Research
Evolving Directions Lecture on Senses & the Arts
The intersection of the senses and the arts is the theme for the next Evolving Directions lecture, scheduled for this Friday, March 8, from 1:30-3:00pm in Memorial, Rm. 126. Please mark your calendars to attend this very special presentation by Prof. Henry Drewal and Faisal Abdu’allah on their teaching and research on the senses and [...]
On Wisconsin, On Film: Historic Films from the University Archives
As part of their “Treasures of the UW-Libraries” series, the Friends of the Libraries will present an evening of campus film clips on Wednesday, March 6 from 5:30 – 7:00 pm at Memorial Library, Room 460. “On Wisconsin, On Film” will delight you with a selection of historic films providing glimpses of campus life from [...]
New Library Service: UBorrow
Need a book fast? All UW copies unavailable? Can’t decide whether to recall it or try interlibrary loan? Then it’s time to try Uw-Madison Libraries’ new service, Uborrow. In January, the Library launched a new service called Uborrow, which offers rapid access to books from 13 major research libraries, with combined collections of more than [...]
Explore the Southeast Asian Images & Texts (SEAiT) collection
Southeast Asian Images & Texts (SEAiT) is a digital archive of unique and beautiful historical images accessible through the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center (UWDCC). SEAiT’s mission is to put “rare materials into the hands of students” in order to support scholarship in the field of Southeast Asian studies; a partnership with the UWDCC [...]
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 [...]
The Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture Announces “Feminist Ryan Gosling” Colloquium
The Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture announced the first Spring 2013 Colloquium this week. The event, titled Co-opting Theory: How Feminist Ryan Gosling Saved my Academic Life, will be presented by Danielle Henderson, a PhD candidate in the UW-Madison School of Gender and Women’s Studies and creator of the popular Tumblr, Feminist [...]
The Open Access Academic Library Press
The Chronicle of Higher Education ran an article this week that highlighted new initiatives at academic libraries in terms of scholarly publishing. Over the last five years, library-based publishing has changed rapidly, shifting from a focus on digitization initiatives to something less well defined and more contingent on individual universities. At Amherst College, librarian Bryn [...]
Library Journal Article Sheds Light on Libraries Using Facebook
Here’s an interesting excerpt from an article in Library Journal that summarizes a recent report on how students, faculty, and other folks on campus like to learn about what’s happening at campus libraries. The report identifies Facebook as the preferred media platform: While almost 45 percent of respondents agreed that visiting the library in person [...]
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 [...]
Finals week at the Libraries
Finals week is just around the corner (or, depending on when you’re reading this, it’s already here). The Libraries are ready to help you #studystrong. Need a little more uninterrupted paper-writing time? Check out our full list of extended library hours. Bucket lists, caffeine, therapy dogs – oh my! See our set of stress-busting activities. [...]
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