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March 14, 2024

Your Voice, Your Books: The Return of Recommended Reads for Equity

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UW Libraries is excited to re-launch Recommended Reads for Equity – a crowd-sourced book recommendation forum that directly influences a dedicated book collection in Odegaard Library for books about equity, diversity, and inclusion. This collection brings together over 170 unique voices and perspectives — students, staff, faculty and alumni have joined together to share what…


March 6, 2024

The New Tateuchi East Asia Library: A Celebration of Culture, Community and Collections 

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Re-opening celebration of the Tateuchi East Asia Library  brings campus and community partners together  On Wednesday Feb 21, 2024, over 175 students, faculty, staff, community members and distinguished guests came together to celebrate the official grand re-opening and renovation of the Tateuchi East Asia Library.  The program was officiated by Simon Neame, Dean of UW…


March 5, 2024

We Love Our Student Employees!

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Celebrating 2024 Student Scholarship Recipients UW Libraries recognizes the achievements of our outstanding student employees through our Student Employee Appreciation Week, and an annual scholarship award, generously sponsored by UW Libraries donors.  On February 29, we celebrated this year’s 50 new scholarship recipients in person with a reception honoring their amazing contributions. Library student workers…


January 30, 2024

February Update

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While there are many free learning workshops and drop-in help sessions as always (including Podcasting as Research and our LOVE DATA WEEK events!), don’t forget to make room for the fun and fascinating this February — from the launch of the 2024 Student Video Contest, our new board game collection, a unique Valentine’s Day event…


January 23, 2024

New Wheelchair Charging Stations Are Here!

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The UW Libraries have added four wheelchair charging stations, located in the Odegaard Undergraduate Library, the Open Scholarship Commons in Suzzallo Library, the Research Commons in the Allen Library, and the Foster Business Library. These charging stations were able to be purchased thanks to the UW’s Student Technology Fee (STF). The charging stations are from…


January 11, 2024

Celebrating MLK

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updated 1/2024 In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. day, UW Libraries encourages you to explore resources within our collections and across campus that reflect Dr. King’s work and collective efforts to combat racism, inequality, and injustice in our community and beyond. UW Libraries Racial Justice Resource Guide, for recommended readings, podcasts, videos, and articles…


November 3, 2023

November Update

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Holiday Meals: Vintage Inspiration  Even if you’re not on turkey and/or Tofurkey “duty”, you’ll be amused by the variety of holiday offerings (and prices!) from different eras in the UW Libraries Special Collections Historical Menu Collection! Molded cranberries anyone??  See more menus image: Ciro’s Grill Thanksgiving dinner menu, November 26, 1959. University of Washington Libraries…


Accessible Study Room In Suzzallo – Now More Accessible!

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By UW Libraries Accessibility Working Group It is important to provide equitable environments that allow all students to feel comfortable studying at the Libraries. To that end, in the last few years we have improved accessibility in several ways around the Libraries: audited our physical spaces and electronic resources for accessibility; posted accessibility information on…


October 10, 2023

International Open Access Week 2023: Celebrating Open Scholarship

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See all UW Libraries Open Access Week Events International Open Access Week, observed each October since 2008, is an opportunity to learn about and celebrate our collective momentum in building a more open and equitable system for sharing knowledge. The theme for this year’s Open Access Week (October 23–27) is “Community over Commercialization.” Rooted in…


October 6, 2023

Welcome Husky Families!

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We are excited to welcome Husky family members to the libraries throughout the year, and especially on UW Family Weekend Oct. 20–21!  If you plan a visit to UW Libraries, be sure to “know before you go” and check hours first (note: Suzzallo Libraries will be open special hours 9am-1PM on Parents Weekend SATURDAY 10/21. …



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