Bring questions about sharing research and engaging with communities to: Open Scholar Cafe The Library is partnering with the Office of Community Partnerships (OCP) to co-host a drop-in space for faculty and staff authors to discuss engaged scholarship, publishing, open access, and the tools available to share work. At this session, we will introduce the Read More…
Author: Justin Wadland
Justin Wadland is the Head, Digital Scholarship. See my campus directory profile for more info:
http://directory.tacoma.uw.edu/employee/jwadland
When will the Library and the Learning Commons open?
Views and Updates from the Library on the Learning Commons Project When we reopen, we’ll be able to welcome you back to renovated facilities, but our reopening plans must now align with the construction schedule. In this post, we provide an updated timeline of the construction in the Tioga Library and the Snoqualmie Buildings and how Read More…
Packing up the Library for Learning Commons construction
Views and Updates from the Library on the Learning Commons Project We are packing up the UW Tacoma Library. Yes, we are. In the hands of library workers, the books are journeying from their shelves, first to book carts, then to sometimes temporary and other times permanent locations for the duration of the Learning Commons construction. Read More…
The wall comes down and other good things about the Learning Commons
Views and Updates from the Library on the Learning Commons Project With construction for the Learning Commons slated to begin in mid-February and run through October 2021, the Library looks back at the design process and shares some of the exciting outcomes of this project that will directly benefit students when we can return to Read More…
When will the Library open?
Over the summer, I have participated in many Zoom discussions and training sessions about how to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as we plan for onsite work and services at the university, but a key moment in all this work came when I went to the Library a few weeks ago On July 20th, I Read More…
Preparing for Summer and Fall Quarter: What Faculty Need to Know Now
Before the Spring Quarter wraps up we wanted to reach out to faculty so you could begin planning. The Library is working in close partnership with UW Tacoma and UW Libraries leadership and community partners to assess and plan for return-to-work and return-to-school following the new UW Safe Start protocols. Our decisions will be guided Read More…
Library Happenings: April 2020
All campus buildings may be closed but the Library continues to serve the UW Tacoma community. Over the past month and more, Library staff have rapidly adjusted library services to help faculty and students transition to fully remote learning. We’ve done this while learning ourselves how to better use digital tools for telework. I am Read More…
Library Happenings: March 2020
This week the Library is recognizing and celebrating both Open Education Week and UW Libraries Student Employee Appreciation Week. I’m not sure if these two honorary weeks have occurred in the same week in years past, but for me, the coincidence seems apt. Thanks to these “two weeks in one,” I have an excuse to Read More…
Library Happenings: February 2020
In December 2019, I stepped into the role of Interim Director of the UW Tacoma Library and Interim Associate Dean of the UW Libraries. One of the perks of my new job is that I get to learn about amazing work happening across the Library and see the ways that Library staff, spaces, events, Read More…
UW Tacoma Library Welcomes Oral History Project Manager
The Library is pleased to announce that Joan Hua joined its staff this autumn as the Oral History Project Manager. In the next 12 months, she will be working to develop a new collection of digital oral histories for the UW Tacoma Oral History: Founding Stories project. The collection aims to capture the memories and Read More…