Before the Spring Quarter wraps up we wanted to reach out to faculty so you could begin planning. The Library is working in close partnership with UW Tacoma and UW Libraries leadership and community partners to assess and plan for return-to-work and return-to-school following the new UW Safe Start protocols. Our decisions will be guided Read More…
Category: Teaching & Learning
Application Open: Sustaining Momentum for OER
Thanks to a UW Tacoma Strategic Initiative Fund grant, the UW Tacoma Library will be hosting a second year of faculty workshops on Open Educational Resources (OER). These workshops are designed to help faculty learn about and implement these free, openly licensed learning materials in a course of their choice. Selected applicants will be offered Read More…
Library Happenings: April 2020
All campus buildings may be closed but the Library continues to serve the UW Tacoma community. Over the past month and more, Library staff have rapidly adjusted library services to help faculty and students transition to fully remote learning. We’ve done this while learning ourselves how to better use digital tools for telework. I am Read More…
Teaching with Digital Oral History Collections
The 2020 Preservation Week from April 26 to May 2 celebrates “Preserving Oral History.” Why do we preserve oral history? What uses do we have of these recordings and qualitative data? If you are a faculty member teaching a class that involves research, writing, or the examination of narratives and dominant discourse, you might consider Read More…
OER Resources While Working From Home
Need to find more robust course materials that are available online? Open Educational Resources, or OER, are materials designed for teaching and learning that are free to students and that also grant permission for people to use, share, and even revise the content. This online guide can help you learn about, find, use, and even Read More…
Textbooks and Course Reserves Spring 2020
We understand that working remotely is new to many of you, and we want to let you know that the UW Tacoma Library is here to support you. One question that we have received numerous times concerns the Textbook Program. We are continuing the Textbook Program to the best of our abilities! Please read on Read More…
Remote library services
No physical books are currently available for checkout. The library does not plan to collect fines accrued because of the Covid-19 closure. Please keep your items until the library is open, regardless of the due date. Working from home? We know you still have to get things done, even if you can’t make it to Read More…
Library Services for Faculty: Online Learning Support
The UW Tacoma Library is committed to supporting our faculty, students and staff to prepare for online teaching and learning for Spring Quarter 2020. We are continually evaluating our services and working with partners across the university to support faculty during this time of significant change. We have created a centralized ONLINE LEARNING SUPPORT FOR Read More…
Message for faculty regarding Library support for course materials
As you wrap up this Winter quarter and start preparing for the next, the Library wants you to know that we are working hard to adjust to the rapidly changing news regarding COVID-19. To that end, we wanted to clarify steps that we will be taking to support access to course materials. COURSE TEXTBOOKS The Read More…
UW Tacoma Library and COVID19 Updates
We wanted to share with you a new webpage that contains all relevant information related to the UW Tacoma Library’s current operations and response to the COVID-19 outbreak including updates to operations and access to services. This page also contains helpful links and aggregate information about services across the campus that may be affected by Read More…