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…
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Open Scholar Cafe for AU21!
Spruce up your only scholarly identity with Open Scholar Cafe Open Scholar Cafe is back and in a hybrid format for Autumn 2021 The Library again is hosting a drop-in space for faculty and staff authors to get their questions answered about scholarly publishing, open access, and the tools available to share scholarly work. What Read More…
DSSI 2021: Join Us this Summer to Jump Start your next Digital Scholarship or Open Pedagogy Project
The University of Washington Libraries offers the Digital Scholarship Summer Immersion program (DSSI) annually as a tri-campus opportunity to explore digital scholarship tools and methods for open scholarship and pedagogy. DSSI 2021 will run Tuesday, August 3 – Thursday, August 5, and will be a series of three discrete workshops that focus on one of 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…
Preparing for Summer and Fall Quarter: What Faculty Need to Know Now
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…
Research Data Management Planning Workshop
Do you create or use data in your research? Looking for tips and tools to better help you manage your research data, and preserve it for long-term use? From May 18-21 the UW Libraries is offering Research Data Management Planning, an asynchronous online workshop for UW community members engaged in research with data. Topics will Read More…
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…
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…
Five ways to celebrate Open Education Week at UW Tacoma
Happy Open Education Week, friends! Open Education Week (March 2 – 6, 2020) is an annual, global event focused on raising awareness about open education. The open education movement works toward a world where all people can access, share, and contribute to human knowledge regardless of their income, geographic location, or other potential barriers. According Read More…
Shop Talk: Oral History Methods for Research & Education
Join us on Wednesday, January 29, for the next installment of the UW Tacoma Library Shop Talks series! In this workshop, faculty will learn about the basics of practicing oral history with the aim to get started on an oral history research project and/or to incorporate oral history into student research assignments. Oral history offers Read More…