Program Description, Expectations, and Deliverables Applications are now open for a third year of faculty training on Open Educational Resources! Open Educational Resources (OER) are free, openly licensed course materials that can be used to replace costly textbooks and customize learning experiences. This multi-day, summer workshop is designed to help faculty learn about and implement Read More…
Category: Teaching & Learning
Black Lives Matter Collective Storytelling Project
“It has been our privilege to see how the power of creative expression can be an opportunity for transformation and liberation.” This is how professors Sonia De La Cruz and Tanya Grace Velasquez end their introductory note to the collaborative, cross-course student project, Black Lives Matter Collective Storytelling Project. This project, a collaboration between Read More…
Learning Commons Construction Snapshots
Welcome! The construction of the Learning Commons is kicking off in February. Every other week, we’re going to post here recent photos of what’s happening in the Tioga Library Building and the Snoqualmie Building throughout the project. April 1st, 2021 Adding a new silent work space in the Tioga Library Building. This week on the Read More…
The wall comes down and other good things about the Learning Commons
Views and Updates from the Library on the Learning Commons Project With construction for the Learning Commons slated to begin in mid-February and run through October 2021, the Library looks back at the design process and shares some of the exciting outcomes of this project that will directly benefit students when we can return to Read More…
Meet Our Staff: Christy McDaniel
How do you work with faculty and students in your current role at the UW Tacoma Library? I am working with mostly science and math faculty right now, so they can include a section about finding resources from library databases in their class. I also work with students who want help with the research process Read More…
Librarian Research: Project Information Literacy’s study on the news coverage of Covid-19
Project Information Literacy (a nonprofit research institute that I work with) just released a two part report on the way the Covid news story grew and changed in the first 100 days of 2020. For this report, an author team of 5 researchers, myself included, looked at a data set that drew from more Read More…
Library Happenings: A Summer 2020 Overview
This (distanced and strange and smoky) summer has been busy at the UW Tacoma Library. We’ve published regularly and frequently on our blog about all our work, but want to collate all our activities here, in case you missed a post! Most of all: we remain committed to working with students, faculty and staff, during Read More…
Transform Your Course with SPLOTs!
Calling all instructors! Are you looking for opportunities to teach digital and public scholarship skills in your classroom? Are you looking for alternatives to the traditional research paper? We’ve got you covered with WordPress site templates (affectionately known as SPLOTs)! SPLOTs are simple to set up and can be as easy for students to Read More…
Updated Faculty Guidance for Fall Quarter at UW Tacoma
This post is intended to help answer the most common questions from faculty and to highlight available resources to help prepare for Fall quarter. When in doubt, Ask Us! Re-opening of buildings: The UW Tacoma Library (SNO and TLB) will not be open to faculty, students, staff or the public in Phase 2. The messages Read More…
Digital Scholarship Summer Immersion 2020
Are you interested in using digital tools to share your research with wider audiences? Are you teaching online and would like to explore new platforms for digital pedagogy? Join us for the Digital Scholarship Summer Immersion (DSSI) Program, offered by the UW Libraries. What is the Digital Scholarship Summer Immersion (DSSI) DSSI offers an opportunity Read More…