Open Access
February 4, 2021
New Agreement Covers the Costs of Publishing in Open Access Cambridge University Press Journals for UW Authors
The University of Washington and Cambridge University Press have entered into a transformative “read and publish” agreement to promote Open Access publishing. Negotiated with our consortial partners in the Orbis Cascade Alliance, the agreement is designed to maintain UW’s access to Cambridge’s outstanding journals while also supporting the Libraries’ strategic goal of Advancing Research for…
October 21, 2020
The New Virtual Open Scholarship Commons
Research in the 21st century is based on interdisciplinary connections and relies on technology to create and share for the public good. We know that it can be challenging for students and faculty to connect across disciplines, access technology, learn relevant skills, and share research openly. We are excited to bring together a suite of…
October 20, 2020
Improving Accessibility During the Pandemic
When UW Libraries buildings were closed at the start of the pandemic, our teams needed to respond quickly to adapt work for many employees whose jobs do not easily lend themselves to telework by identifying projects that could be completed remotely. At the start of the pandemic, we had multiple accessibility projects underway, but given…
June 19, 2020
Our Top 3 Digital Scholarship Tools
Whether you are planning courses for summer or fall quarters or beginning to take a deep dive into your research this summer, the Libraries stands ready to help! The UW Libraries is in year one of a three-year pilot exploring new digital scholarship tools. Use these tools to help teach new knowledge creation skills in…
June 2, 2020
Faculty Guidance for Choosing Online Materials
Why choose online alternatives to standard textbooks or physical course readings? 1) Ease of use. These existing resources are immediately available and avoid potential delays (sometimes of several weeks!) that may occur in trying to source and license new electronic materials for courses. 2) More equitable access. In accordance with existing UW guidance, all classes…
May 22, 2020
Libraries Superheroes: Procuring eBooks for UW Students
As faculty across campus raced to prepare for spring quarter, there were many concerns over how classes could be conducted without access to the Libraries. For example, Izumi Matsuda, a senior lecturer in Asian Language and Literature, was considering not offering her Tadoku class because of its reliance on the physical books available in the…
May 21, 2020
The Magic of UW InterLibrary Loan
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is magical! I don’t just believe that ILL is magical because this is the work that I do, but it is the opinion of others as well. We hear that phrase a lot from our users, especially in this remote learning environment. Interlibrary Loan has always been committed to helping the UW…
April 6, 2020
HathiTrust Expands Access to Materials for UW Libraries
Updated 7.20.2020 On March 31st, HathiTrust announced that it is offering an Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS) which will allow students, faculty, and staff from eligible member libraries to access a significant amount of online materials that are currently unavailable to them in library collections. The importance of HathiTrust to Libraries re-opening strategy: As we consider…
March 25, 2020
The New National Emergency Library and Why It Matters for Huskies
The New National Emergency Library and Why It Matters for Huskies The Internet Archives recently announced the creation of a National Emergency Library, opening up more than 1.4 million ebooks to address the increased global demand and need for electronic reading and research material to serve the nation’s displaced learners. Why is this action important?…
November 21, 2019
Mythbuster: The Facts About Greta Thunberg’s Photo Twin
One of the images within UW Libraries Special collections has garnered a lot of media attention lately regarding the resemblance of a young girl in a photograph from 1898 to 16-year-old Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg. Several creative theories abound from time travel to how Greta’s image may have been inserted into a historical…
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