LIBRARY NEWS

~ Memorial Library to host photo exhibit
~ Digital Library for the Decorative Arts adds to its collection
~ Wendt Library remodeled
~ Friends seek book donations for sale
~ Universal borrowing statistics available online
~ Electronic Beowulf now available

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PUBLISHED

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25 YEARS AGO IN THE LIBRARIES

LIBRARY NEWS

• The south side of Memorial Library will become a giant projection screen in March. Memorial Library will "host" the images of local and Midwest photographers as part of the PhotoMidwest's city-wide photo exhibit in Madison. Beginning Feb. 27 and running through the end of March, an automated projector will show artistic photography on State Street Mall, between 6:30 and 8 p.m. a few times each week. University Communications photographer Michael Forster Rothbart is organizing the slide show and will display some of his own work, as well as that of others. He will also have a photograph at the Wisconsin Union Galleries, one of more than 70 Madison locales that will house exhibits. The State Historical Society, the Kohler Art Library and the Madison Public Library are among the other venues. The conference, sponsored by the Center for Photography at Madison, runs from Feb. 26-March 31.
  Image by Jim Batzer.

   

• The Digital Library for the Decorative Arts has added several new projects to its Web site. Sketches for Country Houses, Villas, and Rural Dwellings; Calculated for Persons of Moderate Income, and for Comfortable Retirement by John Plaw is the newest book that features designs of houses, villas and cottages from the late 18th century. The Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer's Guide, illustrated by A. Hepplewhite and Co. Cabinet-makers, showcases patterns for tables, beds, chairs and more. Two more books highlight exhibitions in mid-19th century Europe and the beginning of manufacturing and the Industrial Revolution. The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue: the Industry of All Nations, 1851 analyzes the exhibition in London as manufactured goods began to replace hand-made arts. The Illustrated Catalogue of the Universal Exhibition, Published with the Art Journal was published in 1868 and looks at the Paris exhibition with the Industrial Revolution in full swing, featuring exhibits from the world's largest manufacturers. For more information, visit: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.

• Wendt Library is undergoing some major remodeling and will look a bit different after it is done. Reference Services will move from the third floor to the second floor, combining with circulation to improve user access. The Library of Congress book collection will also shift books with call numbers A-S to the fourth floor for the spring semester. The circulation desk will move to the library's entrance and a temporary desk is in use now during the move.
  
  
  
• The Friends of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries are seeking book, CD, and LP record donations for their 17th semiannual book sale to be held Wednesday through Saturday, March 3-6. Donations are tax deductible. The Friends hope to offer more than 15,000 books on a variety of topics, including fiction, history, science, philosophy, political science, fine arts, religion and women’s studies. The sale helps support an annual lecture series, special purchases for the library collections, a visiting scholar program, various publications, and grants to campus libraries. In 2003, the Friends sold more than 14,700 books and raised more than $21,000 at each of the two events. The Wisconsin State Journal ran the Friends request for books and materials, Thursday, Feb. 13.
  

  Materials may be dropped off at the Lake Street dock of Memorial Library on weekdays from 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. To arrange for pick-up, contact the Friends, (608) 265-2505 or friends@library.wisc.edu.
  

• Access Services recently released Universal Borrowing statistics for July 2002-June 2003. These two files are accessible online using Internet Explorer and can be found at http://www.library.wisc.edu:4000/Reports/. The first file consists of the lending and borrowing statistics from each of the campus library systems and the second file lists detailed information for all of the individual requests filled. According to the report, from July 2002 to June 2003, UW-Madison loaned 4,436 items, the most in the UW-System, and borrowed 1,346 items.
  
  
• “The Electronic Beowulf,” a CD-ROM of one of the most important documents from the Anglo-Saxon period, is being made available on the staff evaluation page. “The Electronic Beowulf” can only be accessed on library computers and it will go into production when an “about” file is completed.

  The original Beowulf manuscript has survived more than nine centuries, five floods and a fire. The British Museum's keeper of manuscripts placed the one-of-a-kind manuscript under glass frames to protect them from further damage in 1845. In 1993 the British Library made a preservation copy on CD-ROM.

  UW English Professor A.N. Doane donated the CD-ROM to the UW-Madison Libraries. One of the principal benefits is the teaching applications made possible by an electronic resource. For example, it provides an exhaustive glossary of Old English letters and etymology.

  “It also enables an entire classroom to view an image. While there have been facsimiles before, they have not been interactive,” according to Humanities Bibliographer Yvonne Schofer.
  
  To read the full story, see the Friends newsletter: http://giving.library.wisc.edu/friends/magazine/FOL_Newsletter_winter03CX.pdf
  

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NOTABLES

• Phyllis Holman Weisbard, University of Wisconsin System Women’s Studies Librarian and Distinguished Academic Librarian at UW-Madison has won the Association of College and Research Libraries Women’s Studies Section Career Achievement Award. The award, sponsored by Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., recognizes long-term commitment to the profession and is given annually to an academic librarian who has made exceptional contributions to women’s studies librarianship.
  Read more about Weisbard's accomplishments.
  
  
• Three staff members have have taken new positions at College Library in recent months. Jaqui Alvarez, formerly acting head of Reserves Acquisitions will continue to serve as the head. She will fulfill Reference and Instruction duties while managing Reserves Acquisitions. David Luke became the assistant director of College Library Jan. 1, although he will continue to serve as the Computer Services manager and will assist in planning and developing library initiatives. College Library also has a new Technology Coordinator for Reference and Instruction and a new Web site manager. Steven Frye accepted the position and began Jan. 12, although he will still hold the GLS Distance Services Coordinator position and remain on his current committees and working groups.
  
  
• Parallel Press poet and editorial board member Andrea Potos recently earned recognition when her poem "Each Self" won first place in the James Hearst Poetry Prize contest. Potos will receive a $1,000 prize and her poem will appear in the March/April issue of the North American Review, a bimonthly literary magazine published by the University of Northern Iowa. “Each Self” will make its debut in the magazine. Potos authored "The Perfect Day" in 1999, the first poetry chapbook published by Parallel Press. Her work has also appeared in numerous publications, including CALYX Journal, Southern Poetry Review, Women’s Review of Books and 25 Years of Women’s Poetry. "The Perfect Day" won a Pippistrelle Best of the Small Press award in 1999; the award is given to 13 new poetry collections, short prose or nonfiction works each year. She was also nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2003.
  
  

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FEATURES

• The Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries will discuss the university's history, sell thousands of books, analyze fine art and celebrate with an annual banquet this spring. The libraries will also host a lecture and feature several intriguing exhibits throughout the spring.
  Read about Friends and library activities this spring.
  
  

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IN THE NEWS

• The Capital Times reported on the Wisconsin Historical Society's budget cuts and the work the Friends of the Historical Society have done in lieu of full-time staff. In an article in the Jan. 17 issue, "State Historical Society makes additional cuts," The Capital Times reported that the Historical Society has eliminated several full-time positions and that the first-floor information desk will not always be staffed due to budget cuts. According to Bob Thomasgard, the acting director, the Friends have given almost 250,000 volunteer hours, or the hours for approximately 120 positions.
  

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PUBLISHED

• Anne Vandenburgh, a former Wendt Library academic librarian for 15 years, is publishing a book on Charles Lindbergh. Titled Lindbergh's Badger Days, the book looks at the colorful career of "Lucky Lindy" while he was a student at UW-Madison in the early 1920s, as well as return visits to the campus in August of 1927 to promote commercial aviation and in June of 1928 to receive an honorary doctorate. Vandenburgh found much of her information at the State Historical Society and in the university's archives, including previously unpublished photographs, with the help of iconographer Bernie Schermetzler. The book is published by Goblin Fern Authors' Co-operative, a small publishing house and bookstore in Madison operated by new or self-published authors. The book hits stores this month or may be ordered through Goblin Fern. The book also received some media attention from Madison Magazine, which ran an announcement for the book in its January issue. "Lindbergh's Badger Days" is available from the University Book Store, Borders and Invest in Yourself.
  
  
• The Parallel Press, a UW-Madison Libraries imprint, released its 28th chapbook in January. "The Promised Land" by Harriet Brown examines life, loss, family and Judaism in the 18-poem work. Brown, a Madison native, received her master's degree in creative writing from Brooklyn College. Her work has appeared in publications such as the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune and American Girl, and she has won several awards, including the grand prize in The Atlanta Review's International Poetry Competition and fellowships to Yaddo.
  
  
• The Health Sciences Libraries look forward to an exciting year as they combine the three collections into one library, the Ebling Library, part of the larger Health Sciences Learning Center. Read about the move, HSL staff members and services in their Spring 2004 newsletter.
  
  
• The Center for Instructional Materials and Computing put out its January 2004 newsletter, which includes staff news, workshop listings and various exhibits.

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IN PASSING

• Jerry Wager, a former Slavic cataloger in Central Technical Services until the mid-1980s, passed away Feb. 5. At the time of his death, Wager was working at the Library of Congress as the head of Reference and Reader Service in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division. A visitation and funeral service were held in Washington, D.C. Feb. 8 and 9.
  
  
• Rev. Elizabeth Anne Dewey, daughter of former head of GLS Acquisitions Gene Dewey, passed away Jan. 9 after a six-month battle with leukemia. Memorial services were held Jan. 15 and Jan. 18 in upstate New York, where she lived at the time of her death. A visitation was held Jan. 30 and a memorial service Jan. 31. Beth was a Baptist minister, and a memorial scholarship for women in the Baptist ministry has been set up at Andover Newton Theological School in her name.

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CORRECTION

• In Issue 29 of Libraries@UW-Madison, the contact numbers and e-mail address for Jeff Gayton are for when he is on, not off, duty at Memorial Library.

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25 YEARS AGO IN THE LIBRARIES

• From the Feb. 16, 1979 issue of Added Entries: "The Astronomy Library reports that a partial eclipse of the sun will be visible in Madison on Monday, February 26, 1979. It will begin at 9:38 a.m. and will reach 82 percent of total by 10:54 a.m. ... The February 26 eclipse will be the last one visible on the North American continent during this century."

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Quotation

"Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding."

—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882

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