Collections
Wednesday Nite @ the Lab presents Fallout: The Making of a “Radioactive” Exhibit
Micaela Sullivan Fowler is famous on campus for creating exhibits at Ebling Library that enhance the experience of reading UW’s Go Big Read titles each year. The first, titled “It’s Good for You,” was created in conjunction with Michael Pollen’s In Defense of Food, and the second, “Informing Consent: Unwitting Subjects in Medicine’s Pursuit of [...]
Bird Sightings in Artists’ Books at the Kohler Art Library
The Kohler Art Library regularly exhibits materials from its collections, such as artist books and illuminated manuscript facsimiles. This semester, the librarians have pulled together a wonderful new exhibit that focuses on artist renderings of birds from the Kohler’s extensive Artists’ Books Collection. More details on the exhibit from the Kohler Library’s website: Current Exhibit: [...]
New at the Libraries: Afro-Americana Imprints (1535-1922)
An exciting new resource has been added to the UW Database Library: Afro-Americana Imprints contains over 12,000 books, pamphlets and broadsides, including many lesser-known imprints, which represent an unparalleled record of African American history, literature and culture. This collection spans nearly 400 years, from the early 16th to the early 20th century. Critically important subjects [...]
Library of the Month—Mills Music Library
The Mills Music Library houses a unique collection of music scores, recorded music, periodicals, microfilm, and of course, books on a variety of topics related to music and the arts. Conveniently located in the basement of Memorial Library, Mills welcomes not only music majors but music lovers of all disciplines! Although Mills Music Library officially [...]
New acquisitions from Window to China project
Originally published on the Wisconsin China Initiative site. The University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries recently received a new collection of donated materials, valued at $32,600, from the National Library of China through the “Window to China” project. Founded in 2006, “Window to China” makes donations to libraries and other institutions around the world. “The UW-Madison Libraries [...]
Found in the University Archives: 1965 College Bowl Champions
A new post on the University Archives’ tumblr, Found in the Archives, celebrates the 1965 College Bowl Champions. The article, complete with photos, newspaper clippings, and even a video, documents the storied team comprised of Donald Zillman, Richard Hoffman, Richard Hays, and Stuart Grover. The foursome was undefeated for the 1965 season, bringing home some [...]
Archiving campus history in the web age
The Library of the Month for October is the University Archives! All month long the Libraries celebrate with stories, photos, fun facts, and more. Join us on Twitter and Facebook to learn more about the Library of the Month. Today archivist Vicki Tobias talks about an interesting challenge that the Archives face in carrying out [...]
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 [...]
A pinch of history: the Carson Gulley Cookbook Collection
Fans of beautiful books, libraries, and bookstores will be smitten with this website, A Pretty Book. A post from July 25th, “Cooking the Books,” inspired us to explore our own digital collections to find out what we have in the way of cookbooks. From the introduction to the School of Human Ecology’s Carson Gulley Cookbook [...]
New perfume captures the scent of “freshly printed books”
Designer Karl Lagerfeld, Wallpaper magazine, and perfumer Geza Schoen joined forces to produce “Paper Passion,” a perfume intended to capture the scent of “freshly printed books.” According to the New York Daily News, Schoen created the perfume with just four or five ingredients, including ethyl linoleate and a selection of woody components to add dryness. [...]
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