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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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…
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…
Application Open: Building Infrastructure for OER
Thanks to a UW Tacoma Strategic Initiative Fund grant, the UW Tacoma Library will be coordinating two options to help faculty learn about and implement Open Educational Resources (OER) this summer. The application (linked at the bottom of this post) is open now through May 10, 2019. Each of the options will provide participants a Read More…
Happy Spring Quarter, Huskies!
Happy Spring Quarter, Huskies! The library staff has been hard at work over the interim, and we want to remind you of some information that makes the library even easier for new and returning students to use as they wrap up this awesome academic year. Need to know info If you’re new to campus or Read More…
Coming soon to UW Tacoma: Unlocked scholarship and low-cost textbooks
If equitable access to knowledge makes the world a better place (spoiler: it does), life at UW Tacoma is looking up. The Library recently won two out of ten UW Tacoma Strategic Initiative Fund grants, providing funding to help openly share research by UW Tacoma faculty and lower textbook costs for students. Check out the Read More…
Find your textbooks in the Library
The UW Tacoma Library Textbook Pilot is over and we are happy to to say that going forward we have folded textbook purchasing fully into our reserve program! Our successful pilot received excellent feedback, and our reserves team was recognized with the Team of the Year award by the Staff Association for their hard work! Read More…
Welcome back!
Happy Fall Quarter, huskies! The library staff has been hard at work over the summer, and we’ve got some updates that will make the library even easier for new and returning students to use as they dive into the academic year. Textbook program here to stay Our textbook pilot program is now a permanent (and Read More…