February 4, 2020
January 6, 2020: Data Visualization
Digital scholarship enthusiasts from East Asian studies fields gathered on the first day of the Winter quarter to explore data visualization. UW Libraries’ Data Visualization Librarian Negeen Aghassibake provided a stimulating overview of the purposes, uses, types, production cycle, and best practices of data viz, all rich with examples related to East Asia. She also…
January 8, 2020
Data Collection Supports Renovation Planning
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Libraries staff have been hard at work collecting data to support planning for our upcoming renovation. One of the questions that is guiding our data collection is this: Where are our users currently spending the most time in the library? In order to figure this out, library staff have been performing periodic walkthroughs during which…
November 25, 2019
November 4, 2019: Open Education and Open Access
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The second of our Autumn quarter workshops explored two forms of “open” publishing, both aimed at broadening access to scholarly literature: Open Access and Open Educational Resources. Open Access is an emergent form of scholarly publishing that aims to make cutting edge research literature—today often locked behind expensive pay walls—freely available to readers. UW Libraries…
October 31, 2019
Focus Group Feedback to Help Steer Renovation Planning
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As a part of assessment and planning in support of the library’s upcoming renovation, Libraries staff held a series of focus groups in late October 2019. Two of the focus groups targeted students and faculty, while the third involved Libraries staff. Participants were invited to articulate their needs and expectations for Libraries space and to…
October 26, 2019
October 7, 2019: Digital Scholarship Resources at the UW Libraries and Beyond
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To launch the Digital Scholarship for East Asian Studies workshop series, we held an introductory session surveying different facets of digital scholarship and the resources available for each at the University of Washington. To this end, we invited librarians from across the Seattle campus to give short presentations on their fields of expertise. These included…