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January 30, 2024

UW Research: A Year of Open Data with Dryad

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UW Libraries is happy to announce the one-year anniversary of its membership with the data repository Dryad! Our initial year saw both many deposits (see charts below) from UW researchers, as well as downloads from the research community at UW and beyond. We thought it would be fun to share some stats from this first…


October 11, 2023

The Secret Life of UW Libraries Catalogers and Metadata Specialists

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Student Spotlight Series You may be surprised to hear that before you can access a library resource when you need it, a lot of work must be done to get that resource into the UW Libraries catalog. A whole department of librarians, staff, and students are quietly working away behind the scenes to get new…


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…


August 28, 2023

Field Trip: Japan and Korea

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UW Librarians share their  journey of discovery to acquire new, historic materials for East Asia studies. Hyokyoung Yi, Interim Director of Tateuchi East Asia Library and Korea Studies Librarian  Azusa Tanaka, Japan Studies Librarian Through the advancement of technology and the historically close relationship among East Asia countries, academic research within the field of East…


March 7, 2023

Student-centered design is key to successful undergraduate library programs

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UW Libraries tutorial featured as a best practice in new ACRL book  Authors: UW Libraries Student Success Team – Amanda Hornby, Emilie Vrbancic, Linda Whang As librarians, we are always looking for ways to improve services and resources for our users. One of the ways we do this is by partnering with others to get…


February 16, 2023

UW Libraries Welcomes New Associate Dean and Director

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Richard S Lewis joined UW Libraries in January 2023 as the new Associate Dean and Director for UW Bothell/Cascadia College Campus Library. In this role, Lewis is responsible for strategic visioning, policy and program development, operations and personnel, and overall innovation and excellence in the UW Bothell and Cascadia College Library.  Richard grew up in…


February 3, 2023

Black History Month 2023

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While Black History Month provides a focused platform for collective reflection and celebration of Black History, the responsibility to self-educate is never-ending.   Making space to read, listen and watch something new – as a continuous practice (well beyond February) broadens our understanding of Black History in support in our collective work as allies, advocates, educators…


December 19, 2022

Faculty Feature: Katy Pearce

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Katy Pearce, an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington (UW), is dedicated to advancing research in the field of social and political uses of technology, while also supporting students and colleagues. With a focus on digital divides and inequalities and the use of information and communication technologies for marginalized…


October 17, 2022

Celebrating Open Access Week 2022: Open for Climate Justice

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International Open Access Week 2022 (October 24-30) is an annual worldwide celebration of the growing and transformative power of barrier-free Open Access (OA) to scholarly information. The OA movement grew in response to an increasing awareness that the current scholarly publishing system no longer meets the needs of scholars and those who could benefit from…


October 3, 2022

October Update

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this post modified 10/14/22 October is packed with many special author events and exhibits you won’t want to miss.  Happy fall, Huskies! Author Talks and Lectures UW Libraries Presents: A Reading and Conversation with Rena Priest Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 6-7 p.m.  This fall, the UW Libraries will host our biennial lecture series, the…



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