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Committee to help identify, select next University Librarian

March 9, 2012

A search and screen committee has been appointed to assist the administration in the identification and selection of candidates for the next University Librarian of the General Library System at UW–Madison.

Student services enhance College Library

February 28, 2012

With its long-established reputation as the place to see and be seen on the UW–Madison campus, College Library likes to play on its strengths as a social library.

Bringing the Yiddish past to life: A tour through the Mayrent Collection

February 24, 2012

The Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries will celebrate the Mayrent Collection at a special event at the University Club, 803 State St., on Thursday, March 1 at 4:30 p.m.

Journal boycott gaining steam at UW–Madison

February 21, 2012

They are mad as hell, and not going to take it anymore. That describes an emerging response from more than 6,000 scientists to Elsevier, publisher of more than 2,500 scientific journals, including Cell and The Lancet.

Volunteer with the UW–Madison Archives and help preserve campus history

January 31, 2012

Do you love campus? Do you love history? There are many ways you can help the UW–Madison Archives collect and preserve campus history.

Van Gemert, Steele appointed to interim director posts

December 20, 2011

Two senior University of Wisconsin–Madison staff members will step into interim director positions in their respective campus units.

A farewell to the card catalog

November 29, 2011

It will be the end of an era when the public card catalog is removed from its home in room 224 of Memorial Library on the UW–Madison campus.

Artists and libraries unite in innovative student project

November 3, 2011

Merging organizational savvy and community outreach, three students in the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) have created a resource to connect artists, libraries and the people who love them.

“Ask a Librarian” service now available through text messaging

October 27, 2011

Birdseye view of Wisconsin’s past wins governor’s award

October 11, 2011

A popular website that draws from tens of thousands of rare aerial photographs of Wisconsin will receive the 2011 Governor’s Award for Archival Innovation from the Wisconsin Historical Records Advisory Board.

Before social media, there was Pamela O’Donnell

September 13, 2011

Pamela O’Donnell has transformed what could have been an out-of-the-way bulletin board on the first floor of College Library into an essential stop for many of the library’s thousands of visitors each year.

Alarm test to close Memorial Library on Sept. 7 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

September 1, 2011

Testing on fire alarms will close the Memorial Library on Wednesday, Sept. 7 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Longtime library director reflects on a career at the crossroads

September 1, 2011

When a young Ken Frazier attempted to discern his future career, he found that his interests lay in “introductory everything and advanced nothing.”

Physicist, library donor William “Jack” Fry dies

July 22, 2011

Physicist William F. “Jack” Fry, who served on the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty from 1952 to 1998, died earlier this week at the age of…

Update: Maureen Grant remembered by campus community

June 23, 2011

Maureen Grant, a 26-year employee of UW Libraries, is being remembered as a talented colleague and conversationalist. Grant was identified Thursday afternoon as the victim of Wednesday’s fatal University Avenue accident involving a Madison Metro bus.

Changes coming to UW–Madison libraries

May 3, 2011

The UW–Madison Libraries, like other departments on the UW campus, are planning for additional efficiencies in library services, resources, and operations in the face of…

Friends book sale to be held Sept. 29-Oct. 2

September 22, 2010

The fall book sale, organized by the Friends of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries, takes place Wednesday, Sept. 29-Saturday, Oct. 2, in conjunction with the…

‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ chosen for Go Big Read program

April 6, 2010

UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin has selected "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot as the book for the second year of Go Big Read, the university's common reading program.

Book sale planned for April 7–10

March 24, 2010

The largest used book sale in Wisconsin will be held Wednesday–Saturday, April 7–10, in Room 116 of the Memorial Library.

Exhibit explores state of science at time of Darwin’s book

November 23, 2009

“Science Circa 1859: On the Eve of Darwin’s Origin of Species,” opening Monday, Nov. 23, in the Department of Special Collections at Memorial Library, explores the state of science before Charles Darwin’s groundbreaking book arrived on the scene 150 years ago.