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…
Category: Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
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…
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…
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…
Real Lit Reads Transmogrify! – Register now!
To register for Summer Quarter 2024: Sign Up Here! 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 Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic edited by g. haron davis for Summer Quarter 2024! This Read More…
Icarus: RealLit Spring 2024 in Review
Real Lit is a book club put on by the University of Washington, Tacoma once a quarter and focuses on Young Adult fiction centering diverse perspectives, protagonists, and stories. During Spring term, the group read Icarus by K. Ancrum. If your heart sped up and images of smoke and wings and unforgiving ocean waves flashed Read More…
Navigating Trauma in the Library: Research as Violence
The UWT Library supports research at all levels, and we strive to be thoughtful in our approach. One way we do this is by understanding that scholarly exploration can unearth previous trauma experienced by the researcher. While research is typically viewed as an objective and neutral endeavor, this couldn’t be further from the truth. The Read More…