To register for Summer Quarter 2023: Sign Up Here! The UW Tacoma Library, in collaboration with the Center for Equity and Inclusion, is pleased to announce that its award-winning social justice book club, Real Lit[erature], will be reading Love After the End: An Anthology, edited by Joshua Whitehead, for Summer Quarter 2023! “This exciting and groundbreaking Read More…
Free Snacks for Finals in the Library!
The Student Library Advocacy Board (SLAB) is piloting free snacks in Snoqualmie (SNO) and Tioga Library Building (TLB) from May 30th-June 8th. Come for fresh fruit, granola bars, salty snacks — vegetarian and kosher/pareve/halal options will be available on a first come, first served basis. Leftover packed non-perishables will be donated to the UWT Pantry Read More…
Student Library Advocacy Board (SLAB) Report, Spring Quarter 2023
The inaugural members of SLAB — the Student Library Advocacy Group — have created two documents to share with our campus community and beyond of the tremendous work they have been doing since Winter Quarter 2023. We are delighted to share the documents here. SLAB Report 2023 (version 1) SLAB REPORT – Spring 2023 – Read More…
Real Lit Author Talk: Zeyn Joukhadar’s and The Map of Salt and Stars
We are so excited to share our good news! The UW Tacoma Center for Equity and Inclusion (CEI) and UW Tacoma Library’s Real Lit[erature]: Reading for Social Justice will be hosting a author talk with Zeyn Joukhadar on Thursday, June 1st, 2023, via Zoom. Staff, faculty, and students from all three campuses AND community members Read More…
Mental Health for All at the UW Tacoma Library
Mental Health for All is the newest display at the UW Tacoma Library, just in time for Mental Health Awareness Month, which has been celebrated in the U.S. each May since 1949. Created by UW iSchool MLIS students who work as reference specialists at the UW Tacoma Library, the display aims to further awareness of Read More…
Children Belong: Celebrating Dr. Belinda Louie and our Children’s Area
The UW Tacoma Library, in collaboration with UW Libraries Advancement, was thrilled to host a wonderful celebration in our Tioga Library Building on April 24th, 2023. The event — entitled Children Belong: Celebrating Our Library — was a joyous unveiling of our new caregiver-child study carrel, replete with ribbon cutting, champagne toasts, and a pizza Read More…
Get Lost
It’s that time of year when the gear gets packed, the hiking boots come out, and the tents sit in sun speckled shade. We flock to forests and campgrounds embracing the wild that was closed off to us in winter – almost a desperation to say hello to an old friend. At least that’s Read More…
2023 Open Educational Resources Workshop
Applications are now open for a fifth 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 summer workshop is designed to help faculty learn about OERs and implement them in a UW Tacoma Read More…
May the 4th Be With You!
“May the 4th be with you.” What started as pun warmly shared by fans has become a full-fledged Star Wars holiday: Star Wars Day, a special once-a-year celebration of the galaxy far, far away. One of the earliest known records of “May the 4th” used in popular culture is in 1979, as described here by Read More…
Denim Day – We Believe Survivors
Denim Day is an international awareness day that seeks to raise awareness of sexual assault, educates on consent and prevention strategies, and believes and celebrates survivors. Denim Day began in 1998 after the Italian Supreme Court overturned a rape conviction because the justices felt that since the victim was wearing tight jeans, she must have Read More…