Our work is hardly all about the numbers, but let’s be honest — we do count things to help us keep track of how our services and resources are doing. Here’s a look at some library stats from the last year, mostly collected in early December 2024.
Author: Marisa Petrich
Marisa Petrich is UW Tacoma's Instructional Design Librarian and liaison to the Psychology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice programs. She is interested in teaching and learning methods, news and information literacy, open education and scholarship, digital media, and many other things.
Happy 20th birthday, Metro Coffee!
It’s hard to imagine UW Tacoma without the cozy presence of Metro Coffee but once upon a time there was just one coffee shop on campus. Then, in October 2004, The Ledger (now the Tacoma Ledger) had a hot scoop. “For a significant period of time Starbucks has been the exclusive coffee shop on campus,” Read More…
5 tips for addressing AI in the classroom this fall
1. You need to talk to your students about AI either way. This is brand new technology, so it definitely isn’t safe to assume that students will automatically know whether or not they can use AI in your course. There are lots of different ways to use AI (or not) in higher education and plenty Read More…