Archive for September, 2012
“In Our Spare Time” exhibition at Ebling Library
We love highlighting the creative work of faculty and staff (including staff from the libraries!), so we’re very pleased to announce this upcoming exhibition at Ebling Library. “In Our Spare Time” opens with a reception Thursday, September 27th from 4:00-6:00 in the Reading Room and 3rd Floor Galleries of Ebling Library. The exhibit runs until [...]
“Diversions in the Victorian Age” in Special Collections
An Exhibit Honoring “Victorian Networks,” the 2012 conference of the North American Victorian Studies Association Department of Special Collections 976 Memorial Library September 24 – November 30, 2012 Open Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Although Queen Victoria is famously credited with the arch comment “We are not amused,” her subjects found diversion [...]
Exploring the Wisconsin Science Festival: Radioactive READing
The Wisconsin Science Festival opens September 27-30 at venues across the state. To celebrate, we’re highlighting a couple of university library-related events and exhibitors with a special series called Exploring the Wisconsin Science Festival. The background in the new Bucky READ poster might look pretty familiar, particularly if you’ve been paging through Radioactive by Lauren [...]
“Bookscapes: Lands Observed and Imagined” at Kohler Art Library
The fall exhibit at the Kohler Art Library showcases the theme of landscape in artists’ books. Bookscapes: Lands Observed and Imagined includes depictions of place in Native American legend to an inverted atlas of the earth. A symbol of discovery, landscape is revealed through naturalistic observations and imaginary inventions of mountains, prairie, fields, and shore. [...]
Graduate Support Series fall schedule
The Graduate Support Series is a special set of workshops offered by the UW-Madison Libraries in conjunction with the Graduate Student Collaborative and other graduate school departments. These workshops are part of the Graduate Student Professional Development Workshop Series. The library workshops in the Graduate Support Series are specially tailored to those engaged with graduate [...]
Exploring the Wisconsin Science Festival: the Wisconsin State Herbarium
The Wisconsin Science Festival opens September 27-30 at venues across the state. To celebrate, we’re highlighting a couple of university library-related events and exhibitors with a special series called Exploring the Wisconsin Science Festival. For a complete list of science festival programming, visit the Wisconsin Science Festival website. The Wisconsin State Herbarium Fans of Wisconsin’s [...]
11 surprising things you can check out from a library
We came across this post about interesting or unexpected things you can check out from a library – somewhere. The list includes everything from therapy dogs to toys! Do libraries at UW-Madison check out any of this stuff? Unfortunately therapy dogs aren’t in our collection (although they hang out on campus during finals and #studystrong…). [...]
C. Helen…C. Helen Party Thursday night!
*Update! We had SO much fun at the Helen C House Party on Thursday night, and judging from the enthusiasm from students, you guys had a great time too. Check out some photos from the Helen C House Party 2012. Here, too. Want to share your own photos? We’d love to share them. Send ‘em [...]
“Building Taliesin” author Ron McCrea to give Friends Fall Lecture
The Friends of the Library, in partnership with the Wisconsin Historical Society Press and the Friends of the Unitarian Meeting House, present a Fall Lecture: Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 7:00pm Lecture, reception and book signing Unitarian Meeting House, 900 University Bay Drive To attend a tour of the Unitarian Meeting House prior to this event [...]
Top Ten Questions About Library Research
Library staff spend a lot of time answering questions about library research, from where to find relevant articles on a specific topic to how to correctly format your citations and bibliographies. We have compiled the top ten questions about library research and put all the answers in one place for you. How can I tell [...]
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