This week our librarians and staff participated in design activities to revise some of our workflows for sharing faculty publications to the UW Tacoma Digital Commons. This is just one of the many ways that UW librarians support open access publishing and sharing faculty research! (Protip: Faculty, make sure your SelectedWorks profile is up-to-date!)
Category: Library Life
Library Photo of the Week
One of our Research Specialists discovered this patron making slow-but-steady progress along a window outside the silent study carrels in the Tioga Library Building earlier this week. We do not know what their research goals are but we surmise that they might be partaking in UW Tacoma’s Urban Studies program. We applaud their persistence in Read More…
Library Photo of the Week
Last week library staff participated in a Stop The Bleed training, making them familiar with bleed control kits and how to respond to a serious injury using a tourniquet. This immediate response education is critical in an earthquake zone like the Tacoma fault area when a large-scale disaster could limit the availability of emergency professionals. Read More…
Congratulations On Your Retirement Cecil!
After 22 years of waking up before the sun, Cecil Brower, dedicated Library Technician Lead of the UW Tacoma Library, will be retiring at the end of this week, Friday, August 23. Faithful, reliable and consistently dependable, Cecil was always prepared to greet students, faculty, staff, and visitors to our library as early as 7:00am. Read More…
Welcoming Data and Digital Scholarship Librarian
We are excited to welcome Erika Bailey to the UW Tacoma Library team as our new Data and Digital Scholarship Librarian and the subject librarian for business and urban studies. Erika brings a wealth of student centered and digitally focused experience, and we can’t wait to see where she takes this new role. As our Read More…
Library Picture of the Week
Today is the third Thursday of August, which means it’s Third Thursday in Tacoma, when citizens and visitors descend upon museums and galleries to enjoy art and meet artists. All events are FREE! One such activity participants may enjoy is the Chihuly Walking Tour, which features a stop at the University of Washington’s Snoqualmie Building Read More…
Library Photo of the Week
If you follow the library’s social media, you know we like to post pictures of our tea time, a weekly (sometimes semiweekly!) afternoon tradition where library staff (both permanent and student staff) gather in the breakroom for some refreshments. The IT director often brings and shares homebaked goods. Others also whip up fun bites that Read More…
Library Photo of the Week
We like to think of the library as being at the center of all things! You’ll find this geographically true on our campus as you navigate to the centrally-located Snoqualmie and Tioga Library Buildings. Whether you’re a UW student, employee, or public patron, we welcome you to find your way here to browse our physical Read More…
UWT In D.C.: Attending ALA Annual
Hey, I wanted to share with our blog readers that I had an incredible opportunity, along with my colleagues, to attend the Annual ALA (American Library Association) conference, this past June in Washington, D.C. Here are some of the highlights I thoroughly enjoyed and experienced. Attendance The conference was held at the Walter E. Washington Read More…
We’re hiring student assistants!
The library is hiring two new Access Services Assistants! These part-time, student positions are expected to work 10 to 19 hours a week at a rate of $12.35 an hour. Our Access Services Assistants help library users and staff in a wide variety of ways, from shelving books to answering questions at our service desks. Read More…