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…
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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…
UWT Community’s Summer Movies and Beach Reads Favs
Click here to learn more about We’re Listening: Whiteboard Conversations and find out how you can participate! We want to hear from YOU! The UWT community has spent the last two weeks writing, on our We’re Listening whiteboard at the TLB1 entrance, answers to the question: What’s your favorite summer movie or beach read? We loved reading Read More…
Mythical Creature Inspired Book Recommendations!
Click here to learn more about We’re Listening: Whiteboard Conversations and find out how you can participate! We want to hear from YOU! The UWT community has spent the last two weeks writing, on our We’re Listening whiteboard at the TLB4 entrance, answers to the question: What mythical creature do you most identify with? To 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…
What Books Would the UWT Community Bring to a Deserted Island?
Click here to learn more about We’re Listening: Whiteboard Conversations and find out how you can participate! We want to hear from YOU! The UWT community has spent the last two weeks writing, on our We’re Listening whiteboard at the SNO entrance, answers to the question: What book would you bring to a deserted island? Read More…
We’re Listening: Whiteboard Conversations
Welcome to We’re Listening: Whiteboard Conversations, our new series where we want to hear from YOU! We will be writing a fun biweekly question on a whiteboard where anyone is free to grab a dry erase marker and write their answer. Whiteboard Conversations will be a fun way to learn more about the UWT community, Read More…
UW Tacoma Library Spring Quarter Displays
Six new displays to pique your reading interest are up at the UW Tacoma Library this Spring Quarter, 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. SNO Lobby: Spring: Foraging , Gardening, and the Great Outdoors SNO Lobby: New Books Read More…
Have you heard about OverDrive?
Attention to all fellow readers – bookworms and book dragons alike! Did you know you have access to OverDrive through UW Library? OverDrive is an online platform for ebooks and audiobooks of popular fiction and nonfiction titles. Currently, the UW collection holds over 3000 titles and is constantly growing. UW Tacoma librarians recently added 34 Read More…