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December 12, 2024

Choices for textbooks: Student survey and focus group findings

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Re-posted from UW Tacoma Library, originally posted on November 25, 2024 by piroga How do you get access to course materials? What would you consider a reasonable price for a textbook? These were two of the questions we asked UWT students in spring 2024 about their experiences acquiring and using textbooks and course materials. Open to all…


December 5, 2024

Game On! A New Odegaard Tradition is Here to Stay

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On September 30, nearly 800 people gathered at Odegaard Library’s Tabletop Game Night! As part of Dawg Daze Welcome Week, it was a great opportunity for incoming students to meet new people and start the year off with a night of fun by playing board games together. Dozens of games were available to play from…


December 4, 2024

Libraries In the Classroom: International Edition

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The University of Washington has a long, productive history of collaboration with the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia’s flagship research institution, going all the way back to the 1960s (see side bar)!  In 2019, UW Study Abroad decided to formalize a student exchange with Ljubljana, in part to provide UW students with a more personalized, high-quality…