The Center for Equity and Inclusion (CEI) and UW Tacoma Library Real Lit[erature]: Reading for Social Justice co-founders are excited to announce an Author Talk with Racquel Marie on Thursday, August 25th, 2022, via Zoom. Racquel Marie’s novel Ophelia After All is her debut book. Racquel Marie’s work explores queer youth Latine identity through moments Read More…
Category: Events & Displays
On Display Now at the UW Tacoma Library!
We are excited to celebrate the work of author and illustrator Eric Carle through a new multilingual UW Tacoma Library Display. You can explore Carle’s works on the first floor of the Tioga Library Building in the children’s section of the Belinda Y. Louie Children’s and Young Adult Literature Library Endowed Collection. Eric Carle’s career Read More…
Real Lit Reads Ophelia After All! Register Now for Summer 2022!
Real Lit[erature] reads books about social justice and is open to anyone affiliated with UW: students, faculty, and staff! SIGN UP HERE! Build community, reduce isolation and enhance campus education by joining a peer-based book club! The UW Tacoma Library, in collaboration with the Center for Equity and Inclusion, is pleased to announce that its Read More…
Campus Meaningful Reads: “Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds”
Campus Meaningful Reads, a project supported by the UW Tacoma Library, highlights the texts — books, articles, or creative writings — that have been meaningful to members of our campus community. It’s an event that provides the opportunity to grow spaces where students see their voices represented next to staff and faculty, and to understand Read More…
Campus Meaningful Reads: “Lower Ed” and “Lulu and Milagro’s Search for Clarity”
Campus Meaningful Reads, a project supported by the UW Tacoma Library, highlights the texts — books, articles, or creative writings — that have been meaningful to members of our campus community. It’s an event that provides the opportunity to grow spaces where students see their voices represented next to staff and faculty, and to understand Read More…
New UW Tacoma Library Display: Gentrification in Tacoma
We are excited to announce a new UW Tacoma Library Display on the second floor of the Tioga Library Building: Gentrification in Tacoma. Tacoma is not immune to gentrification. Gentrification is the process by which poor neighborhoods are changed by the influx of wealthier residents through urban development. Gentrification results in the displacement of the Read More…
Campus Meaningful Reads: “A Room of One’s Own” and “Ice Massacre”
Campus Meaningful Reads, a project supported by the UW Tacoma Library, highlights the texts — books, articles, or creative writings — that have been meaningful to members of our campus community. It’s an event that provides the opportunity to grow spaces where students see their voices represented next to staff and faculty, and to understand Read More…
Now Open: The Learning Commons’ Makerspace!
Visit the Makerspace 10am – 5pm, Monday through Friday Snoqualmie Building, First Floor https://tacomamakes.ds.lib.uw.edu/ Managed by UW Tacoma Library Information Technology, the Makerspace is an entirely new service for the UW Tacoma campus that provides students, faculty, and staff creative opportunities through reciprocal teaching and learning. It is intended to break down traditional power structures Read More…
Your Voice in the Library: Campus Meaningful Reads
We are excited to relaunch Campus Meaningful Reads for Spring Quarter 2022! Campus Meaningful Reads is a UW Tacoma Library program modeled after an annual faculty recognition event through the University of Arkansas Libraries which seeks to reflect the diverse and rich set of experiences that illustrate how reading inspires introspection, a desire to pursue Read More…
Real Lit Reads Ordinary Girls! Register now!
Real Lit[erature] reads books about social justice is open to anyone affiliated with UW: students, faculty, staff! SIGN UP HERE! Build community, reduce isolation and enhance campus education by joining a peer-based book club! The UW Tacoma Library, in collaboration with the Center for Equity and Inclusion, is pleased to announce that its award-winning social Read More…