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November 3, 2023

November Update

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Holiday Meals: Vintage Inspiration  Even if you’re not on turkey and/or Tofurkey “duty”, you’ll be amused by the variety of holiday offerings (and prices!) from different eras in the UW Libraries Special Collections Historical Menu Collection! Molded cranberries anyone??  See more menus image: Ciro’s Grill Thanksgiving dinner menu, November 26, 1959. University of Washington Libraries…


August 23, 2023

Bring Open Scholarship Impact to Your Classroom & Research

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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…


February 3, 2023

Black History Month 2023

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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…


January 31, 2023

February Update

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It’s only February, and yet spring and summer planning is in full swing! Don’t miss upcoming information sessions for an amazing (and FREE) summer study program.  Start thinking about your I HEART UW Libraries Student Video Contest entries (and the chance to win some serious cash prizes!!) and get ahead of that winter quarter final…


February 10, 2022

Entanglements: Mapping the History of Asian Migration onto Coast Salish Lands 

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UW doctoral candidate Anna Nguyen is an Asian American historian who is passionate about documenting, preserving and sharing the histories of Asian Americans. Through the Simpson Center’s 2021 Mellon Summer Fellowship for Public Projects in the Humanities, Nguyen and fellow UW doctorate candidate Madison Heslop began their collaboration to create Entanglements: Mapping the History of…


February 2, 2022

February Update

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Welcome back to campus, Huskies (again)! 🙂  In honor of Black History Month, please check out our featured monthly resource Black Thought & Culture, an incredible digital archive that pays tribute to the nonfiction work of notable African American writers.    February marks the return of the popular  #IHeartUWLibraries Student Video Contest!   Don’t miss the…


February 1, 2022

In the Classroom with UW Libraries: Arts and Humanities

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Picture yourself in class (or a Zoom room), being led through an immersive imagination exercise, using sense memory to explore questions related to the history and context of a particular object or place. Your instructor is an expert in history, humanities, information science and archiving. Your instructor is a UW Librarian!  While we may typically…


December 29, 2021

January Update

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Happy New Year, Huskies! We are happy to welcome our UW Community back from break! At this time, the Libraries plans to proceed with planned, expanded  hours for winter quarter as noted below and on our website; however, these plans are subject to change pending the evolving public health status, new protocols and/or staff availability….


December 15, 2021

Faculty Feature: Denae Ford Robinson

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Denae Ford Robinson is an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Human Centered Design and Engineering (HCDE) and Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research. Her research focuses on cognitive and social barriers to participation in online socio-technical ecosystems. She is best known for her research on just-in-time mentorship as a mode to empower welcoming engagement in collaborative Q&A…


November 23, 2021

What is a data management plan, why is it important, and how do I make one?

Iva Grohmann, Graduate Student Specialist, Scholarly Communications and Publishing.

Last year, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it would be instituting a new Data Management and Sharing Policy, effective 2023. The new policy establishes the requirement that research projects funded by the NIH must submit a Data Management and Sharing Plan. This announcement follows a wider trend of many other funding agencies…



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