Please join the UW Tacoma Library in welcoming Kara Peters! We are delighted for Kara Peters to join us as our Operations & Strategic Programs Assistant. Born and raised in the Seattle area, Kara brings extensive knowledge and experience having worked in numerous roles for the Seattle Public Library. Kara will support students and faculty through Read More…
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Congratulations On Your Retirement Cecil!
After 22 years of waking up before the sun, Cecil Brower, dedicated Library Technician Lead of the UW Tacoma Library, will be retiring at the end of this week, Friday, August 23. Faithful, reliable and consistently dependable, Cecil was always prepared to greet students, faculty, staff, and visitors to our library as early as 7:00am. Read More…
UWT In D.C.: Attending ALA Annual
Hey, I wanted to share with our blog readers that I had an incredible opportunity, along with my colleagues, to attend the Annual ALA (American Library Association) conference, this past June in Washington, D.C. Here are some of the highlights I thoroughly enjoyed and experienced. Attendance The conference was held at the Walter E. Washington Read More…
Meet our Staff: Hannah Wilson
Hannah Wilson has been at UW Tacoma since 2014, and manages the Access Services Unit at the UW Tacoma Library, which is responsible for circulating materials, assuring access to the collection, reserves, equipment check out, and many of the other services available in the library! What did you major in/are you majoring in at UWT? In Read More…
Meet our Staff: Lauren Pressley
What did you major in/are you majoring in at UWT? I attended North Carolina State University and majored in Philosophy and Communication. At the time, my college offered a specialty in Small Group and Interpersonal Communication, which was my focus. I also minored in Women’s and Gender Studies. Part of the reason I picked up Read More…
Meet our Staff: Hawo Guyo
What did you major in/are you majoring in at UWT? I am majoring in Psychology. What drew you to working in libraries? Knowing how impactful libraries were in providing me with the resources that helped me find security within myself drew me to work in libraries. You see, I am no stranger to the power Read More…
Meet our Staff: Hallie Clawson
Some of us you see at a circulation desk, some of us you see at a research help desk. But the library is so much more than that. We have a number of awesome behind-the-scenes folks who do tremendous work. Case in point: meet Hallie! What did you major in/are you majoring in at UWT? Read More…
Meet our Staff: Johanna Jacobsen Kiciman
What did you major in/are you majoring in at UWT? I didn’t attend UW Tacoma, but got my library and information science degree (MLIS) at the iSchool at UW Seattle. My undergraduate degree in anthropology I earned from UC Berkeley, and I have a graduate degree from UPenn in Folklore and Folklife. I feel super fortunate Read More…
We love our student workers!
We’re wrapping up UW Libraries Student Appreciation Week here at the UW Tacoma Library, and we just can’t say it enough — our student employees are the best! We have more than 20 undergraduate and graduate students working in our campus Library who help make our staff what it is. Check out a few of Read More…
Meet our Staff: Zoeanna Mayhook
What did you major in/are you majoring in at UWT? I am currently an online student in the Masters of Library and Information Sciences program through UW Seattle. I also received a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in business administration through Gonzaga University. What’s your relationship to the UWT? In July 2018, I started working at the Read More…