Welcome to the 2020 Academic Year, Huskies! Normally you get to know our UW Tacoma Library staff by stopping by our desks in SNO and TLB. Since that isn’t possible at the moment, we wanted to introduce you to our staff in a series of blog posts. Remember, we are here for you via 24/7 Read More…
Category: Library Life
Library Happenings: A Summer 2020 Overview
This (distanced and strange and smoky) summer has been busy at the UW Tacoma Library. We’ve published regularly and frequently on our blog about all our work, but want to collate all our activities here, in case you missed a post! Most of all: we remain committed to working with students, faculty and staff, during Read More…
Congratulations UW Library 2020 Grads!
Although so much has happened over the course of 4 months, and just when we thought we were all “zoomed” out, the UW Tacoma Library took time to celebrate our student employees, who graduated this June, with a virtual graduation party. Words of encouragement were given to our graduating class by our Interim Library Director Read More…
Congratulations! Distinguished Librarian Award goes to Justin Wadland!
We are thrilled to share with you all that our own Interim Director and Associate Dean, University Libraries — Justin Wadland — has won the 2020 Distinguished Librarian Award! Justin has worked as a librarian at UW Tacoma since 2003, and currently serves as the Interim Director, UW Tacoma Library and Associate Dean, University Libraries. Read More…
Library Happenings: April 2020
All campus buildings may be closed but the Library continues to serve the UW Tacoma community. Over the past month and more, Library staff have rapidly adjusted library services to help faculty and students transition to fully remote learning. We’ve done this while learning ourselves how to better use digital tools for telework. I am Read More…
I Heart UW Libraries Student Video Contest
Do you love your UW Tacoma Library? Here is your chance to show it, and win up to $1,500! Across all three campuses, UW Libraries is the “heart” of the University – our people, places, resources and programs support students, faculty and our local community in so many ways. The student video contest is an Read More…
Recommended reading: “The crime of punishment”
The book I selected for my Meaningful Read is The Crime of Punishment by Karl Menninger. I picked up this paperback book for $1.95 (new!) several decades ago when I was a college student and considering what shape my career path would take. I experienced the book as a fascinating and eye-opening leap into the Read More…
UW Tacoma Library and COVID19 Updates
We wanted to share with you a new webpage that contains all relevant information related to the UW Tacoma Library’s current operations and response to the COVID-19 outbreak including updates to operations and access to services. This page also contains helpful links and aggregate information about services across the campus that may be affected by Read More…
Filipino-American novel for Real Lit[erature] Book Club, Spring Quarter 2020
Real Lit[erature] 2020 is reading Patron Saints of Nothing! Get a free book! Discuss with peers, faculty, and staff! Real Lit[erature] — UW Tacoma’s fiction based book club co-created by the UW Tacoma Library and the Center for Equity and Inclusion — will have its next sessions Spring Quarter 2020, and you won’t want to Read More…
Library Happenings: March 2020
This week the Library is recognizing and celebrating both Open Education Week and UW Libraries Student Employee Appreciation Week. I’m not sure if these two honorary weeks have occurred in the same week in years past, but for me, the coincidence seems apt. Thanks to these “two weeks in one,” I have an excuse to Read More…