Campus Meaningful Reads is a recommended book series celebrating faculty, staff, and students at the University of Washington Tacoma. Everyone is invited to share a book with thoughts on why the book was meaningful to their career, studies, or life. This week, Dr. Sarah Hampson (SIAS/PPPA) and Dr. Benjamin Meiches (SIAS/PPPA) are sharing their meaningful Read More…
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Introducing: Campus Meaningful Reads
Meaningful Reads is a celebratory UW Tacoma Library program first envisioned in 2017 and launched with an inaugural blog post in April 2019. Initially modeled after a long-running faculty recognition event at the University of Arkansas, the core of the program focused on inviting newly promoted or tenured faculty to submit a book title along Read More…
Save the Date: Real Lit Author Zoom Talk with Mason Deaver!
The Center for Equity and Inclusion and the UW Tacoma Library — co-founders of Real Lit[erature]: Reading for Social Justice — are thrilled to announce an author talk May 27th, 2021, with award-nominated and bestselling author and designer Mason Deaver, author of I Wish You All the Best. Deaver will talk about their novel and Read More…
Real Lit Spring 2021: I Wish you All the Best
Real Lit[erature] reads Young Adult fiction and 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…
Art and library values: Taking down The Record Keeper blanket.
In March 2020, I began a project for my Master of Library and Information Science degree to inventory, research, and evaluate the artwork displayed in the UW Tacoma Library. I received support for this work from the Library because we knew that the Learning Commons building project would significantly change our spaces. One goal Read More…
Real Lit Author Talk with Filipino-American Randy Ribay!
The Center for Equity and Inclusion and the UW Tacoma Library — co-founders of Real Lit[erature]: Reading for Social Justice — are thrilled to announce an author talk Tuesday, March 9th, with National Book Award finalist Randy Ribay, author of Patron Saints of Nothing. ALL ARE WELCOME: students, faculty, staff from all three campuses, and Read More…
Enter the #IHeartUWLibraries video competition
Do you want to try your hand at filmmaking? Do you have an idea for promoting the library to students? Enter the #IHeartUWLibraries video competition, for a chance to win up to $1500! Complete rules and requirements can be found here. In 2019 the winning entry was from UW Tacoma, and last year’s winner is a UWT Read More…
Becoming Nisei: Author Event
Please join us for a conversation with authors and UW Tacoma Faculty Lisa Hoffman and Mary Hanneman about their new book, Becoming Nisei. This rich and detailed resource adds new dimensions to our state’s and our city’s understanding of Japanese American history. Thanks to the work of Hoffman and Hanneman, we will continue to learn Read More…
Winter Quarter Book Clubs: Real Lit and Staff Reads
It has been so wonderful this remote year to interact with students, staff, and faculty though Real Lit, our social justice fiction book club, and Staff Reads, our non-fiction book club. For the Winter Quarter, we have two amazing books to share with you: Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay (Real Lit), a book Read More…
Silent Study Party
Working on finals and missing your favorite study spot in the library? Need some accountability to finish up a project? Join the library for a Silent Study Party! What is a Silent Study Party? Inspired by the Silent Reading Parties that began in Seattle and have spread across the country, the Silent Study Party is Read More…