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Vintage and Bucky Finals Postcards at select Libraries for Finals Week
As we head into Finals Week, several libraries across campus will be offering a selection of fun postcards for students to send home to let friends and family know they are working hard! The Marketing Committee dove into the Archives and the Digital Collections to find vintage images for this year’s black-and-white postcards, which include [...]
Undergraduate Research Award Winners Announced
Each year, College Library invites students to apply for its annual Undergraduate Library Research Awards as part of the Undergraduate Symposium. The awards celebrate excellence and creativity in using the library to complete an undergraduate research project, and winners receive cash prizes for their work. The submission process included meeting with librarians Kelli Keclik at [...]
Undergraduate Research Awards Deadline is April 5th!
College Library, in conjunction with the Undergraduate Symposium, invites students to apply for its annual Undergraduate Library Research Awards. The awards celebrate excellence and creativity in using the library to complete an undergraduate research project. (Examples may include a literature review for a lab study, the use of primary sources in a historical research paper, [...]
Call For Submissions: Digital Salon 2013
The UW-Madison Libraries and DesignLab will host the fourth annual Digital Salon, a one-week exhibition of digital media projects by UW undergraduate and graduate students from Sunday, April 14 through Saturday, April 20, 2013. This exhibition of new media projects showcases artistic and research-based projects that take digital form or rely heavily on information technology [...]
DesignLab & Media Studios Open House
DesignLab is hosting an Open House tomorrow, February 8th from 2:30-5pm. Librarians, faculty, staff and students are invited to stop in any time between 2:30 and 5:00pm for tours of the spaces, opportunities to ask questions and talk with instructors and consultants, and to enjoy conversation (and treats). Last November, we shared an in-depth overview [...]
Get help with end-of-term projects
Have a question about how to organize or research for an upcoming final paper or new media project? There are special services on campus ready to help you plan out and craft your assignments. The Writing Center has peer tutors available who can work with you one-on-one to craft and develop your written assignments. They [...]
Wisconsin Book Festival events at the Libraries
The Wisconsin Book Festival is in full swing this week, with dozens of events popping up at venues around Madison – including several at our own UW-Madison Libraries! Events hosted by campus libraries include: Friends of the Library Book Sale, Wednesday-Saturday in Memorial Library. Friends of the CCBC Book Sale, Saturday at the Cooperative Children’s [...]
DesignLab supports students’ work in digital, new media
Students seeking help with digital or new media assignments have a new service available to them this year. Located on the second floor of College Library, DesignLab is in the heart of where many students already spend their time researching, drafting, and revising class assignments. At first glance, DesignLab doesn’t look vastly different from the [...]
Election activities at the Libraries
As the November election draws near, the Libraries at UW-Madison encourage you to get involved! Explore College Library’s “Engage in Democracy” activity series to get informed about the presidential and state elections, from voter registration assistance to televised debates. Items in bold indicate upcoming events. Voter registration: Volunteers from the Madison Student Vote Coalition will [...]
Jane Bannerman Reflects on 40 Years of Service with UW-Madison Libraries
We’re pleased to present this interview with (now retired) librarian Jane Bannerman, who reflects on her career at UW-Madison with Pamela O’Donnell of College Library. Interview by Pamela O’Donnell Jane Bannerman has worked at College Library for almost as long as it has been open. After forty years of service, she officially retired on August [...]
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