In collaboration with the Center for Equity and Inclusion, the UW Tacoma Library is ecstatic to announce that our award-winning social justice book club, Real Lit[erature], will be reading These Fleeting Shadows by local author Kate Alice Marshall for Fall Quarter 2024! The Haunting of Hill House meets Knives Out in a bid for an Read More…
Beyond the Land Acknowledgement
real lit land acknowledgement by UW Tacoma Library This project was created as a result of conversations following the practice of reading a land acknowledgement at the beginning of Real Lit[erature] book club meetings. In the wake of these acknowledgements, there was a continual sense of a conversation started but never finished. Our group wanted Read More…
Check out the Sensory Friendly Study Space in TLB!
Come check out the Sensory Friendly Room in the Tioga Library Building! Open during Fall Term Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2-4pm on the first floor in room 115. During this window, you can find and use: headphones weighted lap blankets dimmable desk lamps fidget manipulatives/toys floor cushions a wobble chair a yoga ball chair a Read More…
UW Tacoma Library Autumn Quarter Book Displays
Welcome back to campus, Huskies!! We have a number new beautiful displays at the UW Tacoma Library to pique your reading interests, and we think there’s something here for everyone. All books are available for checkout, and we’re excited for you to explore our resources. This blog will be updated after we have put Read More…
Spring 2024 UW Tacoma Publications
The library is excited to share the scholarly work of our community with campus through Digital Commons, author profiles, and the Library blog. The list below includes all known books, book chapters, edited volumes, and peer-reviewed articles that were first published (including online) between April 1 – June 15, 2024, as well as a list Read More…
Fantastically Diverse: The Newest YA Display at the UW Tacoma Library
Looking for your next fantastic read? The UWT Library has you covered! Our newest display, Fantastically Diverse, is now up in our young adult section on the first floor of TLB. Each book included in the display sits above a shelf talker (which includes a brief description of the book’s contents) and is available for Read More…
Winter 2024 UW Tacoma Publications
The library is excited to share the scholarly work of our community with campus through Digital Commons, author profiles, and the Library blog. The list below includes all known books, book chapters, edited volumes, and peer-reviewed articles that were first published (including online) between January 1st – March 20th, 2024. An unlocked symbolappears beside all Read More…
Introducing UWT Library’s Sensory Friendly Space
As a library one of the main values engrained in our work is accessibility; specifically accessibility to the information and resources needed by the communities we serve. This includes ensuring our spaces are accessible to our communities and, as an academic library, making accessible and welcoming study spaces. At UW Tacoma Library we are excited Read More…
New Children’s Books on Body Neutrality!
The UW Tacoma Library has new Children’s books! You can find them on display in the Children’s section of the Tioga Library Building this summer. This growing collection of selected and curated titles funded by the Belinda Louie Endowment speak to the way we exist in bodies. These books build a foundation for understanding Read More…
UWT Community’s Summer Movies and Beach Reads Favs
Click here to learn more about We’re Listening: Whiteboard Conversations and find out how you can participate! We want to hear from YOU! The UWT community has spent the last two weeks writing, on our We’re Listening whiteboard at the TLB1 entrance, answers to the question: What’s your favorite summer movie or beach read? We loved reading Read More…