University Week - January 11, 2007 | Dean of Libraries, Betsy Wilson, visits 49 of 50 Libraries sites on annual New Year's whirlwind tour to thank Libraries staff.
University Week - January 4, 2007 | An exhibit from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings, will be presented.
University Week - December 7, 2006 | The UW Libraries have partnered with communities on the Olympic Peninsula to create an unusual online museum that provides access to much historical material that previously was in private hands.
Seattle PI - September 7, 2006 | Opinion by Justin Wadland, Librarian at UW Tacoma. Libraries around the world are busily preparing for Sept. 11, opening their doors to activities and displays that encourage civic engagement.
University Week - May 18, 2006 | We love the online journals the UW Libraries provide. But do we realize how much they cost? How long will the Libraries be able to absorb relentless increases in subscription prices?
Seattle Channel - April 29, 2006 (video approx 30 min) | National Book Award Winner Charles Johnson delivers the keynote speech at Friends of the Libraries Literary Voices dinner.
Seattle P-I - April 4, 2006 | The Digital Futures Alliance includes as charter partners such heavyweights as Microsoft, Amgen and RealNetworks and has set up working groups to tackle specific issues including what to keep and how.
Seattle Channel - March 10, 2006 (video approx 66 min) | William Dietrich, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and historical novelist, talks about the challenges of writing in seemingly incongruous genres of journalism and fiction.
Seattle Channel - January 27, 2006 (video approx 53 minutes) | Friends of the Libraries presents Marcie Silllman from KUOW / NPR, speaking about changes in public radio.
University Week - November 17, 2005 | Deep in the bowels of Allen Library is a treasure trove in the process of being discovered. A collection of films that has, for the most part, lain dormant for years is slowly being processed and made accessible to the public.
Seattle Times - November 16, 2005 | The University of Washington is launching a book club with 5,000 members — some more willing than others. Beginning next summer, every new student will be handed or mailed the same book and asked to read it by the time classes start
University Week - July 21, 2005 | Nicolette Bromberg, Visual Materials Curator for University Libraries, will work with the production team to guide them through images from the Libraries archives for an upcoming film on National Parks.
University Week - July 21, 2005 | The mystery begins last year when Paula Walker, interim head of the East Asia Library, receives a letter of introduction for a doctoral student at the UW.
Seattle P-I - June 11, 2005 | "If you need Eric for something, don't bother trying to call him -- just go to the library," said Alexander Baron, a friend and fellow UW student.
Seattle Channel - April 9, 2005 (video approx 60 min) | Featuring: Senator Ted Stevens (AK), Senator Daniel K. Inouye (HI) Congressman Norm Dicks (WA), Governor Christine Gregoire (WA), Senator Maria Cantwell (WA), Congressman Jim McDermott (WA), Former Governors Dan Evans (WA) and John Spellman (WA), UW President Mark Emmert, and Magnuson's widow, Jermaine Magnuson.
Seattle Channel - January 26, 2005 (video approx 60 min) | Friends of the Libraries presents David Horsey, two-time Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist and columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, who shares some of his award-winning satires.
University Week - January 13, 2005 | UW First Year Programs decided that all FIG students would do an assignment called Library Excursion. Suddenly 3,341 students were descending on the libraries.
Seattle Channel - November 10, 2004 (video approx 30 min) | Gary Adkins, author of Gay Seattle, talks about the importance of the University of Washington Libraries and their rich collections.
University Week - August 19, 2004 | The task might sound simple enough -- at first, that is. Just blend the smaller library into the bigger one. We're talking about 40,000 books and periodicals here.
University Week - February 12, 2004 | University Libraries was awarded the prestigious Excellence in Libraries Award from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
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