February is Black History Month. This month, we at the UW Tacoma Library are highlighting films that acknowledge, honor, and celebrate the lasting legacies of Black creators and activists. We not only want to shed light on history, but also look toward the future so we will be exploring different themes in Black and African Read More…
Category: Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Real Lit: Author Talk with Crystal Maldonado
The Center for Equity and Inclusion (CEI) and UW Tacoma Library Real Lit[erature]: Reading for Social Justice co-founders are excited to announce an Author Talk with Crystal Maldonado on Thursday, March 10, 2022 via Zoom. Crystal Maldonado is the award-winning author of Fat Chance, Charlie Vega, and most recently, No Filter and Other Lies. Crystal Read More…
WI22 Real Lit: Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
Build community, reduce isolation, and enhance campus education by joining a peer-based book club! The UW Tacoma Library, in collaboration with the Center for Equity and Inclusion, is pleased to announce that its award-winning social justice book club, Real Lit[erature], will meet remotely again Winter Quarter 2022! We would like to invite UW students, faculty, Read More…
Real Lit Fall Quarter ’21: Such a Fun Age
Real Lit[erature] reads Young Adult fiction and is open to anyone affiliated with UW: students, faculty, staff! SIGN UP HERE! Build community, reduce isolation and enhance campus education by joining a peer-based book club! The UW Tacoma Library, in collaboration with the Center for Equity and Inclusion, is pleased to announce that its award-winning social Read More…
Introducing: Campus Meaningful Reads
Meaningful Reads is a celebratory UW Tacoma Library program first envisioned in 2017 and launched with an inaugural blog post in April 2019. Initially modeled after a long-running faculty recognition event at the University of Arkansas, the core of the program focused on inviting newly promoted or tenured faculty to submit a book title along Read More…
Updates to Campus on the UW Tacoma Library’s Antiracism Efforts
In June of 2020, the UW Tacoma Library made a public commitment to equity, social justice, and antiracist action. To honor this commitment, the Library has contracted with Archway Consulting Group to facilitate a formal antiracism assessment of the Library’s policies, practices, work culture, and internal bias. The goal of this assessment is to gain Read More…
Save the Date: Real Lit Author Zoom Talk with Mason Deaver!
The Center for Equity and Inclusion and the UW Tacoma Library — co-founders of Real Lit[erature]: Reading for Social Justice — are thrilled to announce an author talk May 27th, 2021, with award-nominated and bestselling author and designer Mason Deaver, author of I Wish You All the Best. Deaver will talk about their novel and Read More…
Application Open: 2021 Open Educational Resources Workshop
Program Description, Expectations, and Deliverables Applications are now open for a third year of faculty training on Open Educational Resources! Open Educational Resources (OER) are free, openly licensed course materials that can be used to replace costly textbooks and customize learning experiences. This multi-day, summer workshop is designed to help faculty learn about and implement Read More…
Real Lit Spring 2021: I Wish you All the Best
Real Lit[erature] reads Young Adult fiction and is open to anyone affiliated with UW: students, faculty, staff! SIGN UP HERE! Build community, reduce isolation and enhance campus education by joining a peer-based book club! The UW Tacoma Library, in collaboration with the Center for Equity and Inclusion, is pleased to announce that its award-winning social Read More…
Art and library values: Taking down The Record Keeper blanket.
In March 2020, I began a project for my Master of Library and Information Science degree to inventory, research, and evaluate the artwork displayed in the UW Tacoma Library. I received support for this work from the Library because we knew that the Learning Commons building project would significantly change our spaces. One goal Read More…