About the Campus Libraries
The UW-Madison has the 11th largest research library collection in North America, according to a survey by the Association of Research Libraries. Memorial Library, the largest library in Wisconsin, and more than 40 General Library System, professional and special-purpose libraries serve the campus. Every year, approximately 5 million people visit the UW-Madison campus libraries, and online visits to library Web sites exceed 44 million. In 2007, the campus library collections included more than 8 million volumes representing human inquiry through all of history. In addition, there are more than 55,000 serial titles, 6.2 million microfilm items, and hundreds of thousands of government documents, maps, musical scores, audiovisual materials and other items housed in libraries across campus. Nearly 1 million volumes are circulated to library users every year.
The UW libraries also emphasize service. Library staff take an active interest in teaching people how to use information resources. More than 29,000 students, staff and faculty attend library workshops and instructional programs each year. These instructional sessions include tours and hands-on classes about how to use the computer catalog and how to find specialized information. In one year, MadCat, the online library catalog, is accessed more than 123 million times.
In addition to the libraries listed above, many smaller specialized libraries and reading rooms serve the campus community. For more information, contact Memorial Library Information at 262-3193, or see http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries.
InfoLabs located in four major campus libraries provide more than 400 computer workstations for student use. The libraries with InfoLabs include: College (undergraduate), Memorial (humanities and social sciences), Steenbock (agricultural & life sciences) and Wendt (physical sciences). To find out what software is available at each InfoLab, visit http://www.doit.wisc.edu/computerlabs/software.asp. Additionally, the Libraries maintain services at University Research Park at the Innovation Center Library.
College Library
600 North Park Street, 262-3245
Undergraduates find many of the resources they need at the College Library. Specialized collections include a college catalog collection, women's and minority studies materials, art slides, music and literature tapes and recreational reading paperbacks. The main reserve reading room is located on the first floor. The College Library InfoLab, with more than 200 Macintosh and PC-compatible computers, is the largest on campus. Many workstations are equipped with CD-ROM drives, optical disk cartridges, scanners, color printers and various software programs. The library also houses a GUTS tutoring lounge and offers a number of library instructional programs.
Memorial Library
728 State Street Mall, 262-3193
Memorial Library serves as the principal research facility on campus for the humanities and social sciences. It houses the largest single library collection in the state of Wisconsin—more than 3.5 million volumes. Patrons from all over the world total more than one million visits to the library each year. The library also houses an extensive periodical collection, a large selection of domestic and foreign newspapers, the University Archives, Special Collections, study halls, an InfoLab with more than 100 computers and a copy center.
Arts and Humanities
Art Library (Kohler)
160 Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, 263-2258
Art, architecture, design, decorative arts, graphic arts and photography.
Historical Society Library & Archives (Wisconsin Historical Society)
816 State Street Mall, 264-6535
North American and Wisconsin history, politics and related subjects; government publications; newspapers; and women's and ethnic studies. The library contains more than 2.3 million items in the field of American history. The collection of nearly 10,000 general-interest newspapers, dating from the 18th through the 20th centuries, is the second largest in the country after the Library of Congress.
Memorial Library
The primary resource in the humanities (listed above).
Mills Music Library
B162 Memorial Library, 263-1884
Music books and journals, scores, recordings and videocassettes.
Ruth Ketterer Harris Library (Textiles and Design)
341 Human Ecology Building, 262-2651
Open during the academic year only.
Non-circulating materials on textiles, fiber arts, costume and design.
Silver Buckle Press
236 Memorial Library, 263-4929
Letterpress printing collection includes books, historic type and presses; exhibits.
Special Collections (Rare Books and Manuscripts)
976 Memorial Library, 262-3243
Rare books, manuscripts, printed ephemera, other special collections and exhibits.
University Archives and Records Management Services
425 Steenbock Library, 262-5629
This collection contains archives and publications from the administrators, faculty, staff and students of the UW-Madison, UW System, and UW-Extension; photographs and memorabilia, manuscripts, oral history; and records management.
Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research
412 Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State Street Mall, 264-6466
Manuscripts, stills and clippings. Film viewing by advance appointment only.
Life Sciences
Arboretum Research Library
Arboretum Visitor Center, 890-1024
Ecological restoration, prairie restoration and arboretum records.
Biology Library
B164 Birge Hall, 262-2740
Biology, botany, ecology, natural history and zoology.
Ebling Library (Health Sciences)
Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Avenue, 262-2020
Basic and clinical biomedical sciences, neurosciences, biotechnology, history of health sciences, nursing, pharmacy, pharmacology, toxicology, allied health and health administration.
Herbarium Library
160 Birge Hall, 262-2792
Non-circulating books, journals, reprints on plant taxonomy, geography, evolution and lesser subjects, such as ethnobotany, paleobotany, trees/forestry, weeds; maps, atlases, gazetteers and geographical indices.
Limnology Library (Center for Limnology)
211 Limnology Laboratory, 262-4439
Non-circulating materials on fresh water and marine biology, fisheries and lake ecology.
Steenbock Memorial Library (Agriculture & Life Sciences)
550 Babcock Drive, 262-1371
Agriculture, life sciences, natural resources, veterinary medicine, family resources and consumer sciences. Steenbock offers instructional programs, reserve reading and photocopy services. Facilities include group study rooms, an audiovisual center and an InfoLab with 66 workstations.
Veterinary Medicine Reading Room
2215A Veterinary Medicine Building, 262-9635
Limited-access collection with duplicate materials located in Steenbock Memorial Library.
Water Resources Library
238 Goodnight Hall, 262-3069
Water resources with an emphasis on Wisconsin and the Great Lakes.
Plant Pathology Library
584 Russell Laboratories, 262-8698
Plant pathology, virology and physiology.
Primate Center Library (Jacobsen)
1220 Capitol Court, 263-3512
Relevant materials in biomedical sciences, neuroscience, molecular biology, psychology, behavior, conservation and ecology, animal welfare, veterinary medicine, primatology, reproductive physiology, stem cell research and ethics.
Physical Sciences
Astronomy Library (Woodman)
6521 Sterling Hall, 262-1320
Astronomy and astrophysics.
Chemistry Library
2361 Chemistry Building, 262-2942
Analytical, inorganic, organic, physical and theoretical chemistry.
Geography Library
280 Science Hall, 262-1706
Geography, cartography and GIS (Geographic Information Systems).
Geology & Geophysics Library (Leith)
440 Weeks Hall, 262-8956
Geology and geophysics.
Math Library (Kleene)
B224 Van Vleck, 262-3596
Pure and applied mathematics, some statistics and computer science.
Physics Library
4220 Chamberlin Hall, 262-9500
All areas of physics, including nuclear, atomic, molecular, high energy, condensed matter, mathematical, plasma and some astrophysics.
Robinson Map Library (Arthur H.)
310 Science Hall, 262-1471
Maps and aerial photography, geography, cartography and Geographic Information Systems.
Schwerdtfeger Library (Space Science)
317 Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, 262-0987
Earth, planetary and space sciences.
Wendt Library (Engineering)
215 North Randall Avenue, 262-3493
Engineering, atmospheric and oceanic sciences, statistics and computer sciences. Special collections include U.S. patents and a Technical Reports Center. It also houses a 30-station InfoLab and offers a number of library instructional programs.
Social Sciences
American Indian Studies Library
338E Ingraham Hall, 263-0043
Films, music, periodicals and books relating to Native American Indian culture.
Business Library
2200 Grainger Hall, 262-6202, 262-5935
Accounting, finance, international business, marketing, management, real estate and insurance. The library also has 12 group study rooms and two seminar rooms.
Chican@ and Latin@ Studies Library
338W Ingraham Hall, 263-4486
Films, music, books, and non-circulating periodicals and references.
Center for Instructional Materials & Computing (CIMC)
301 Teacher Education Building, 263-4750
Teacher education, instruction and children's print and non-print materials. The library also has a computer lab and media.
Center for Cooperatives (Torgerson Cooperative)
106 Taylor Hall, 262-9488
Information on all types of cooperatives.
Center for Demography and Ecology Library
4471 Social Science, 263-6372
Population studies, U.S. and international.
Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
4290 Helen C. White Hall, 263-3720
Children's literature research library and book examination center for adults. Non-circulating historical, contemporary, multicultural, regional alternative press and reference materials.
Data & Information Services Center
3308 Social Science, 262-0750/7962
Reference service and archive for social science numeric data sets.
Journalism Reading Room
2130 Vilas Hall, 263-3387
Journalism, mass communications, mass communications law, advertising, public relations and photojournalism.
LGBT Campus Center
2212 Memorial Union, 265-3344
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender resources; gay and lesbian fiction; coming out; health, history, politics and culture. Current periodicals; documentary and popular films.
L&S Learning Support Services (LSS)
259 Van Hise Hall, 262-1408
AV instructional materials in more than 100 languages; ESL; music, sciences, social sciences and other L&S subjects; live foreign language satellite broadcasts; open access student computer lab with 43 workstations.
Law Library
Law School Building, 975 Bascom Mall, 262-1128
U.S., Wisconsin, foreign and international law; criminal justice.
Max Kade Institute for Germanic-American Studies
901 University Bay Drive, 262-7546
German-American and reference materials.
Memorial Library
The primary library for the social sciences (listed above).
School of Library & Information Studies Library (SLIS)
4191 Helen C. White Hall, 263-2960
Library and information science and children's literature.
Social Science Reference Library (Somers)
8432 Social Science, 262-6195
Industrial relations, economics, sociology and some anthropology.
Social Work Library (Franks)
236 School of Social Work Building, 263-3840
Social work, aging, family problems, child abuse, mental retardation, aging/gerontology, human sexuality, AIDS, counseling, minorities and alcohol and drug abuse.
University Communications Library
15 Bascom Hall, 262-8280
UW News, campus newsletters
Women's Studies Librarian's Office (UW System)
430 Memorial Library, 263-5754
Women's studies, gender studies, lesbian studies, feminism.
Last updated 10/31/07