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Erika Bailey

she/her/hers
Urban Studies, History, and Digital Scholarship Librarian
Phone Number
Campus Mailbox
358460

About

Degrees

MLIS
Library and Information Science
University of Washington
BA
Women/Gender Studies and International Studies
Seattle University

Introduction

I began as a librarian at UW Tacoma in 2019. I can work with faculty and students envisioning and working on digital scholarship and sharing scholarship in UW Tacoma's institutional repository. Additionally, my subject liaison areas include:

  • The School of Urban Studies
  • History 

How I can help you

For students

  • Recommend the best databases, digital collections, and library sources to search for your research topic
  • Answer your questions via email, phone or in-person
  • Meet with you individually to hash out your topic or discuss research strategies
  • Tell you about library services

For faculty

  • Respond to questions about UW Tacoma Digital Commons and open access to scholarship
  • Introduce your students to research tools and strategies via a workshop
  • Discuss ways to best incorporate research skills and library materials into your class assignments
  • Meet with your students individually
  • Purchase books and other material needed for your courses
  • Tell you about library collections and services

Scholarly Interests

  • Digital storytelling
  • Critical pedagogy
  • Privacy
  • "Low tech" digital scholarship
Selected Publications

Bailey, Erika. “Pick Your License! Student autonomy with Creative Commons” Critical Digital Humanities Cookbook, edited by Fiona Kovacaj and Victoria James, ACRL, 2025, Page#. [Forthcoming]

Bailey, Erika and Petrich, Marisa. “Grounded in agency: privacy literacy for student empowerment” Alki, vol. 38, no. 3, 2023, pp. 31-37.