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…
Category: Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
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…
Real Lit Author Talk with Filipino-American Randy Ribay!
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 Tuesday, March 9th, with National Book Award finalist Randy Ribay, author of Patron Saints of Nothing. ALL ARE WELCOME: students, faculty, staff from all three campuses, and Read More…
Black History Month Reading List
February is Black History Month. This month, we at the UW Tacoma Library are highlighting resources that acknowledge, honor, and celebrate the lasting legacies of Black creators. The works below highlight many — but not all — of the struggles faced by Black people throughout the history of the U.S., as well as the triumphs Read More…
Celebrating Black History Month
February is Black History Month. This month, we at the UW Tacoma Library are highlighting resources that acknowledge, honor, and celebrate the lasting legacies of Black creators. The works below highlight many — but not all — of the struggles faced by Black people throughout the history of the U.S., as well as the triumphs Read More…
Learning Commons Construction Snapshots
Welcome! The construction of the Learning Commons is kicking off in February. Every other week, we’re going to post here recent photos of what’s happening in the Tioga Library Building and the Snoqualmie Building throughout the project. April 1st, 2021 Adding a new silent work space in the Tioga Library Building. This week on the 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…
Winter Quarter Book Clubs: Real Lit and Staff Reads
It has been so wonderful this remote year to interact with students, staff, and faculty though Real Lit, our social justice fiction book club, and Staff Reads, our non-fiction book club. For the Winter Quarter, we have two amazing books to share with you: Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay (Real Lit), a book Read More…
Award-Winning Author Talk with Brittney Morris
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 NEXT TUESDAY with award-winning author Brittney Morris. Please register to attend the author talk with Brittney Morris. Tuesday, 10/27, 12:30-1:20 PM PST via Zoom. Ms. Morris will Read More…