Ready to make your life a bit easier?! This April, the UW Tacoma Library will host three Introduction to Zotero Workshops to help those who wish to streamline their citation process. Workshops will be held on Monday, April 15; Wednesday, April 24 & Tuesday, April 30, during Husky hour (12:30-1:30) in Tioga Library Building (TLB) Read More…
Category: Technology
LibKey Discovery
UW Libraries is pleased to announce the activation of LibKey Discovery, part of a suite of powerful scholarly access tools designed to remove barriers and increase efficiencies around digital access by providing one-click access to articles. By reducing the number of steps it takes to find, view and download materials, LibKey will save researchers countless 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…
Real Lit Reads Love After the End: An Anthology, edited by Joshua Whitehead!
To register for Summer Quarter 2023: Sign Up Here! 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 be reading Love After the End: An Anthology, edited by Joshua Whitehead, for Summer Quarter 2023! “This exciting and groundbreaking Read More…
Craft for a Cause
Are you looking for ways to show-up for others, to be the change you want to see in the world, or want a quiet way to make your voice heard – try Craftivism! Craftivism is a form of activism that incorporates craft elements like knit bombing, political cross stitch, or even making masks during the Read More…
Now Open: The Learning Commons’ Makerspace!
Visit the Makerspace 10am – 5pm, Monday through Friday Snoqualmie Building, First Floor https://tacomamakes.ds.lib.uw.edu/ Managed by UW Tacoma Library Information Technology, the Makerspace is an entirely new service for the UW Tacoma campus that provides students, faculty, and staff creative opportunities through reciprocal teaching and learning. It is intended to break down traditional power structures Read More…
Join Us: Introduction to Zotero Workshop!
Tired of creating citations? Feeling like your research needs some organization? Join us on Tuesday, October 19th from 12:30pm – 1:30pm for an introduction to Zotero, an open source citation manager that helps you organize, manage, and collect resources for research. In this hands on workshop you will: Learn about the different functionalities of Zotero 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…
Meet our Staff: Ai Nguyen
Have you used the computers in SNO during the Beforetimes? Then you’ve interacted with Ai, who keeps the software up to date for our computer users. We are so glad to be able to work with Ai! How do you work with faculty and students in your current role at the UW Tacoma Library? I Read More…
Meet our Staff: Tim Bostelle
Meet Tim Bostelle, the heart and soul of the UW Tacoma Library IT Department. Tim keeps us connected with the tech we need, trains students, and works with classes on maker projects — to name just the tip of the iceberg. Read on! How do you work with faculty and students in your current role Read More…