Open Access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, free of most copyright and licensing restriction. – from Open Access (MIT Press) by Peter Suber, This year, the UW Tacoma Library is partnering with the UW Libraries Scholarly Communication Outreach Team to host a series of events for Open Access Week. Through these activities, we seek Read More…
Category: Events & Displays
Grad Students: Apply for Storytelling Fellows
Are you a graduate student engaged in academic or professional work that you wish you could communicate to a broader audience? Interested in building your resume while learning how to tell compelling stories about meaningful topics? Curious about what you can do with a digital story? If YES: the UW Libraries invites you to apply Read More…
Hunger in Higher Ed – A UW Tacoma Library Exhibit
There is a new exhibit up in TLB, one of our two library buildings. Entitled “Hunger in Higher Ed”, this display seeks to draw attention to the issue of food insecurity on US college campuses. Until I started working on this exhibit, I was not aware of the term food insecurity, which, loosely defined, Read More…
Some Comments on Banned Books and Intellectual Freedom
Did you know this past week was Banned Books Week? Wait, what? Books can be banned? Yes… and no. Let’s dive into this. A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group. A banning is the removal of those materials. Challenges do not simply Read More…
Real Lit[erature] Book Club: Reading for Social Justice
We are excited to share some programming news! The UW Tacoma Library and The Center for Equity and Inclusion have been working all summer to get a pilot book club off the ground for the fall quarter. And we are ready to go! If you are a UW Tacoma Undergraduate and are interested in joining, Read More…