Spring 2008
Events
February 7
FELIX: A Series of New Writing
4:30 p.m.
126 Memorial Library
The spring semester's first FELIX event features poets Michael Dumanis and Angela Rawlings.
Dumanis is the author of My Soviet Union and the winner of the 2006 Juniper Prize for Poetry. His poems have appeared in American Letters & Commentary, Verse and New England Review. Born in the former Soviet Union, Dumanis won a Fulbright Fellowship and previously served as the poetry editor of Gulf Coast and the poetry curator at Brazos Bookstore. He is now an assistant professor of English at Nebraska Wesleyan University.
Rawlings, who goes by a.rawlings, is a poet, editor and multidisciplinary artist whose first book-length collection of poetry, Wide slumber for lepidopterists, was published in 2006. She has presented work across Canada and the United States and, in 2005, hosted the poetry documentary series Heart of a Poet. She is also co-editor of Shift & Switch: New Canadian Poetry, an anthology featuring more than 40 emerging Canadian poets. Rawlings received the bpNichol Award for Distinction in Writing when she graduated from York University in 2001.
February 21
'Six Decades: Good Friends Make Great Libraries'
4:30 p.m.
976 Memorial Library
In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries, the Friends welcome Art Hove, one of its former presidents.
Hove's talk will revolve around two major themes: the important contribution the Friends have made to the UW–Madison Libraries over the years, and the dynamic changes that are reshaping the traditional concepts of what makes and defines a library. Specifically, Hove will address the ever-changing role that new forms of information technology bring to libraries.
Hove has a long career at UW–Madison, serving in a number of capacities beginning with his enrollment as an undergraduate in 1952. He served as assistant to the chancellor and director of public information from 1970 to 1989, then as special assistant to the provost until his retirement in 1996. He received a Distinguished Alumnus Award, presented by the Wisconsin Alumni Association in 1992, and is the author of The University of Wisconsin: A Pictorial History (1991).
March 13
FELIX: A Series of New Writing
4:30 p.m.
126 Memorial Library
The spring semester's second FELIX event features poets Phan Nhien Hao and Hoa Nguyen.
Phan, a Vietnamese poet and translator who has lived in the United States since 1991, is the author of two collections of poems, Paradise of Paper Bells and Manufacturing Poetry 99-04. His poems have been translated into English and published in the journals The Literary Review, Manoa and Filling Station. He has a bachelor’s degree in American literature and a master’s in library science from UCLA.
Nguyen is the author of four books of poetry—Dark, Parrot Drum, Your Ancient See Through and Red Juice. She co-edits Skanky Possum, a book imprint and journal, and her poems have been published in various journals including An Anthology of New (American) Poets. Nguyen grew up in Washington, D.C., and now lives in Austin, Texas, where she leads the Teachers & Writers Collaborative’s Virtual Poetry Workshop.
March 26 – 29
Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries Semiannual Book Sale
Wednesday through Saturday
116 Memorial Library
Come and explore the Friends 25th semiannual book sale, the largest used book sale in Wisconsin. Students, faculty, staff and Madison residents donate materials ranging from literature and philosophy to science and reference texts. Proceeds from the fundraiser help support a grant program for campus libraries, the Friends grants-in-aid program for visiting scholars, and other programming. Ten percent of the proceeds are transferred to the Friends’ growing endowment. Last spring’s book sale was the most successful in the history of the sales, raking in more than $26,000.
Wednesday, March 26
Preview sale ($5 entry)
5 – 9 p.m.
Thursday – Friday, March 27 –28
(No entry fee)
10:30 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 29
$3-a-Bag Sale
(Bring your own bag, or buy one for $1)
10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
For more information on the sales, including how to donate books or volunteer for the spring book sale, please call 608-265-2505, e-mail the Friends, or visit the Friends book sale page.
April 16
'Staying in the Game: Libraries in a Digital Age'
5:30 p.m.
Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium
816 State Street
Susan M. Allen, associate director and chief librarian of the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, California, will give the Friends annual lecture this year. She will address the rapidly changing environment for research libraries as they move into the digital age. With vast collections of rare materials, they are at risk of becoming irrelevant, and even non-rare print collections are fast becoming a thing of the past, she says.
Allen will outline specific steps research libraries can take to remain competitive, including trumpeting their unique qualities not offered on the Web, leveraging intellectual property rights, and practicing marketing techniques.<
Allen will also speak about her own research experiences on Joseph Ames and why that work, and the work of many other scholars, depends on having access to original materials and cannot be successfully carried out using digital copies alone.
A banquet at 6:30 p.m. at the Pyle Center will directly follow the lecture.
Exhibits
WorkBooks
Department of Special Collections
976 Memorial Library
Feb. 18 - May 19, 2008
Workbooks—seen as places for inventing, sketching and reflecting—offer raw and unmediated views of taking notes and shaping information. This exhibit explores the history of workbooks and focuses on the book as an active “site.” It draws on the workbooks and sketchbooks of UW-Madison faculty and staff and other invited artists, complemented by related holdings of the Department of Special Collections. Guest exhibit curator is Derrick Buisch, associate professor of art, UW-Madison. An exhibit at the Kohler Art Library will feature other titles that speak to the theme of sketchbooks and workbooks.
John H. Van Vleck: "The Research Years"
Physics Library
4220 Chamberlin Hall
Continues through mid-spring
The second exhibit in a series on John H. Van Vleck focuses on his part in the "quantum revolution" of the 1920s. Van Vleck began his study of quantum mechanics as a doctoral student at Harvard and later as a faculty member at the University of Minnesota. He continued his investigation after moving to Wisconsin in 1928, publishing a book in 1932, The Theory of Electric and Magnetic Susceptibilities. Van Vleck laid the foundation for understanding the magnetic properties of solids, and there is a direct line between his discoveries and the development of materials used in computer hard drives and magnetic tapes. A third exhibit, expected in mid-spring, will continue the Van Vleck story through his many lifetime honors, including receipt of the Nobel Prize.
Skeletons in the Attic, Life in the Atrium: 100 Years of Medical Education at UW-Madison
Ebling Library
Opens October 12, 2007
Reception to be held later in the year
Over the coming year Ebling Library will have an exhibition and at least two gallery events to honor the School of Medicine and Public Health's (SMPH) Centennial (1907-2007). This historical exhibit and gallery installation will highlight the leadership, students, buildings, faculty, collegial relationships, research and clinical departments that made the the School of Medicine and Public Health what it is today, a world class teaching institution.
For more information about the Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries, contact:
Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries
990 Memorial Library
728 State St.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-2505
or
e-mail the Friends
Spring Events
February 7
FELIX: A Series of New Writing
4:30 p.m.
126 Memorial Library
The spring semester's first FELIX event features poets Michael Dumanis and Angela Rawlings.
Dumanis is the author of My Soviet Union and the winner of the 2006 Juniper Prize for Poetry. His poems have appeared in American Letters & Commentary, Verse and New England Review. Born in the former Soviet Union, Dumanis won a Fulbright Fellowship and previously served as the poetry editor of Gulf Coast and the poetry curator at Brazos Bookstore. He is now an assistant professor of English at Nebraska Wesleyan University.
Rawlings, who goes by a.rawlings, is a poet, editor and multidisciplinary artist whose first book-length collection of poetry, Wide slumber for lepidopterists, was published in 2006. She has presented work across Canada and the United States and, in 2005, hosted the poetry documentary series Heart of a Poet. She is also co-editor of Shift & Switch: New Canadian Poetry, an anthology featuring more than 40 emerging Canadian poets. Rawlings received the bpNichol Award for Distinction in Writing when she graduated from York University in 2001.
February 21
'Six Decades: Good Friends Make Great Libraries'
4:30 p.m.
976 Memorial Library
In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries, the Friends welcome Art Hove, one of its former presidents.
Hove's talk will revolve around two major themes: the important contribution the Friends have made to the UW–Madison Libraries over the years, and the dynamic changes that are reshaping the traditional concepts of what makes and defines a library. Specifically, Hove will address the ever-changing role that new forms of information technology bring to libraries.
Hove has a long career at UW–Madison, serving in a number of capacities beginning with his enrollment as an undergraduate in 1952. He served as assistant to the chancellor and director of public information from 1970 to 1989, then as special assistant to the provost until his retirement in 1996. He received a Distinguished Alumnus Award, presented by the Wisconsin Alumni Association in 1992, and is the author of The University of Wisconsin: A Pictorial History (1991).
March 13
FELIX: A Series of New Writing
4:30 p.m.
126 Memorial Library
The spring semester's second FELIX event features poets Phan Nhien Hao and Hoa Nguyen.
Phan, a Vietnamese poet and translator who has lived in the United States since 1991, is the author of two collections of poems, Paradise of Paper Bells and Manufacturing Poetry 99-04. His poems have been translated into English and published in the journals The Literary Review, Manoa and Filling Station. He has a bachelor’s degree in American literature and a master’s in library science from UCLA.
Nguyen is the author of four books of poetry—Dark, Parrot Drum, Your Ancient See Through and Red Juice. She co-edits Skanky Possum, a book imprint and journal, and her poems have been published in various journals including An Anthology of New (American) Poets. Nguyen grew up in Washington, D.C., and now lives in Austin, Texas, where she leads the Teachers & Writers Collaborative’s Virtual Poetry Workshop.
March 26 – 29
Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries Semiannual Book Sale
Wednesday through Saturday
116 Memorial Library
Come and explore the Friends 25th semiannual book sale, the largest used book sale in Wisconsin. Students, faculty, staff and Madison residents donate materials ranging from literature and philosophy to science and reference texts. Proceeds from the fundraiser help support a grant program for campus libraries, the Friends grants-in-aid program for visiting scholars, and other programming. Ten percent of the proceeds are transferred to the Friends’ growing endowment. Last spring’s book sale was the most successful in the history of the sales, raking in more than $26,000.
Wednesday, March 26
Preview sale ($5 entry)
5 – 9 p.m.
Thursday – Friday, March 27 –28
(No entry fee)
10:30 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 29
$3-a-Bag Sale
(Bring your own bag, or buy one for $1)
10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
For more information on the sales, including how to donate books or volunteer for the spring book sale, please call 608-265-2505, e-mail the Friends, or visit the Friends book sale page.
April 16
'Staying in the Game: Libraries in a Digital Age'
5:30 p.m.
Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium
816 State Street
Susan M. Allen, associate director and chief librarian of the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, California, will give the Friends annual lecture this year. She will address the rapidly changing environment for research libraries as they move into the digital age. With vast collections of rare materials, they are at risk of becoming irrelevant, and even non-rare print collections are fast becoming a thing of the past, she says.
Allen will outline specific steps research libraries can take to remain competitive, including trumpeting their unique qualities not offered on the Web, leveraging intellectual property rights, and practicing marketing techniques.<
Allen will also speak about her own research experiences on Joseph Ames and why that work, and the work of many other scholars, depends on having access to original materials and cannot be successfully carried out using digital copies alone.
A banquet at 6:30 p.m. at the Pyle Center will directly follow the lecture.
For more information about the Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries, contact:
Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries
990 Memorial Library
728 State St.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-2505
or
e-mail the Friends
Friends Semiannual Book Sale
Friends of the UW-Madison Library Semiannual Book Sale
Wednesday through Saturday, March 26 – 29
116 Memorial Library
Come and explore the Friends 25th semiannual book sale, the largest used book sale in Wisconsin. Students, faculty, staff and Madison residents donate materials ranging from literature and philosophy to science and reference texts. Proceeds from the fundraiser help support a grant program for campus libraries, the Friends grants-in-aid program for visiting scholars, and other programming. Ten percent of the proceeds are transferred to the Friends’ growing endowment. Last spring’s book sale was the most successful in the history of the sales, raking in more than $26,000.
Wednesday, March 26
Preview sale ($5 entry)
5 – 9 p.m.
Thursday – Friday, March 27 –28
(No entry fee)
10:30 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 29
$3-a-Bag Sale
(Bring your own bag, or buy one for $1)
10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
For more information on the sales, including how to donate books or volunteer for the spring book sale, please call 608-265-2505, e-mail the Friends, or visit the Friends book sale page.
For more information about the Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries, contact:
Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries
990 Memorial Library
728 State St.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-2505
or
e-mail the Friends
Exhibits
WorkBooks
Department of Special Collections
976 Memorial Library
Feb. 18 - May 19, 2008
Workbooks—seen as places for inventing, sketching and reflecting—offer raw and unmediated views of taking notes and shaping information. This exhibit explores the history of workbooks and focuses on the book as an active “site.” It draws on the workbooks and sketchbooks of UW-Madison faculty and staff and other invited artists, complemented by related holdings of the Department of Special Collections. Guest exhibit curator is Derrick Buisch, associate professor of art, UW-Madison. An exhibit at the Kohler Art Library will feature other titles that speak to the theme of sketchbooks and workbooks.
John H. Van Vleck: "The Research Years"
Physics Library
4220 Chamberlin Hall
Continues through mid-spring
The second exhibit in a series on John H. Van Vleck focuses on his part in the "quantum revolution" of the 1920s. Van Vleck began his study of quantum mechanics as a doctoral student at Harvard and later as a faculty member at the University of Minnesota. He continued his investigation after moving to Wisconsin in 1928, publishing a book in 1932, The Theory of Electric and Magnetic Susceptibilities. Van Vleck laid the foundation for understanding the magnetic properties of solids, and there is a direct line between his discoveries and the development of materials used in computer hard drives and magnetic tapes. A third exhibit, expected in mid-spring, will continue the Van Vleck story through his many lifetime honors, including receipt of the Nobel Prize.
Skeletons in the Attic, Life in the Atrium: 100 Years of Medical Education at UW-Madison
Ebling Library
Opens October 12, 2007
Reception to be held later in the year
Over the coming year Ebling Library will have an exhibition and at least two gallery events to honor the School of Medicine and Public Health's (SMPH) Centennial (1907-2007). This historical exhibit and gallery installation will highlight the leadership, students, buildings, faculty, collegial relationships, research and clinical departments that made the the School of Medicine and Public Health what it is today, a world class teaching institution.
For more information about the Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries, contact:
Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries
990 Memorial Library
728 State St.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-2505
or
e-mail the Friends