101 students 13 questions about citations 3 pounds of butter cookies 5 large pots of coffee Countless refills of the hot water kettle The UW Tacoma Library and the UW Tacoma Teaching & Learning Center (TLC), together with funding from the Garrol L. Floe Endowed Fund, delighted noon-hour patrons with cookies and hot beverages in Read More…
Category: Events & Displays
Libraries as sites of conversation: skyping with Angie Thomas
Members of the UW Tacoma community — students, staff, and faculty — had the tremendous opportunity this past Wednesday to speak with renowned author Angie Thomas, author of the New York Times #1 bestselling novel The Hate U Give. Part of the Real Lit[erature] Book Club, a joint program between the UW Tacoma Library and the Read More…
Sources + Citations Help on Tuesday + Wednesday
Sources + Citations December 4 & 5 Noon – 1:30 SNO Foyer At the end of every quarter, the UW Tacoma Library teams up with the Teaching & Learning Center to make it easier than ever for students to get help in making sure they’ve cited their sources correctly. We’ll be in the SNO foyer Read More…
New Exhibit in SNO: Caring for the Mind and Body
Just in time for finals — we have a new exhibit up in Snoqualmie. Entitled “Caring for the Mind and Body”, this exhibit is imagined as a response to the current hectic climate (politically, socially, environmentally, and otherwise) which may be impacting well-being. Broadly conceived, the exhibit is focused around mental health and mental health practices, and the Read More…
Join us for Real Lit[erature] Winter 2019!
Are you interested in joining a real conversation about contemporary societal issues? If so, register here! After a successful quarter in the autumn where a dozen students and staff read and discussed Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give (and skyped with the author on 12/5/2018!) we are thrilled to continue with our book club at the Read More…
Possible reads for Real Lit[erature] Winter 2019
For the Winter 2019 Real Lit[eature] Book Club, the UW Tacoma Library and the Center for Equity and Inclusion are giving current book club members a chance to vote on the book we will read next quarter. We envisioned this book club to be a space for students (and other members of our community) to Read More…
Syəhub : story — a new Exhibit in TLB
epistemology: the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. Epistemology is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion. Meyer highlights that “all people have their own distinct beliefs of what knowledge is and what knowing entails” (2008, p. 219), and Deloria (1999) discusses the extent to which Western science “limits itself Read More…
Children’s Literature Open House
Over 100 people attended the UW Libraries Children’s Literature Open House in Suzzallo Library last Friday, October 26. This special event showcasing a range of youth literature across our university’s three campuses preceded the annual Spencer G. Shaw Lecture Series featuring award-winning teacher-author Sharon Draper. The UW Tacoma Library has the only stand-alone children’s and Read More…
As Easy as “Raspberry Pi”!
We have a new digital sign at our Research Help desks — and will be installing more at our Circulation desks in SNO and TLB. Using a mini-computer called “Raspberry Pi”, we are able to share with the campus community what our service philosophy is, the type of help we offer, and other up-to-date information Read More…
It’s OA Week!
It’s Open Access Week 2018, friends! If you’re new to this concept, let us fill you in. Open Access Week is an annual, global event focused on sharing the benefits of the Open Access movement. Here at the UWT Library, we hope to use it as an opportunity to educate, answer questions, and start conversations about Read More…