101 students 13 questions about citations 3 pounds of butter cookies 5 large pots of coffee Countless refills of the hot water kettle The UW Tacoma Library and the UW Tacoma Teaching & Learning Center (TLC), together with funding from the Garrol L. Floe Endowed Fund, delighted noon-hour patrons with cookies and hot beverages in Read More…
Author: K. Whitney
Kari Whitney is a research specialist at the UW Tacoma Library. Find her at the Research Help desk in the Snoqualmie Building.
Sources + Citations Help on Tuesday + Wednesday
Sources + Citations December 4 & 5 Noon – 1:30 SNO Foyer At the end of every quarter, the UW Tacoma Library teams up with the Teaching & Learning Center to make it easier than ever for students to get help in making sure they’ve cited their sources correctly. We’ll be in the SNO foyer Read More…
Teaching for the first time
I had the honor to provide some basic source-seeking instruction for a class two weeks ago. After consulting with our first-year experience librarian, Alaina Bull, I prepared some materials and went to class. It was a writing class in which the students had chosen topics and begun their initial search for information in order to Read More…
Children’s Literature Open House
Over 100 people attended the UW Libraries Children’s Literature Open House in Suzzallo Library last Friday, October 26. This special event showcasing a range of youth literature across our university’s three campuses preceded the annual Spencer G. Shaw Lecture Series featuring award-winning teacher-author Sharon Draper. The UW Tacoma Library has the only stand-alone children’s and Read More…
Safety & Security in the Library
Our library is a multipurpose space in which students, faculty, and the community converge to engage in learning, research, and discovery. We welcome our patrons to use the Snoqualmie Learning & Research Commons and the Tioga Library Building safely. Lately, we have noticed a number of patrons leaving their personal belongings on chairs or by Read More…