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Bhutan, the World's Largest Bound Book

photo by Joyce Agee

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Libraries events are open to the general public; membership in UWAA or Friends of the Libraries is not required


Washington Weekend

Washington Weekend
April 24-26 2008
UW Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma
Three campuses, three days, hundreds of events.
Libraries events include
- Tours of Suzzallo
- Serious and strange short films from
- Finding reliable health information on the web
- Photo exhibit of the Black Panthers by Stephen Shames
Libraries Washington Weekend Events
read more about Washington Weekend 2008


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Tyler Dockins
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UW Common Book 07-08
Field Notes from a Catastrophe:
Man, Nature and Climate Change
by Elizabeth Kolbert

read more about Libraries Common Book events.

read more about UW Common Book events, news, and more links.

Libraries Exhibits

Seattle Times page from 1942
Seattle Times
January 29, 1942

'Our Japanese' to 'Enemy Aliens': Incarceration and the Role of the Local Press
curated by Glenda Pearson, head of Microforms and Newspaper Collections
ground floor of Suzzallo, in the Microform area

related Japanese American Exhibit and Access Project


Image of wood carver
photo courtesy Pacific NW Olympic Peninsula Community Museum		 The Pacific Northwest
Olympic Peninsula Community Museum
an online museum
Listen to
- sounds of bone game songs
- reading of whaling transcript in the Makah language

Odegaard Undergraduate Library stairs OUGL Spotlight
Events and Exhibits at
Odegaard Undergraduate Library

book display in Allen Library
photo: AC Petersen 		Focus On
Circulating books and display on a specific topic; changes monthly
Allen Library Lobby

Bhutan book
photo: Joyce Agee 		The World's Biggest Book
Suzzallo Library, 3rd Floor

book from Special Collections
Roger Conant's diary
Special Collections 		Special Collections exhibits
Allen Library South, Basement

dragonfly Natural Sciences Library topics table
Allen Library South

Self-guided tour
Suzzallo and Allen Libraries

 

More Events & Exhibits of Interest


photo of Mt. Constitution
Mt. Constitution, 1994
Mary Randlett

Veiled Northwest: Photographs by Mary Randlett
through May 18, 2008
Tacoma Art Museum

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University Book Store Events


UW Press

University of Washington Press Events

Arts UW

Arts UW Calendar


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Event Photos

David Shields signing books
David Shields
Friends Annual Meeting
January 2008
photo by John Pai

David Laskin with guests
David Laskin
Maxine Cushing Gray
Lecture
November 2007
photo by Dean Wong

Trimpin speaking with guests
Trimpin at Artist Images
reception
October 2007
photo by John Pai

Joe Mckinstry (L) Libraries Outstanding Volunteer of the Year
Joe McKinstry (L) Libraries
Volunteer of the Year
Dean's Circle Dinner
September 2007
photo by John Pai
(from L: McKinstry, Dean Betsy
Wilson, McKinstry Scholar Khuo
Duong, Jill McKinstry, Head of
Odegaard Undergraduate Library)
CLICK for story aboout Joe

Pepper Schwartz delivering keynote speech
Pepper Schwartz
Literary Voices
April 2007
photo by John Pai

Kit Bakke speaking with guests
Kit Bakke (right)
Blom Lecture
March 2007
more photos of Blom Lecture
photo by John Pai

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