Stories indexed under: Libraries

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  • Semiannual book sale planned for March 25-28 March 17, 2009 The spring book sale, organized by the Friends of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, takes place Wednesday, March 25-Saturday, March 28. The sale is open to the public and is held in 116 Memorial Library, 728 State St.
  • Proposed Google settlement could propel UW book digitization efforts Oct. 28, 2008 A landmark proposed settlement announced today between Google and national author and publisher organizations could bring significant enhancements to the University of Wisconsin-Madison's digitization partnership with the information technology company.
  • Semi-annual Library Friends fall book sale starts today Oct. 15, 2008 The fall book sale, organized by the Friends of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, takes place today (Wednesday, Oct. 15) through Saturday, Oct. 18 in conjunction with the Wisconsin Book Festival.
  • Libraries to participate in Open Access Day Oct. 8, 2008 Oct. 14 has been declared Open Access Day, and the UW–Madison Libraries will host several efforts to promote the event.
  • ‘Digital Commons’ aims for increase in library access Sept. 11, 2008 A proposal for a “digital commons,” developed by the UW System Libraries, would give students and faculty across the UW System a more expansive set of keys to the “gated Web,” linking them to online commercial databases that are indispensable for serious scholarship and research.
  • Cover of Fish of Wisconsin Landmark book on Wisconsin fishes is only a cast away online July 29, 2008 George C. Becker's "Fishes of Wisconsin" is the first comprehensive survey of the state's fish species and the environmental challenges they face. Published by the University of Wisconsin Press in 1983, it remains the seminal reference to 157 fish species found in Wisconsin, many which are also found throughout much of the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi River basins.
  • Photo of Aldo Leopold Digital project puts Aldo Leopold papers online April 8, 2008 The project to digitize the University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives' complete collection of materials from conservationist Aldo Leopold has made its first installment of online materials available to the public.
  • State’s largest used book sale offers 15,000 books March 26-29 March 19, 2008 The Friends of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries semiannual used book sale will be held for the 25th time Wednesday-Saturday, March 26-29, in Room 116 of Memorial Library, 728 State St.
  • Abigail Adams biography adds to popular interest in American Revolution March 14, 2008 "John Adams," a major HBO mini-series debuting this Sunday, is bound to generate renewed public interest in the era of the American Revolution and the founding of the nation. A University of Wisconsin-Madison chapbook series has been mining that rich historical territory for some time. The latest chapbook, a biography of Abigail Adams, fits very closely with the mini-series' focus on John and Abigail's long and storied relationship.
  • Image from a digitally scanned book, now available online. New digital collection 'Sixty Books, Sixty Libraries' goes online July 19, 2007 Ever dream of having your photos, drawings or stories published online? For a few Wisconsinites, that dream was realized through a collaborative art project digitized by the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center, which goes live this week.
  • Part of the Wisconsin Blue Book cover UW Digital Collections puts Wisconsin Blue Book online June 7, 2007 More than 150 years of the Wisconsin Blue Books go online starting today in the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. The digitization project provides worldwide open access on the Internet to facts and figures on the government, people, industry, lifestyle and history of the state of Wisconsin.
  • Campus libraries receive $1 million bequest for Friends April 16, 2007 A Madison bibliophile has left a large share of his estate, nearly $1 million, to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries to benefit its Friends organization.
  • Lectures, edible books part of National Library Week April 11, 2007 The Edible Book Festival that kicks off National Library Week, April 15?21.
  • Exhibit traces 300 years of Wisconsin and Great Lakes maps March 21, 2007 Original maps of Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region from 17th-century drawings concocted from travelers' accounts to 21st-century images captured by satellites are on display through June 29 in the Department of Special Collections in Memorial Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Leopold Foundation, UW-Madison to digitize Aldo Leopold archives Feb. 27, 2007 The entire Aldo Leopold Collection held by the University Archives of the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be digitized in a partnership project with the Aldo Leopold Foundation. More than $100,000 has been awarded to the Foundation, in Baraboo, Wis., to support the project.
  • UW service helps communities make informed choices on challenged books Feb. 15, 2007 School librarians have an inherently behind-the-scenes profession, but what happens when they are thrust into a very public controversy over a challenged book?