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Library director to unveil UW-Madison's six millionth book at Friends annual lecture April 18
Posted 4/2/2001
The UW-Madison's
six millionth book will be presented as part of the Friends annual
lecture at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 18, in the Howard Auditorium
of the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave.
Kenneth L. Frazier, director of the libraries, will give the annual lecture and reveal the book as part of his talk, "The Golden Age of the Research Library." The illustrated lecture, which is open to the public at no charge, is part of Celebrating Books, a series of events that commemorates the acquisition of the 6 millionth book.
As director during the past decade, Frazier has overseen the growth of the collections, the development of digital resources and the creation of national initiatives in library partnerships in scholarly communication. Frazier is past president of the Association of Research Libraries based in Washington, D.C., a consortium of more than 100 of the largest research libraries in North America.
