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Inside the echoing walls of the Smith Room* within the Suzzallo and Allen Libraries, John Vallier, Ethnomusicology Curator for UW Libraries, presses “play”. Students listen intently to the scratchy recording of a so-called “war chant”. Vallier explains that it was recorded in 1906 near Mount Kilimanjaro by an officer in Germany’s colonial force. “The singers were uncredited Massai people. They received no compensation and no copy of the recording. The colonial officer is credited with making and owning the recording….
What is Sunshine Week? Started in 2005 by the American Society of News Editors (now the News Leaders Association), Sunshine Week (March 13-19, 2022) is an annual celebration of the continued effort to promote open government and free public access to U.S. government information. it coincides with national Freedom of Information Day, March 16th. Sunshine Week takes places each March in observance of the birthday of James Madison, one of the early advocates for the inclusion of the Bill of…
Spring is right around the corner, Huskies! As you prepare for finals, don’t forget to check out our finals week resources , learn all about Open Education Week events March 7-11, AND remember that you still have plenty of time to enter the #IHeartUWLibraries Student Video Contest for a chance to win up to $1,500 — submissions are due March 27th! Operations Hours – Odegaard Library will extend evening and weekend hours for end-of-quarter and finals week– see the schedule. …
Open pedagogy elevates student voices with projects that go beyond the classroom. Open Education Week is just around the corner, and the UW Libraries is ready to celebrate all the ways open education promotes affordable access, equity, and the inclusion of more diverse voices in the scholarly conversation. People often think of free textbooks when they think of open educational resources (OER), but the open education movement also includes open pedagogy. Open pedagogy refers to practices that engage students in…
Unpacking the complex rules that govern U.S. copyright. By UW Librarians Maryam Fakouri and Sally Pine What is fair use? This week we celebrate fair use, a doctrine of copyright law that facilitates scholarship, journalism, the arts, and innovation. At its core, the ultimate goal of copyright is to enrich the public by “promot[ing] the Progress of Science and useful Arts.” U.S. Const. Art. 1 §8. As an incentive to create works, creators have exclusive rights to their works for…
The UW Information School’s (iSchool) Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program, like many other programs, often integrates active practitioner experiences into learning. UW Libraries are a natural partner on campus, and proximity and local context create many opportunities for collaboration. At the same time, the teaching experience benefits UW Libraries by providing valuable insight into MLIS student needs and perspectives. Did you know? The library science master’s program at the University of Washington is ranked #2 in the…
UW doctoral candidate Anna Nguyen is an Asian American historian who is passionate about documenting, preserving and sharing the histories of Asian Americans. Through the Simpson Center’s 2021 Mellon Summer Fellowship for Public Projects in the Humanities, Nguyen and fellow UW doctorate candidate Madison Heslop began their collaboration to create Entanglements: Mapping the History of Asian Migration onto Coast Salish Lands. Completed in January 2022, Entanglements is a digital counter-mapping project that charts the settler-colonial conditions of Asian migration onto…
Welcome back to campus, Huskies (again)! 🙂 In honor of Black History Month, please check out our featured monthly resource Black Thought & Culture, an incredible digital archive that pays tribute to the nonfiction work of notable African American writers. February marks the return of the popular #IHeartUWLibraries Student Video Contest! Don’t miss the popular Finding Funding for Graduate School workshop and the return of Tadoku – Japanese Reading Group. Read on for more details on these and many…
Picture yourself in class (or a Zoom room), being led through an immersive imagination exercise, using sense memory to explore questions related to the history and context of a particular object or place. Your instructor is an expert in history, humanities, information science and archiving. Your instructor is a UW Librarian! While we may typically think of Librarians working behind a reference desk on campus or answering questions online, many UW Librarians are often found outside the Library, teaching in…
Happy New Year, Huskies! We are happy to welcome our UW Community back from break! At this time, the Libraries plans to proceed with planned, expanded hours for winter quarter as noted below and on our website; however, these plans are subject to change pending the evolving public health status, new protocols and/or staff availability. Rescheduled: Our first Wednesday concert series for January (in Allen Library lobby) has been rescheduled to Wednesday, January 19th. See calendar for information. Services …