – through March 14th. From music and movies to fashion and pop culture put your knowledge to the test for a chance to win a $30 gift card from Boon Boona Coffee, now in the University Bookstore. Boo-yah!
- Check out the exhibit It Came from the 90s Exhibit , and these great “behind the scenes” stories:
I HEART UW Libraries Student Video Contest: Submission Due March 26th!
An annual tradition, open to all current UW students (grad and undergrad), the contest encourages creativity and diverse perspectives in the form of 1 minute videos that illustrate the value of UW Libraries to our UW community. Prizes range from $500-$1,500! Entries are due March 26th – plenty of time to plan, create and edit (no formal video production expertise required!) See examples, entry rules and learn more.
Featured Resource
The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading business and finance news publications. Create your personal account to this renowned global publication at www.ft.com. Don’t forget, UW Libraries also offers personal subscriptions to the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Get your personal accounts set up today!
Workshops and Events
Community Reads Visionary Fiction Anthology – Writers Wanted
The UW Bothell Community Reads team is excited to announce a new project. Inspired by Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements, this year’s Community Reads’ selection, we hope to engage in a similar creative effort: Our own community-created anthology. On our Community Reads Visionary Fiction site, you may submit your own visionary writing – fiction or poetry or nonfiction; under your name, a pseudonym, or anonymously – and share it with your fellow community members. We hope that this site will provide a space for our own collective community dreaming, in which we imagine a better world – together.
Graduate Funding Information Service (GFIS): Most Mondays 2-4PM, helps students identify funding opportunities for grad school expenses including tuition, research, and conference and research travel. In addition to drop-in advising hours, students can schedule individual appointments, or can request information by email.
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.
- Advanced Pressbooks Publishing Webinar – Tuesday, Mar 28, 2023, 10 – 11 a.m.
Exhibits
LAST CHANCE! Invisible Cities: The Prints of Giovanni Battista Piranesi and the Art of the Built Environment closes on Saturday March 18th! Catch this incredible exhibit before it’s gone! Learn more.
The History of Costume, Special Collections Lobby, Allen Library South Basement. Learn more about the exhibit.
It Came from the 90s Exhibit – Foster Business Library
SAVE THE DATE
- 1st Wednesday Concert Series – Next concert Wednesday, April 5
- Coming Soon! EXHIBIT: Denizens of the Deep: Sea Creatures Real and Imagined
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