October 31, 2024

November Update

Happy November, Huskies! We’re halfway through the quarter and there are still plenty of exciting things to see and learn at the Libraries this month. Don’t miss our 2024 election guide, try out Ground News, and get ready for finals with our Top Ten Tips!  Looking to upgrade your data skills? The Open Scholarship Commons is hosting a number of workshops and office hours covering topics like web scraping, creating data visualizations, and publishing your own digital book! Check out two new amazing exhibits, and enter our UW Family Trivia Contest during Family Weekend! 

News and Stories

UW Libraries announces the permanent appointment of Hyokyoung Yi as the Director of the Tateuchi East Asia Library. Read the announcement. 

UW Libraries Endorses The Right to Deposit: UW Libraries join a growing number of institutions in endorsing the wider use of the Federal Purpose License, so that federally funded research can be used by more people, more quickly, than ever before. Read the story.

A Focus on Wellness: New resources for students in Odegaard Library offer unique supports and opportunities for student collaboration.

Maps, Yeah Yeah Yeah – Since June 2024, the Libraries’ GMM team has assessed more than 5,000 maps in the archives, but there is more to do. Learn how thousands more maps are making their way into the collection.

 

 

 

Featured Resources

Subscription Trial of Ground News: UW Libraries is evaluating Ground News for UW subscription. “Ground News empowers readers to compare how news sources from across the political spectrum are covering the same story. With Ground News, readers can expand their view of the news and easily compare reporting from a wide range of news outlets.” Students and faculty are encouraged to try Ground News and provide feedback on its value to your learning, research, or teaching. Learn more.

Top Ten Tips for Finals– Be sure to bookmark this page and learn more about these time-saving resources to help you succeed and stress less during finals!

 

 

 

Community Events and Exhibits

First Gen Celebration Events – Join UW Libraries and partners across all campuses to celebrate the experiences of first-generation students and learn about UW Libraries resources to support first-generation student success! Stop by a participating library to enjoy snacks, pick up first-gen buttons, meet other first-generation students, and take part in short activities reflecting on the first-generation experience. All students, staff, and faculty are welcome! See full calendar here.

• November 4
  • Odegaard Library National First-Generation College Celebration Table; Odegaard Undergraduate Library, 10AM, 2nd floor (UW Husky Card required for entry)

• November 7:
  • Health Sciences Li Lu Library,  First Generation Student Celebration, Health Sciences Education Building, 11-1pm

• • Bothell/Cascadia College Campus Library, First Gen Celebration Pop-Up, 11-1pm

Karaoke and Snacks! – At the Tateuchi East Asia Library, November 1, 1-4PM.

First Wednesday Concert- Students of the UW School of Music perform in this lunchtime concert series co-hosted by UW Music and UW Libraries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEW! From Film Festivals to Songbooks: An Exhibition on Indian Film Memorabilia: From Film Festivals to Songbooks: An Exhibition on Indian Film Memorabilia showcases items from a collection of film ephemera donated by American cinephile and writer Lyle Pearson. The exhibition’s focus is mainly on the decade of the 1970s. The collection comprises songbooks of commercial films, brochures for serious art films, production stills and photographs documenting India’s film festivals, publicity posters, and Pearson’s correspondence with important figures in the world of cinema.

EXHIBIT Talk November 7: Exploring East Asia’s Cultural Heritage Through Illustrated Works  In conjunction with the Tateuchi East Asia Library’s Special Collection Exhibit “Exploring East Asia’s Cultural Heritage Through Illustrated Works”, we are pleased to invite you to a special workshop that delves into the cultural, technological, and artistic heritage of China, Japan, and Korea as represented through beautifully illustrated works.

The Language of Flowers Exhibit- Enjoy the changing seasons with Special Collections through our annual lobby exhibit, The Language of Flowers. Each quarter will feature new material related to our botanical collections, local plants, and more.

Zeitgeist: Seattle in the ‘20s Exhibit- In this exhibit, Special Collections explores popular culture and current events of Seattle in the 1920s and the 2020s!

Learning Workshops and Office Hours

Online Text Mining Support – Text Mining Student Specialist Trisha Prasant will now offer text mining drop-in office hours. Learn about text mining techniques, data preprocessing, and analytical methods for extracting insights from textual data. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month

Intermediate Data Science Office Hours- Come talk to the eScience Institute’s Technical Education Specialist to get some human help about how to advance your computational work. Tools we can help with include Python, R, OpenRefine, Git and UNIX shells, among others.

Misleading data visualizations (and how to avoid making them)- Join us for an introductory workshop on decisions that can result in data visualizations that mislead and how to avoid those pitfalls

Create the World’s Fastest Book: Hybrid Manifold Workshop- Learn how to create the world’s fastest book using the Manifold digital book publishing platform! Manifold offers the opportunity to upload texts, seamlessly integrate images, media, and more into your text, and allows users to annotate texts within the platform. You’ll come away from this workshop with a text of your choice.

Unlocking Insights: Web Scraping Workshop – Join us for an engaging online workshop on Web Scraping! Whether you’re a beginner or have some experience, this session is designed to equip you with the skills needed to gather valuable data from the web. Learn essential techniques for scraping web content effectively. We’ll cover the basics, including best practices and common pitfalls to avoid.

Missed it?

Seattle Gay News Archival Exhibit – Special Digital Edition: Last spring, UW Libraries curated an exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of Seattle Gay News and the multi-year effort to complete its digitization with community partners. The SGN paper recently published a special 25-page supplement and digital spotlight of the exhibit materials and the corresponding event and city proclamation, preserving this amazing exhibit (and the work of our incredible student employees and staff) for all to see, just in time for Gay History Month.  View the special issue.  

Launch of the UW Newspaper Archive: Through the contributions of many UW librarians and staff, the University of Washington Newspaper Archive is now live! The Archive is a project to provide digital access to historic newspapers published at the University of Washington, including The Daily and other UW student newspapers such as The College Idea, Pacific Wave, UW Bothell Commons, and UW Tacoma Ledger.  Learn more.

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