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UW Libraries just announced the winners of the 2021 I HEART UW Libraries Student Video Contest! First place winner, undergraduate student Jillian Templeton shows us that no matter what – the Libraries are always here to help! Thanks to all the students for your creative ideas, highlighting the many ways UW Libraries supports students, especially during remote and hybrid learning. You can view all the winners here on the Libraries YOU TUBE channel including these additional award winners: 2nd…
Independent Study Space @ the Research Commons is open in a limited capacity! We are excited to welcome students back to a dedicated space for quiet, independent study on Tuesdays and Wednesdays to start. Reservations are required. Learn more. Planning updates: Our COVID Update page has all the latest information on Libraries reopening plans and online resources, including updates to Faculty Guidance for 2021, Student FAQ and more. Students: We want your input! Student input is important as we consider…
What to Know Before You Go: UW Libraries is excited to announce that Individual Study Space @ the Research Commons (on the ground floor of Alllen Library South) will officially open for spring quarter on Tuesday March 30th! – in a limited capacity to start – Tuesdays 9-5 and Wednesdays 1-5. As this is the first Libraries space to open, reduced hours/days will provide essential time for learning and observing how the space is working, and inform any adjustments that…
Research in the 21st century is based on interdisciplinary connections and relies on technology to create and share for the public good. We know that it can be challenging for students and faculty to connect across disciplines, access technology, learn relevant skills, and share research openly. We are excited to bring together a suite of services to more equitably support this work in the Open Scholarship Commons (OSC). The OSC, operating virtually for now, provides a hub for cross-disciplinary knowledge…
Views and Updates from the Library on the Learning Commons Project We are packing up our library. Yes, we are. In the hands of library workers, the books are journeying from their shelves, first to book carts, then to sometimes temporary and other times permanent locations for the duration of the Learning Commons construction. One of the books that we’ve already moved is Illuminations by Walter Benjamin, whose essay “Unpacking My Library” inspired the opening sentences of this post. Along with…
This week, March 1-5, 2021, is Open Education Week, an annual global celebration of open education efforts, including open courses, open textbooks, and other open educational resources (OER). OER and textbook affordability go hand in hand. OER are free or extremely low cost by definition. When courses are taught using open textbooks and other OER, students save money. That’s even more important now because COVID-19 has taken a heavy economic toll on students, as U.S. PIRG reported last week in…
Ancient coins, federal agents, mysterious circumstances at an international border…what sounds like a scene out of an Indiana Jones movie is a real-life story of lost artifacts that have now found a home with UW Libraries Special Collections. The story begins in 2017 at the US/Canadian border in Blaine, WA. When a vehicle was refused entrance and attempted to return to the United States, US border agents discovered and seized a collection of 51 ancient Greek Hellenic and early Islamic…
Last update: 2/10 News and Announcements Libraries Operations Update: We are pleased to announce that the UW Libraries plans to open Individual Study Space @ Research Commons located on the ground floor of Allen South on the UW Seattle campus. The space will open when preparations for COVID compliance are complete, no later than the start of spring quarter (March 29). This space is intended to provide a clean, safe and quiet space for individual study with access to WIFI…
The University of Washington and Cambridge University Press have entered into a transformative “read and publish” agreement to promote Open Access publishing. Negotiated with our consortial partners in the Orbis Cascade Alliance, the agreement is designed to maintain UW’s access to Cambridge’s outstanding journals while also supporting the Libraries’ strategic goal of Advancing Research for the Public Good by making UW scholarship available to more readers and researchers all over the world. This is UW’s first read and publish agreement…
UW Bothell and Cascadia College Campus Library’s Community Reads program strives to build community through shared intellectual experiences and discussions around social justice, equity, and diversity. With something new to read, watch, and listen to each quarter– participants get a variety of perspectives and mediums to engage with. Although this year’s digital interactions may look a little different from past years’ in-person events, the Community Reads 2020-21 committee has curated an interactive Canvas course that provides a variety of different…