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UW Libraries has launched a new website! The comprehensive site redesign reflects input from multiple user studies over several years as well as input from faculty, staff and community members.
UW Libraries has launched a new, optional beta version of Libraries Search with several new and exciting features that will help users navigate to and discover resources, including the Research Assistant artificial intelligence (AI) feature.
The end of fall quarter is here, and 2026 is just around the corner! A sincere THANK YOU to all who consider supporting UW Libraries in your annual philanthropy; your gift supports every student and a global community of teaching, learning and research!
November (aka the official start of sweater and soup season) has definitely arrived in the Pacific Northwest! By this time of year, your schedules have probably become routine, but there is always something new to discover at UW Libraries.
Welcome, Huskies! Fall is in the air, campus is buzzing with activity, and UW Libraries is here to help you prepare for the first day of class and the year ahead! Be sure to bookmark UW Libraries Self-Guided Tour as well as the helpful introductory Faculty Guide and Student Guides for great resources and tips on all the things you’ll want to know as a new, returning or graduating student. We hope you will join us for the 20th Annual Constitution…
Get Ready for Dawg Daze with UW Libraries UW Libraries is always a big part of welcoming students to campus during UW’s Dawg Daze. This year has a terrific lineup of tours and fun activities including game night, karaoke, reading parties and more. View all Libraries Dawg Daze events. Bookmark UW Libraries Student Guide A direct link to all the things you’ll want to know as a new OR returning student in fall 2025! Go to guide. Operations Update: What’s…
Student Spotlight Series #5: María Fernanda (Fer) Palomares Carranco By Crystal Yragui, Metadata Librarian & Interim Co-Head, Metadata & Cataloging Initiatives Unit · University of Washington Libraries You may be surprised to hear that before you can access a library resource when you need it, a lot of work must be done to get that resource into the UW Libraries catalog. A whole department of librarians, staff, and students are quietly working away behind the scenes to get new resources…
A very special congratulations to the class of 2025, and a sincere thank you to all of the amazing UW Libraries student employees who are graduating– your contributions are essential to UW Libraries, and we wish you all the best in the journey ahead. If you are staying for summer quarter, or returning in the fall, you can look forward to UW Libraries new Recording Studio in Suzzallo Libraries’ Open Scholarship Commons – check it out! Faculty and grad students…
At the University of Washington Libraries, preserving history means protecting the materials behind the stories in our care. One such story is that of the University of Washington’s 8-man crew that stunned the world in 1936 by winning Olympic gold in Berlin.