We are really excited to talk about this quarter’s Staff Reads! What is Staff Reads? Inspired by the UW Tacoma Strategic Plan and Real Lit[erature], Staff Reads is a collaboration between the Center for Equity and Inclusion, The Center for Student Involvement, and the UW Tacoma Library. The reading group seeks to create greater awareness Read More…
Category: Events & Displays
New Books and Graphic Novels
This is the new books shelf in the SNO lobby featuring new materials and graphic novels that are recent additions to the UW Tacoma Library. Check out these great titles! Vacant to Vibrant: Creating Successful Green Infrastructure Networks In Montparnasse: The Emergence of Surrealism Paris, Duchamp to Dali Black Panther: The Illustrated History of a Read More…
New Books and Graphic Novels
Check out these new titles and more in the SNO lobby: Shapes of Native Nonfiction Sensations: The Story of British Art from Hogarth to Banksy The Fixers: Local News Workers and the Underground Labor of International Reporting We are Everywhere: Protest, Power and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation
Tabling in the SNO
As one of the most trafficked passageways connecting upper campus to the main strip of academic buildings, the SNO lobby is an excellent place to spread the word about campus programs or even hold promotional events. Past and Recurring programs: The Library and TLC host “Sources and Citations” events every quarter to provide last minute Read More…
New Book and Graphic Novels Bookshelf
This is the new books shelf in the SNO lobby featuring new materials and graphic novels that are recent additions to the UW Tacoma Library. Here are four titles you might want to check out! There are Girls like Lions Becoming Dr. Seuss Why You Like It: The Science & Culture of Musical Taste Tales Read More…
Open Scholar Cafe
What is Open Scholar Cafe? You may have heard about Unlocking UW Tacoma’s Scholarly Work, the library’s SIF-funded pilot project. We know that folks may have questions about Open Access or making their scholarship more Open, which is why we are offering Open Scholar Cafe: a series of Pop-Up consultations to support faculty in sharing Read More…
Tacoma Reads Youth Event at UW Tacoma
The afternoon of Friday September 20th, prior to the city wide event, the UW Tacoma Library and the UW Tacoma School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, helped host a high school event for students from Tacoma Public Schools and Chief Leschi Schools. Roughly 90 students attended, along with their teachers and librarians.The high school students Read More…
New Exhibit: Contemporary Indigenous Authorship
North America has been inhabited since long before Leif Erikson and Christopher Columbus. This land’s Indigenous Peoples continue to exist today, asserting their sovereignty and working to maintain their civil rights. Among the ways they express their existence is through written and oral stories; artistic renderings; and historical accounts, present examination, and future portrayals. Tommy Read More…
Reading Circle: The University as Social Infrastructure
By the end of my research, I’d discovered that the key difference … turned out to be what I call social infrastructure: the physical places and organizations that shape the way people interact. — Erik Klinenberg, Palaces for the People During Autumn 2019, the Library will again be hosting the Emerging Practices Reading Circle, a Read More…
Library Photo of the Week
See a book? Read a book! Library displays aren’t just there to look good (though they do look great, if we do say so ourselves)–these items are meant to be contemplated, handled, browsed, and checked out! Wander over and have a look today! Our current displays are That’s What She Said in TLB, Graphic Novels in Read More…