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Wake up! Libraries offer free coffee and more during finals week
The UW-Madison Libraries have extended hours and are holding special events and giveaways in an effort to help students during finals next week.

Libraries to assist faculty with new federal law
A requirement to provide public online access to research findings funded by the National Institutes of Health takes effect April 7. From that date on all investigators with NIH funding are required to submit accepted, peer-reviewed manuscripts to PubMed Central, the free NIH digital archive of biomedical and life sciences research. The database will provide online access to the research within a year.

Digital project puts Aldo Leopold papers online
The first content from the project to digitize the University Archives’ complete collection of material from world-renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold has been released to the public. The digitization is being done under a grant awarded to the Aldo Leopold Foundation, in Baraboo, Wis., the holders of the intellectual property rights of the materials, by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

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2008 Magazine

The 2008 Libraries Magazine is now online. The magazine features stories on the archiving of the stem cell saga, the latest in open access, and a cover story on George Washington's library.

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Aldo Leopold Collection

The first materials from the project to digitize the University Archives' complete collection of Aldo Leopold materials is now available to the public. The UW Digital Collections Center is managing the digitization, which includes hundreds of diaries, journals and photos from 1899 to 1948. Watch University Archivist David Null discuss the digitization project on WisconsinEye here.