October brings countless opportunities for you to explore and learn with the Libraries! Are you interested in learning about podcast creation? Applications for the popular Storytelling Fellows course are now open! International Open Access Week is the backdrop for a variety of events, guest speakers and free learning workshops. Don’t miss our incredible new exhibits showcasing some incredible items from the archives — from local plants to ancient Chinese manuscripts, and a look back at Seattle in the 1920’s. With the election right around the corner, be sure to take advantage of all the resources and events offered through UW Libraries and partners across campus and COME READ WITH US at the UW annual US Constitution Community Reading on October 9th.
News and Stories
Recognize an outstanding librarian:
Do you know a UW librarian who has been integral to your teaching, learning and research experience at UW? Nominate them for the Distinguished Librarian Award by Dec. 31!
Launch of the UW Newspaper Archive:
Through the contributions of many UW librarians and staff, the University of Washington Newspaper Archive is now live! The Archive is a project to provide digital access to historic newspapers published at the University of Washington, including The Daily and other UW student newspapers such as The College Idea, Pacific Wave, UW Bothell Commons, and UW Tacoma Ledger. For now, it includes the UW Daily student newspaper from September 1964 through August 1967. Work to digitize issues through 1975 is ongoing, with the goal of digitizing earlier issues of the Daily and the other publications as funding becomes available.
The Secret Life of Catalogers and Metadata Specialists – Student Spotlight:
Did you know that there is an entire department of librarians, staff, and students quietly working away behind the scenes to get new resources into the catalog and to find innovative ways to enhance the Libraries’ metadata? Learn about this important, often “invisible” work, and the widespread impact one UW Libraries student employee has made to correct industry bias in this practice. In the student spotlight, you can read about Ally Okun and their important contribution to the Homosaurus Implementation Project.
Faster Requests with Special Collections:
A new software system means faster turnaround time for retrievals and other researcher benefits. Learn what’s new and what to expect with the new system.
Seattle Gay News Archival Exhibit – Special Digital Edition:
Last spring, UW Libraries curated an exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of Seattle Gay News and the multi-year effort to complete its digitization with community partners. The SGN paper recently published a special 25-page supplement and digital spotlight of the exhibit materials and the corresponding event and city proclamation, preserving this amazing exhibit (and the work of our incredible student employees and staff) for all to see, just in time for Gay History Month.
Applications Due for Autumn Programs
Register for Storytelling Fellows: Podcasting! by Friday, October 11, 2024.
Submit proposals for Autumn 2024 Scholars' Studio by Friday, October 25, 2024.
Community/Events/Exhibits
First Wednesday Concert
Students of the UW School of Music perform in this lunchtime concert series co-hosted by UW Music and UW Libraries.
Readers Wanted – Annual Constitutional Reading October 9!
UW Libraries annual Constitution Read Aloud event encourages students, faculty, staff and community members to join us in reading the full text of the Constitution, along with our special guest speakers! A great activity for your class, office or community service group to participate in – all ages welcome. Visit the Constitution Reading event page for suggested readings, to view the event from previous years, and to sign-up to read!
Sick Series Lecture & Reception: Oregon’s Others 
Thursday, October 10
Drawing from her new book “Oregon’s Others: Gender, Civil Liberties, and the Surveillance State in the Early Twentieth Century,” Dr. Kimberly Jensen will discuss the processes that shaped the growing surveillance state in the era of the First World War, share some of the compelling personal stories that tell its history, and consider how an analysis of this history can inform present day questions of civil liberties and community.
Illustrated Special Collections at Tateuchi East Asia Library
The Tateuchi East Asia Library’s Special Collection Exhibit, “Exploring East Asia’s Cultural Heritage Through Illustrated Works,” brings together a rich array of illustrated materials from China, Japan and Korea, highlighting the cultural, technological, and artistic achievements of each region. Highlights include Chinese local gazetteers, geographic landscapes, and ancient manuscripts on craftsmanship and technology; Japanese Ukiyo-e and Cartography showcases Edo-era daily life and travel through ukiyo-e prints and historical maps, including the iconic Tōkaidō travel route; and illustrations on Korean ceremonial rites and medicine explore the Confucian traditions of the Chosŏn Dynasty through ceremonial texts and medicinal practices that shaped Korean society.
東海道五拾三次ノ圖 (Tōkaidō gojūsantsugi no zu)[安藤]廣重 [Andō] Hiroshige. Published in 1833-1868. Hiroshige was well known for his monumental project, the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road as well as One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, composed of woodblock landscapes, some of which are known for being imitated by Van Gogh.
“Strolling Gold” 3D Calligraphy Exhibit Through October 17:
See and appreciate the wonderful art of “Strolling Gold” calligraphy, first created by Layman, a Chinese immigrant, poet laureate, translator, inventor, entrepreneur, and calligrapher.
The Language of Flowers Exhibit:
Enjoy the changing seasons with Special Collections through our annual lobby exhibit, The Language of Flowers. Each quarter will feature new material related to our botanical collections, local plants, and more.
Zeitgeist-Seattle in the ’20s:
In this exhibit, Special Collections explores popular culture and current events of Seattle in the 1920s and the 2020s!. 
Learning Workshops and Office Hours
Online Text Mining Support
–1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month-ONLINE Text Mining Student Specialist Trisha Prasant will now offer text mining drop-in office hours. Learn about text mining techniques, data preprocessing, and analytical methods for extracting insights from textual data.
Introduction to Data Visualization
– ONLINE
Tuesday, Oct 8, 2024
A basic introduction to data visualization, including an overview of tools available at UW, and where to get help.
Finding Datasets
Tuesday, Oct 15
Learn how to find datasets for your research and assignments, as well as considerations for using them.
International Open Access Week!
The Challenge with Digital Publishing
Tuesday, October 22
Explore the real and philosophical challenges of digital publishing around sustainability, longevity and practices like “minimal computing” and more.
Accessible Data Visualization
Tuesday, Oct 22
Review ways to make your visualizations more accessible. We will work through a visualization together and add features to make it more accessible.
OpEd Writing Group Workshop: How to Write and Submit OpEds for Publication-ONLINE
Wednesday, October 23
An online op-ed writing and peer feedback workshop to learn how to write impactful op-eds.
Queering Games, Gaming Imaginaries
Thursday, October 24
Examine biases embedded in the many facets of gaming and how to address them. This discussion is led by Edmond Y. Chang, Associate Professor of English at Ohio University whose areas of research include technoculture; race, gender, and sexuality; video games, analog games, LARP, queer game studies; feminist media studies; cultural studies; popular culture; and 20/21C American literature.
Edmond Y. Chang
Situating Data: Strategies for Curation and Contextualization
Friday, October 25
In this workshop, we will discuss important considerations for responsible data curation, metadata creation, and broader contextualization, and considering the importance of qualitative and humanistic perspectives and methods in data work.