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…
Category: Library Life
Free Snacks for Finals in the Library!
The Student Library Advocacy Board (SLAB) is piloting free snacks in Snoqualmie (SNO) and Tioga Library Building (TLB) from May 30th-June 8th. Come for fresh fruit, granola bars, salty snacks — vegetarian and kosher/pareve/halal options will be available on a first come, first served basis. Leftover packed non-perishables will be donated to the UWT Pantry Read More…
Student Library Advocacy Board (SLAB) Report, Spring Quarter 2023
The inaugural members of SLAB — the Student Library Advocacy Group — have created two documents to share with our campus community and beyond of the tremendous work they have been doing since Winter Quarter 2023. We are delighted to share the documents here. SLAB Report 2023 (version 1) SLAB REPORT – Spring 2023 – Read More…
Mental Health for All at the UW Tacoma Library
Mental Health for All is the newest display at the UW Tacoma Library, just in time for Mental Health Awareness Month, which has been celebrated in the U.S. each May since 1949. Created by UW iSchool MLIS students who work as reference specialists at the UW Tacoma Library, the display aims to further awareness of Read More…
Children Belong: Celebrating Dr. Belinda Louie and our Children’s Area
The UW Tacoma Library, in collaboration with UW Libraries Advancement, was thrilled to host a wonderful celebration in our Tioga Library Building on April 24th, 2023. The event — entitled Children Belong: Celebrating Our Library — was a joyous unveiling of our new caregiver-child study carrel, replete with ribbon cutting, champagne toasts, and a pizza Read More…
Denim Day – We Believe Survivors
Denim Day is an international awareness day that seeks to raise awareness of sexual assault, educates on consent and prevention strategies, and believes and celebrates survivors. Denim Day began in 1998 after the Italian Supreme Court overturned a rape conviction because the justices felt that since the victim was wearing tight jeans, she must have Read More…
Children Belong Here
If you’ve wandered into the Children’s Area in the Tioga Library Building hopefully you’ve seen shelves stuffed with books. This is mainly because of the Professor Belinda Y. Louie Children’s and Young Adult Literature Library Endowed Collection. This Endowment has also increased our collection of diverse books for the School of Education Students – Read More…
The Traveling Tree
If you’ve been in the Snoqualmie Powerhouse in the past day or two you’ve probably seen a giant tree in the middle of that quiet study space captivating your attention. That tree is part of the United Way of Pierce County’s newest campaign on “Tackling Poverty at Its Roots”. It will be in the Read More…
Student FAQs Spring Quarter 2023
On behalf of the entire UW Tacoma Library staff, welcome back for the Spring 2023 Quarter. We appreciate your efforts to keep our community safe by staying up-to-date on University health and safety protocols. All students and personnel are required to be vaccinated, with up-to-date boosters strongly recommended. While face coverings are no longer required, Read More…
UWT Library Student Advisory Board – by Liza Vykhovanets
This article was written by UW Tacoma student Liza Vykhovanets, whose biography is included below. Other library staff involved with the Student Advisory Board planning are Marcia Monroe, Kara Peters and Marisa Petrich. ~~~~~~~~~~~ The UWT Library is a central hub for faculty, students, and patrons to access resources, spaces, and research support. However, there Read More…