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Dogs on Call at Steenbock Library for National Library Week
In celebration of National Library Week (April 14-20), Steenbock Library plans to host the delightful community of canines from Dogs on Call for a study break on Tuesday, April 16 from 6:30-8:00 PM! Dogs on Call is a local member of Pet Partners–an organization devoted to improving human health through the existing bond between people [...]
Library of the Month: MERIT Library
The Library of the Month for April is MERIT Library, the library for the school of education! “MERIT” stands for Media, Education Resources, and Information Technology. The library provides services and resources to the faculty, staff, and students of the School of Education, UW-Madison, the Wisconsin education community, and beyond. MERIT is the result of [...]
Text Support: A Library Exhibit About Paper
This spring, UW-Madison Libraries will host an exciting exhibit and event series focusing on the history and artistry of paper. Text Support: A Library Exhibit About Paper is a multi-library exhibit co-curated by Tracy Honn of Silver Buckle Press and Lyn Korenic of the Kohler Art Library. The exhibit will run from April 15 through [...]
And the winner of Book Madness is…
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien! In a tight race against Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, LOTR claimed the UW-Madison Libraries 2013 Book Madness tournament title with 51.7% of the votes! Here’s how the match-up shook out: The Lord of the Rings: 451 votes, 51.7% Pride and Prejudice: 421 votes, 48.3% Book Madness by [...]
Receive a $15 iTunes gift card & help the library too!
Memorial Library is big. Really big. And sometimes it’s hard to find stuff. Memorial librarians need your help understanding the challenges students and staff experience while searching for stuff in the library building. Resource Discovery Librarian Casey Schacher and Grants Librarian Ellen Jacks are currently soliciting volunteers to participate in a fun, interactive wayfinding study [...]
Entries for the 2013 Edible Book Fest Due April 15!
The 2013 Edible Book Festival takes place 4:00-6:00 pm on Tuesday, April 16 and promises to combine literary and culinary talents in the Madison community. A Hunger Games pie? Fifty Shades of Gravy? Vegetarian depictions of The Jungle? These could possibly be just a few of the entries at the annual University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial [...]
The Libraries participate in UW Day at the State Capitol
UW Libraries were well represented at the State Capitol this week during UW Day on Thursday April 4th. UW-Madison, UW Extension and UW Colleges partnered to present educational displays and interactive exhibits in the capitol rotunda. More than 30 scientific exploration stations offered a fun, hands-on way to see UW research in action. Expert librarians [...]
Upcoming reading of Parallel Press play, “If the Whole Body Dies” by Bob Skloot
On Thursday, April 11 at 7:00 p.m., Bob Skloot, UW-Madison Professor emeritus of Theatre and Drama and Jewish Studies, will present his play “If the Whole Body Dies: Raphael Lemkin and the Treaty Against Genocide” (Parallel Press, 2006). The play tells the story of Raphael Lemkin, the man who coined the word “genocide” and devoted [...]
The Final Four in the Libraries’ Book Madness Tournament
The UW-Madison Libraries’ Book Madness Tournament moves on to the Final Four this week, after a cutthroat Elite Eight battle that yielded strong contenders in each match-up. Below is visualization for the Pride and Prejudice v The Hound of the Baskervilles pairing, in which Austen’s novel was overwhelmingly dominant– a disparity which typified all the [...]
Hands-on Health Science at HSLC/Ebling Library during Science Expeditions 2013
UW-Madison’s Science Expeditions 2013 runs on campus from Friday, April 5 through Sunday, April 7. The majority of the Exploration Stations on the east side of campus will be at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, but this year, Science Expeditions will extend to Health Sciences Learning Center’s atrium and the Ebling Library on the west [...]
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