Our graduate reference specialists learned more about Pressbooks and open educational resources (OER) during today’s online Pressbooks Workshop, taught by Lauren Ray and moderated by Liz Bedford. Pressbooks is an easy-to-use e-book authoring platform that allows users to create interactive online books that can be distributed as e-books, PDF, and other formats. UW Libraries currently Read More…
Category: Library Life
UW Tacoma students shine in video contest
Recognize that library? We sure do. Two UW Tacoma students were winners in a recent UW Libraries video contest and we couldn’t be more proud. The Friends of the Libraries Student Video Contest asked participants to create short videos showcasing one of the UW Libraries five values. The values are being user centered, collaboration, equity, Read More…
Library Photo of the Week
Congratulations to the Class of 2019! Your hard work at UW Tacoma will prepare you for all kinds of success in your bright and beautiful future. Above are just a couple of the signs you’ll see scattered on campus–well-wishes from your friends at the UW Tacoma Library and a small expression of how proud we Read More…
Library Photo of the Week
Welcome to the UW Tacoma Library Auxiliary Periodicals shelves! Housed in the basement of TLB on compact shelving, these aisles contain multitudes of journals that we don’t currently have space to display in the public areas that you normally see. But don’t worry–you still have access to these materials! When you have the opportunity to “Request Read More…
Thousand-Dollar Tips: Polishing
It’s time to turn in your amazing project application and win the $1,000 Library Research Award for Undergraduates! Let’s take a moment to shine it up with some editing tips. Put yourself in the shoes of someone who wasn’t a part of your project and look back through the materials that you’re about to submit. Read More…
Thousand-Dollar Tips: Bibliography
The project you’re submitting for the Library Research Award for Undergraduates is great and you’re well on your way to winning $1,000 and eternal fame for your fantastic research. This is your reminder to make sure your bibliography is all-that-and-a-bag-of-chips. It’s important that you give credit to the work that aided your own work. Every Read More…
Meet our Staff: Hannah Wilson
Hannah Wilson has been at UW Tacoma since 2014, and manages the Access Services Unit at the UW Tacoma Library, which is responsible for circulating materials, assuring access to the collection, reserves, equipment check out, and many of the other services available in the library! What did you major in/are you majoring in at UWT? In Read More…
Library Photo of the Week
This week a UW Tacoma writing class got to play our prototype of “Research-to-Research,” a card game inspired by Mattel’s popular Apples-to-Apples. This is one of the ways our librarians bring innovative instruction exercises to the research environment! Look forward to learning more about this evolving activity in a future blog post. For now, please Read More…
Library Research Award: Project Format
Have you been on the fence about submitting your project for the Library Research Award for Undergraduates? Are you worried that the type of project you’ve created isn’t suited to “traditional” scholarly publishing? Worry no more–research looks like many different things! We accept a variety of research projects for consideration for the Library Research Award. Read More…
Thousand Dollar Tips: Letter of Faculty Support
Your Library Research Award for Undergraduates application needs to include a letter of support from a faculty member, teaching or research assistant, or instructor–someone who knows about your research strategy and methods. If you haven’t asked for this letter, ask now because they’ll need time to consider and respond to the short form we’ve created Read More…