In collaboration with the Center for Equity and Inclusion, the UW Tacoma Library is ecstatic to announce that our award-winning social justice book club, Real Lit[erature], will be reading Ander & Santi Were Here by award-winning author Jonny Garza Villa for Winter Quarter 2025! …a YA contemporary love story from Jonny Garza Villa, Ander & Read More…
Category: Students
The Sensory Friendly Space is Expanding!
This past summer, UW Tacoma Library opened its first ever Sensory Friendly Space to better address the barriers faced by our neurodivergent students and promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in our library spaces! Although the room has been created with our neurodivergent community in mind, it is a space where everyone is welcome to Read More…
A look back at 2024
Our work is hardly all about the numbers, but let’s be honest — we do count things to help us keep track of how our services and resources are doing. Here’s a look at some library stats from the last year, mostly collected in early December 2024.
Choices for textbooks: Student survey and focus group findings
How do you get access to course materials? What would you consider a reasonable price for a textbook? These were two of the questions we asked UWT students in spring 2024 about their experiences acquiring and using textbooks and course materials. Open to all current undergraduate and graduate students, we heard from 180 students that Read More…
Food For Finals at UWT Library!
Join us Monday, 12/2 – Thursday, 12/12 (while supplies last) on the 1st floor of SNO & TLB for our Food For Finals (FFF) event. Finals are stressful enough–hit the books and grab some FREE snacks. All students are welcome! FFF was founded in AY22-23 by the inaugural Student Library Advocacy Board (SLAB) and was Read More…
Fall Watches and Reads at UW Libraries
Click here to learn more about We’re Listening: Whiteboard Conversations and find out how you can participate! We want to hear from you! The UWT community has spent the last few weeks writing, on our We’re Listening whiteboard at the SNO 1 entrance, answers to the question: What’s your favorite Fall movie? Your answers would Read More…
UWT’s Halloween Costumes
Click here to learn more about We’re Listening: Whiteboard Conversations and find out how you can participate! We want to hear from you! The UWT community has spent the last few weeks writing, on our We’re Listening whiteboard at the SNO 1 entrance, answers to the question: What’s your Halloween costume? Your answers were both Read More…
Fall 2024: What Are You Most Excited For?
Click here to learn more about We’re Listening: Whiteboard Conversations and find out how you can participate! We want to hear from you! The UWT community has spent the last two weeks writing, on our We’re Listening whiteboard at the SNO 1 entrance, answers to the question: What are you most excited for this quarter? We’re Read More…
Real Lit Reads These Fleeting Shadows – Register now!
In collaboration with the Center for Equity and Inclusion, the UW Tacoma Library is ecstatic to announce that our award-winning social justice book club, Real Lit[erature], will be reading These Fleeting Shadows by local author Kate Alice Marshall for Fall Quarter 2024! The Haunting of Hill House meets Knives Out in a bid for an Read More…
Check out the New Sensory Friendly Study Space in TLB!
Come check out the new Sensory Friendly Space in the Tioga Library Building! Open during Fall Term Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2-4 pm on the first floor in room 115. The room includes: Fluorescent light covers Noise-reduction headphones Weighted lap blankets Dimmable desk lamps Fidget manipulatives/toys Floor cushions Bean bag Wobble chair Yoga ball chair Read More…