Open Access
August 8, 2024
UW Libraries in the Classroom: Co-Creating and Publishing Books in Class
What is a knowledge family? How could architects redefine the #Hatch-Mark? What is the place of sports at a university? These questions reflect some of the insights revealed in three new online books created by students, in partnership with UW Libraries, utilizing Pressbooks. In Spring 2024, Open Education Librarian, Lauren Ray, worked with faculty and instructors…
June 5, 2024
Community Fellows: A Platform for Graduate Student Leadership
Did You Know? A few interesting facts we learned from each workshop: Due to a lack of accessibility in online data visualizations, screen reader users extract information 62% less accurately, and spend 211% more time doing so. The average shelf life of a digital project is five years. WordPress is an easy, low-code/no-code way to…
March 12, 2024
The Secret Life of UW Libraries Catalogers and Metadata Specialists Spotlight
About the 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…
October 10, 2023
International Open Access Week 2023: Celebrating Open Scholarship
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 23, 2023
Bring Open Scholarship Impact to Your Classroom & Research
Free Digital Scholarship Open Hosting Platforms from UW Libraries TIPS FOR FACULTY AND INSTRUCTORS We are happy to explore options for sharing your research and scholarship with these tools, or working with you to incorporate them into your teaching! We can offer consultation and classroom instruction on considerations for open student work, Creative Commons and…
May 31, 2023
The Engine Room of Knowledge: An Interview with UW Libraries Donors Doug and Karen Forsyth
Doug and Karen Forsyth are a curious and humble couple with a love for sailing, books, Ancient Greece and the UW Libraries. Karen earned her Bachelor of Arts in General Studies with an emphasis on Native American Culture and a Teaching Certificate in Primary Education at the UW in 1980. Doug is a ‘Double Dawg’,…
October 26, 2022
Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research
Among the most significant actions for academia that came out of Washington DC this summer was one that will move support for Open Research in the U.S. forward by leaps and bounds. On August 25, the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a policy guidance memorandum on Ensuring Free, Immediate, and…
October 17, 2022
Celebrating Open Access Week 2022: Open for Climate Justice
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…
March 23, 2022
Learning Research Data Management with the UW Libraries
Curious about the fundamentals of good data management, or just looking to buff up your already polished skills? Are you new to UW and unfamiliar with the wide variety of resources available to you? The UW Libraries’ Research Data Management (RDM) course is for you! Whether you are a student just starting on your first…
March 11, 2022
Celebrating Sunshine Week 2022
What is Sunshine Week? Started in 2005 by the American Society of News Editors (now the News Leaders Association), Sunshine Week (March 13-19, 2022) is an annual celebration of the continued effort to promote open government and free public access to U.S. government information. it coincides with national Freedom of Information Day, March 16th. Sunshine…
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