Recording Studio Office Hours
What:
Recording Studio Office Hours provide beginner-friendly support for students, faculty and staff who have quick questions or need help getting unstuck with audio or video projects.
During office hours, patrons can get quick troubleshooting support, such as help with microphone setup, audio input issues, background noise, recording quality, or basic equipment use. The office hours also include short skill-building sessions, such as introductions to Adobe Audition, Audacity, or Microsoft Clipchamp and basic audio and video editing workflows.
Where:
Suzzallo Library
Open Scholarship Commons
Group Workspace A
- OR -
Online via Zoom by email arrangement (osctech@uw.edu)
When:
Thursdays in the Summer from 10am-11am.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons Group Workspace A. Accessibility Contact: osctech@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Workshops.
Thursday, September 17, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
EXTERNAL EVENT: Copyright and Your Dissertation
Open and Interdisciplinary Research Support at the UW Libraries is pleased to promote this external Authors Alliance event!
This workshop will provide you with practical guidance for navigating copyright questions and other legal considerations for your dissertation or thesis. Whether you’re just starting to write or you’re getting ready to file, you can use our tips to figure out what you can use, what rights you have as an author, and what it means to share your dissertation online.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/7LTe4SnuRSGGb4IZ-lMVgA. Accessibility Contact: info@authorsalliance.org. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, September 17, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Recording Studio Office Hours
What:
Recording Studio Office Hours provide beginner-friendly support for students, faculty and staff who have quick questions or need help getting unstuck with audio or video projects.
During office hours, patrons can get quick troubleshooting support, such as help with microphone setup, audio input issues, background noise, recording quality, or basic equipment use. The office hours also include short skill-building sessions, such as introductions to Adobe Audition, Audacity, or Microsoft Clipchamp and basic audio and video editing workflows.
Where:
Suzzallo Library
Open Scholarship Commons
Group Workspace A
- OR -
Online via Zoom by email arrangement (osctech@uw.edu)
When:
Thursdays in the Summer from 10am-11am.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons Group Workspace A. Accessibility Contact: osctech@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Workshops.
Thursday, September 24, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
EXTERNAL EVENT: Managing and Maximizing Your Scholarly Impact
Open and Interdisciplinary Research Support at the UW Libraries is pleased to promote this external Authors Alliance event!
This workshop will provide you with practical strategies and tips for promoting your scholarship, increasing your citations, and monitoring your success. You’ll also learn how to understand metrics, use scholarly networking tools, and evaluate journals and publishing options, including open access publishing options.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/TibdxdRnTq2h2hjGYF0ZlQ. Accessibility Contact: info@authorsalliance.org. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Navigating NIH Data Management and Sharing Grant Requirements
This workshop is part of the UW Libraries Open Access Week Workshop Series
Register to receive Zoom link for online attendance.
If you have or are considering applying for an NIH grant, join us at this session to learn more about NIH data management and sharing requirements. We will provide an overview of the new NIH data management and sharing plan form, as well as considerations around informed consent and anonymization. Join us for this online session!
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: osctech@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Information Sessions. Workshops.
Monday, October 19, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
IN PERSON: Publishing on the Cheap
This workshop is part of the UW Libraries Open Access Week Workshop Series
Register on this page for in-person attendance.
To register for online attendance via Zoom, please register on the ONLINE: Publishing on the Cheap event page.
Join us to discover cost-effective strategies for making your research openly available online. In this practical workshop, you'll learn:How to leverage UW Libraries' agreements with some open access publishers for reduced or waived fees, Alternative ways to share your work openly, even when publishing in traditional subscription journals, Platforms for data sharing and digital scholarship that bypass the conventional journal system entirely.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: osctech@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Information Sessions. Workshops.
Monday, October 19, 2026, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
ONLINE: Publishing on the Cheap
This workshop is part of the UW Libraries Open Access Week Workshop Series
Register to receive Zoom link for online attendance.
To register for in-person attendance, please register on the IN PERSON: Publishing on the Cheap event page.
Join us to discover cost-effective strategies for making your research openly available online. In this practical workshop, you'll learn:How to leverage UW Libraries' agreements with some open access publishers for reduced or waived fees, Alternative ways to share your work openly, even when publishing in traditional subscription journals, Platforms for data sharing and digital scholarship that bypass the conventional journal system entirely.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: osctech@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Workshops. Academics.
Monday, October 19, 2026, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
Getting Started with Podcast Mixing
This workshop is part of the UW Libraries Open Access Week Workshop Series
Register to receive Zoom link for online attendance.
Have a great idea for a podcast but don’t know how to get started with the technical aspects of it? In this workshop, we’ll download Audacity as our audio editor and then work to edit together two tracks in it: a voice track and a music track. By the time you’re done with this workshop, you should know the basics to start making your first podcast.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: osctech@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Recording Studio Open House
This workshop is part of the UW Libraries Open Access Week Workshop Series
Come to the Suzzallo Library’s Open Scholarship Commons Presentation Space to learn about two fantastic resources for making media like podcasts, video interviews, video essays, sound recording, and digital oral histories.
During this time, you will:Take a tour of the Recording Studio, where you’ll learn how to use its microphones and camera. (30 mins), Learn how to set up one of the Recording Kits that are available for checkout. (30 mins),
Info sessions begin every 30 mins starting at 10:00am and will take approximately 1 hour. The last info session will start at 3:00pm and run until approximately 4:00pm.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: osctech@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Workshops.
Thursday, October 22, 2026, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
OER 101: Find, Create and Adapt Free Course Materials
This workshop is part of the UW Libraries Open Access Week Workshop Series
Teaching with Open Educational Resources (OER) reduces costs for students and provides you with more flexibility for adapting materials to suit your teaching needs. In this interactive workshop, you’ll learn strategies for finding and adapting existing OER for your class. You’ll have a chance to explore OER search tools, see examples of openly licensed course materials in your discipline, and learn about UW Libraries resources for creating and modifying OER for your class.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: osctech@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Workshops. Academics.
Thursday, October 22, 2026, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
UW Libraries Storytelling Fellows: Podcasting
Are you a grad student, faculty, or staff member at the UW? Have you ever been interested in making a podcast? Check out the UW Libraries Storytelling Fellows program this fall!
In this beginner podcasting program via Zoom, you’ll learn how to plan, record, and edit a podcast with the support of UW Libraries staff and your fellow participants. Storytelling Fellows meets on Fridays from 1:30-3:30 from October 30th to November 20th. Register via this Google Form by October 23rd, or by clicking the link below!
Folks who have participated in past Storytelling Fellows programs have created podcasts for the following reasons:To make digital streaming content for websites, To communicate their work to professional and/or public audiences, To learn a creative, emergent form they’ll use in their teaching, To learn a skill they can highlight on the job market and employ in their careers, To tell stories that have never been told and never will be unless they do it, Purely for fun, .
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Elliott Stevens: res22@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: UW graduate students, faculty, and staff.
Friday, October 23, 2026.
For more info visit docs.google.com. The Cost of Knowledge: What AI Takes, What It Gives Back
Open Access Week asks what it costs to create and share knowledge. AI sits in the middle of that question. It was trained on the research that open access fought to free. This session opens up what actually happens when you send a prompt, then works through the financial, human, and environmental costs of tools most of us now use daily. We will also look at the other side: what these tools give back, how they compare to the search engines and streaming services we stopped questioning years ago, and where the bias comes from when a model states a contested claim as settled fact.
You will leave being able to use these tools more deliberately: which model fits which task, when a simpler tool does the job, and what to check before you trust an answer.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: ebedford@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: UW Students, Faculty, Postdocs.
Friday, October 23, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
EXTERNAL EVENT: From Dissertation to Book: Navigating the Publication Process
Open and Interdisciplinary Research Support at the UW Libraries is pleased to promote this external Authors Alliance event!
Hear from a panel of experts—an acquisitions editor, a first-time book author, and an author rights expert—about the process of turning your dissertation into a book. You’ll come away from this panel discussion with practical advice about revising your dissertation, writing a book proposal, approaching editors, signing your first contract, and navigating the peer review and publication process.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/iK-fuYbVS7WS6Xiy41V6YA. Accessibility Contact: info@authorsalliance.org. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Scholars' Studio
Scholars' Studio is a quarterly event featuring up to 10 short presentations (5 minutes each) by UW graduate students and postdocs. Each quarter we invite proposals for talks on a theme, in order to encourage cross-disciplinary sharing of research. The event is fast paced and fun. It includes a Q&A with presenters, and a reception. Presenters receive feedback on their presentations through feedback forms distributed to audience members. Scholars’ Studio is an excellent opportunity for grad students looking to make connections and build presentation skills.
The fall in-person event is on Thursday, November 19th, 3 – 4 p.m. in the Allen Library South Research Commons. Proposals are due 10.29.26 by 5 p.m.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Allen Library (ALB). Campus room: Research Commons Green A. Accessibility Contact: mundtm@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Student Activities.
Thursday, November 19, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
EXTERNAL EVENT: Research & Writing in the Age of AI: Legal and Practical Considerations
Open and Interdisciplinary Research Support at the UW Libraries is pleased to promote this external Authors Alliance event!
This workshop will help you navigate the legal and practical questions that AI tools raise for academic authors. We’ll cover how using generative AI in your research and writing can affect your copyright and authorship, what current publisher and journal policies require you to disclose, and how AI training on scholarly work intersects with your rights as an author. You’ll leave with a working understanding of where the law currently stands, what remains unsettled, and how to make informed choices about using these tools in your own work.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/9WTPoDwNQyiywzKt0rV7yA. Accessibility Contact: info@authorsalliance.org. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, December 8, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.