Research for Public Good
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…
The New Tateuchi East Asia Library: A Celebration of Culture, Community and Collections
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…
January 30, 2024
UW Research: A Year of Open Data with Dryad
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…
January 3, 2024
January Update 2024
Happy New Year, Huskies! Here’s wishing you a great start to winter quarter and 2024! This month’s update features some incredible new stories including an insightful essay by The Boys in the Boat author, Daniel James Brown as well as features on our work to preserve Seattle’s music history, and student-centered scholarship documenting UW student…
December 12, 2023
Fiat Lux – By Daniel James Brown
The following is a version of a keynote speech given by author Daniel James Brown at the 2014 UW Libraries’ Literary Voices fundraising event that has been edited for length in this context. PREFACE: Daniel Brown’s love of libraries began decades ago when, as a struggling high school student, he was instructed to complete correspondence…
March 13, 2023
New Open Access Investments for 2023
In support of the UW Libraries Strategic Plan goal to Advance Research for the Public Good, the UW Libraries invested in a number of new open access agreements that will expand open access publishing for UW authors and strengthen the infrastructure for open scholarship. Article Publishing Agreements These agreements, sometimes referred to as “Read and…
February 8, 2023
Bridging Cultures: Professor Takahiro Sasaki’s Visit to UW Libraries
In October 2022, the Tateuchi East Asia Library (EAL) welcomed Professor Takahiro Sasaki. Professor Sasaki is the immediate former Director of the Keio Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan. He has been teaching and doing research at Shido Bunko for more than 20 years. The multi-day visit included a…
February 3, 2023
Black History Month 2023
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…
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