Research for Public Good
January 31, 2025
Black History Month 2025
In honor of Black History Month, take a moment to explore some of the incredible history-makers and historical resources that celebrate the incredible contributions of Black leaders, academics and artists who have made an impact in our community, and the world. From podcasts to poetry, music, film and books, many of the works listed here…
October 21, 2024
UW Libraries Endorses The Right to Deposit
LEARN MORE, GET INVOLVED Open Access Week with UW Libraries This year’s theme is Community over Commercialization and is an opportunity to discuss approaches to open scholarship that best serve the interests of the public and the academic community. Join us for a week of free events and workshops: “Stop Generating”: Generative AI in…
October 1, 2024
The Secret Life of UW Libraries Catalogers and Metadata Specialists
Student Spotlight #4: Ally Okun By Crystal Yragui, Metadata Librarian & Interim Co-Head, Metadata & Cataloging Initiatives Unit · University of Washington Libraries 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…
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…
August 2, 2024
Reflections on UW Libraries Global Engagement
The Libraries plays a critical role within the university, connecting and converging all disciplines while also serving as a community hub and a cultural bridge by providing outstanding collections, services and programs that foster an inclusive environment for learning and research. Through this work, the Libraries builds collaborative networks within our UW community and beyond….
June 27, 2024
Tracing Authoritarianism: Linking Southeast Asia and Southeast Asian America Through Archives, Language, and Pedagogy
Influenced by social justice movements, critical archival studies seek to question power differentials assumed in frameworks of archival collecting and access, and center curatorial responsibilities in communities who may re-interpret, re-define and use materials for community-based public memory projects. For example, when official colonial archival collections are made more accessible via online or other methods,…
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 29, 2024
Archival Silences and Sounds @ the UW Ethnomusicology Archives
Founded in 1962, the UW Ethnomusicology Archives is home to more than 80,000 rare and unique films, videos, and sound recordings. One of the largest archives of its kind in North America, its collections represent a kaleidoscopic of array of sounds and styles from around the world, and around the block. A part of Libraries…
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…
March 6, 2024
March Update
We are nearly to the end of winter quarter! Cherry blossoms are right around the corner and our Libraries are “blooming” with valuable opportunities for students, including the Libraries’ annual video contest! We are celebrating new exhibits (including first-ever “pop up” events with rare music and art collections), our amazing student employees and the grand-reopening…
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