Come join our incredible team of student employees! The UW Tacoma library is hiring two or three Access Services Assistants, to start as soon as possible. These part-time positions are expected to work 10 to 19 hours a week at a rate of $12.35 an hour. Applications are due by April 15. For full details and Read More…
Category: Library Life
Thousand Dollar Tips: The Scoring Rubric
Last week we pointed out that the reflective essay portion of your UW Library Research Award for Undergraduates application is worth half of your total evaluation. This week we’d like to elaborate on how that section is scored. Just like some of your courses, your essay will be assessed according to a rubric. They’re designed Read More…
Library Photo of the Week
(Photo courtesy Johanna Jacobsen Kiciman) Bye-bye, microforms! The UW Tacoma Library appreciates the many times we’ve viewed and scanned your images, but it’s time to free up space now that your contents are digitized and online! Over time, our journals have been digitized so the microfilm we store is no longer necessary. As Cecil Brower (UWT Read More…
Meet our Staff: Lauren Pressley
What did you major in/are you majoring in at UWT? I attended North Carolina State University and majored in Philosophy and Communication. At the time, my college offered a specialty in Small Group and Interpersonal Communication, which was my focus. I also minored in Women’s and Gender Studies. Part of the reason I picked up Read More…
Thousand-Dollar Tips: The Essay
Congratulations! It’s Spring Break and you (or you and your teammates) are thinking about submitting your project to the UW Library Research Award for Undergraduates in anticipation of winning $500-$1000! Your project work is super-important and will undoubtedly add to the growing universe of knowledge in your field. Thank you for that! Keep in mind Read More…
Grad Students: Get Job Experience in Open Access & Digital Scholarship
The UW Tacoma Library is hiring an Open Access and Digital Scholarship Specialist. This position will participate and support the Library’s efforts to key areas: Enabling UW Tacoma faculty and students to openly share their scholarly work. Engaging with emerging forms of scholarship that leverage the affordances of digital technologies. Graduate students on any one Read More…
Friends of the Libraries Student Video Contest
Calling all UW and Cascadia College students! Want to win $1,500? Enter the Friends of the Libraries Student Video Contest. Create a one minute video about one of UW Libraries’ five values Submit your video by Friday, April 19 Win up to $1,500 (First place prize: $1,500, second place: $1,000, third place: $500, plus four $50 Read More…
Meet our Staff: Hawo Guyo
What did you major in/are you majoring in at UWT? I am majoring in Psychology. What drew you to working in libraries? Knowing how impactful libraries were in providing me with the resources that helped me find security within myself drew me to work in libraries. You see, I am no stranger to the power Read More…
Library Photo of the Week
Meet four out of our five University of Washington Libraries Student Employee Scholarship Winners for 2019! Kari, James, Risty, and Christy (and Erika, not pictured), all received a $1,000 Scholarship for their outstanding work at the UW Tacoma Library and their reflection essays about what working at the Library means to them. Student supervisors were Read More…
Thousand-Dollar Tips
Interested in winning $500-$1000 for work you’ve been doing in your classes? Check out the UW Library Research Award for Undergraduates. Any UW undergrad (individual or group) may apply! You’ll need: Completed application form Essay (500-1000 words) Research project (could be a PDF, MS PowerPoint slides, DVD/CD, URL, artwork, or other formats), including a bibliography Read More…