To register for Spring Quarter 2024: Sign Up Here! In collaboration with the Center for Equity and Inclusion, the UW Tacoma Library is elated to announce that our award-winning social justice book club, Real Lit[erature], will be reading Icarus by K. Ancrum for Spring Quarter 2024! In keeping with the diverse genres we’ve explored so Read More…
Category: Events & Displays
Hugo Award Winning Author Sarah Gailey in Conversation with Real Lit
Real Lit[erature] is grounded on community building through conversation. Its goal is to create a greater awareness and discussion of the experiences that are being had by our students, staff, and community members. By interacting with fiction narratives that reflect different experiences, it provides opportunities to dialogue with peers about shared and disparate experiences. Additional Read More…
UWT Library Displays Winter Quarter 2024
Celebrating Black Women & Black Joy display text and photo by Catherine Jensen Our most recent display at the UW Tacoma Library, Celebrating Black Women & Black Joy, has arrived! With Black History Month right around the corner, and Women’s History Month immediately after that, what better way to celebrate than to stop by Read More…
New Year, Same UWT Library Lab!
A new year may be upon us, but the UWT Library Lab continues! Has anything changed? The UWT Library Lab still brings library staff to you at the UWT YMCA, but will instead run every Monday from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm in January, February and the first week of March, not including Martin Luther Read More…
Tabletop Game Nights in the Library with Tabletop Games Club
Tabletop Games Cub in partnership with the UWT Library and CEI presents Tabletop Game Nights. Join us on Monday nights for tabletop, trading card, and board games of all kinds. Take a breather from the hustle of the first day of the week and sit down with friends for fun and games. Additionally, those interested Read More…
20th Real Lit Read: When We Were Magic – Register Now!
To register for Winter Quarter 2024: Sign Up Here! In collaboration with the Center for Equity and Inclusion, the UW Tacoma Library is thrilled to announce that we will be reading When We Were Magic, by Sarah Gailey, for Winter Quarter 2024! This is the 20th book for our award-winning social justice book club, Real Read More…
Banned Books and the UWT Library
During the first week of October (1-7 October 2023), libraries across the nation observed Banned Books Week, which recognizes “the freedom to read and spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools.” Banned Books Week has since passed, but challenges to remove books from libraries continue at an alarming rate. Read More…
UWT Library Lab is Here!
October 2023 has arrived, and with it the UWT Library Lab! What is the UWT Library Lab? The UWT Library Lab brings library staff to you! Every Tuesday from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm in October, November and the first week of December, UWT Library Student Staff will be in the lobby of the UWT YMCA. Read More…
Fall Quarter 2023 Library Displays
Library Displays, Fall Quarter 2023 We are excited to welcome you into the UW Tacoma Library this autumn, with lots of books curated into interesting displays for you to browse and check out. See our list below for what we’ve got on offer! Asian American and Pacific Islander Book Collection (SNO Lobby) This display showcases Read More…
Call for Participation: 2023-2024 Student Library Advocacy Board
The UW Tacoma Library is in its second year of the Student Library Advocacy Board (SLAB)! **The deadline to submit interest form is Wednesday, October 11th 2023 by 5:00pm!** The UW Tacoma Library facilitates the exploration of academic, personal, and intellectual interests through access to resources, spaces, and research support. In other words, the library Read More…