As we near the winter solstice, we notice the days getting shorter and shorter. One way that we can embrace the darkness is through coziness: tea, baked goods, a (virtual) fire, and a good book. However, we know it can be hard or intimidating to pick up a book for pleasure when the pressures of Read More…
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UWT Library Displays Winter Quarter 2024
Celebrating Black Women & Black Joy display text and photo by Catherine Jensen Our most recent display at the UW Tacoma Library, Celebrating Black Women & Black Joy, has arrived! With Black History Month right around the corner, and Women’s History Month immediately after that, what better way to celebrate than to stop by 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…
Fresh Batch of New Books on Display in SNO
The latest batch of books have arrived at the UW Tacoma library. These books cover a wide range of fascinating topics and perspectives, from relearning how to make lasting connections, to why conspiracy theories can be so powerfully appealing, to the long-term benefits of reading aloud to children. All books on display are available 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…
New Books and Graphic Novels
Check out these new titles and more in the SNO lobby: Shapes of Native Nonfiction Sensations: The Story of British Art from Hogarth to Banksy The Fixers: Local News Workers and the Underground Labor of International Reporting We are Everywhere: Protest, Power and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation
“That’s What She Said”: New Display in TLB Highlights Voices & Experiences of Womxn
“When feminism does not explicitly oppose racism, and when anti-racism does not incorporate opposition to patriarchy, race and gender politics often end up being antagonistic to each other, and both interests lose.” – Kimberle Williams Crenshaw The UW Tacoma Library is excited to announce its new display, “That’s What She Said: Highlighting Marginalized Intersectional Experiences Read More…
Identities, Translation, & Intersectionality: A New Graphic Novels Display in SNO
We always LOVE putting up new displays in the UW Tacoma Library buildings, and are especially excited by the new display in the Snoqualmie Building! Entitled Graphic Novels: Identities, Translation, & Intersectionality, this display kicks off our Allen Opportunity Grant purchasing of graphic novels for the UW Tacoma Library. In particular, our collection development efforts for Read More…
Library Photo of the Week
Spotted in the office of one of our librarians. What a gorgeous woodblock print! If you need any book recommendations, check out the New Books display in the SNO lobby, or our displays in SNO (Civil Rights) or in TLB (Climate Change). #UWTLibraryPics
A New Exhibit on Climate Change: Every Action, A Reaction
The UW Tacoma Library is excited to announce that we have a new exhibit up in the Tioga Library Building. Conceived by UW Tacoma alumn Erika Wigren, who is currently completing her MLIS at the University of Washington Information School, this exhibit offers our community some resources, ideas, and best practices surrounding climate change, sustainability, consumerism, Read More…