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March 14, 2024

Your Voice, Your Books: The Return of Recommended Reads for Equity

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UW Libraries is excited to re-launch Recommended Reads for Equity – a crowd-sourced book recommendation forum that directly influences a dedicated book collection in Odegaard Library for books about equity, diversity, and inclusion. This collection brings together over 170 unique voices and perspectives — students, staff, faculty and alumni have joined together to share what…


March 12, 2024

The Secret Life of UW Libraries Catalogers and Metadata Specialists Spotlight

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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

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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 

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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…


March 5, 2024

We Love Our Student Employees!

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Celebrating 2024 Student Scholarship Recipients UW Libraries recognizes the achievements of our outstanding student employees through our Student Employee Appreciation Week, and an annual scholarship award, generously sponsored by UW Libraries donors.  On February 29, we celebrated this year’s 50 new scholarship recipients in person with a reception honoring their amazing contributions. Library student workers…


January 3, 2024

January Update 2024

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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

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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…


November 21, 2023

Preparing for Finals Week: UW Libraries 10 Tips for Success

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updated 3/6/2024 While many students think of libraries as primarily places to study and access research materials, UW Libraries provides many services and support for students year-round!  Be sure to bookmark this page and learn more about these time-saving resources to help you succeed and stress less during finals! In addition, Odegaard Library will extend…


November 3, 2023

Accessible Study Room In Suzzallo – Now More Accessible!

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By UW Libraries Accessibility Working Group It is important to provide equitable environments that allow all students to feel comfortable studying at the Libraries. To that end, in the last few years we have improved accessibility in several ways around the Libraries: audited our physical spaces and electronic resources for accessibility; posted accessibility information on…


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…



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