Publications

Libraries, the magazine of the UW-Madison Libraries is published twice a year. This fully colored, expository magazine includes special news from the Friends, as well as recent library news about events, exhibits, and collections. It also showcases development work with the University of Wisconsin Foundation and our wonderful donors.

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Fall 2023

• Update from Interim Vice Provosts for Libraries Konrad and Moyo
• Wisconsin Water Library
• Libraries by the Numbers

Spring 2023

• Best Wishes to Vice Provost Lisa Carter
• Then Came Armageddon
• R. Richard Wagner Pride Archives Fund

Fall 2022

• Student Success – Libraries and students work together to creat opportunities for academic and professional success
• Sifting & Reckoning – A look inside the Public History Project’s powerful exhibition
• Friends of the Libraries – Inventing the Alphabet with Dr. Johanna Drucker

Fall 2021

• You Can’t Stop a Badger – The Libraries are STILL here to help you
• Special Collections – Science at UW-Madison: Sources for its History
• Friends of the Libraries – Providing valuable support for research excellence

Spring 2021

• A Critical Partnership: COVID-19 Researchers and Libraries
• Keeping up with Friends, Even from Afar
• Undergraduate Research Awards

Fall 2020

• COVID-19: Impact, Response, and Looking Forward
• Doing the Work: Addressing Racism and Inequity
• Golden Anniversary: Celebrating Kohler’s 50th Anniversary

Spring 2019

• Basic Training: Library Outreach to UW-Madison student veterans
• Making an Impact: Celebrating 30 Years of Teaching and Learning

Fall 2018

• UW-Madison Libraries welcome new Vice Provost and University Librarian Lisa R. Carter
• Debut: A Selection of Recent Acquisitions in Special Collections
• Inspiring Spaces: Celebrating the Grand Opening of the Business Learning Commons

Spring 2018

• Always Forward: As He Retires, Vice Provost Ed Van Gemert Reflects on His Time at UW
• Sound of Music: Exploring the Rich Musical History of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest
• #StainsAlive: Lifting the Mystery from Dirty Old Books Through Multispectral Imaging

Fall 2017

• Vice Provost for Libraries Announces Retirement
• Remembering Dow: The Voices Behind the Images
• A Vision for the Future:  The Libraries Unveil their 25-year Master Plan

Spring 2017

• Uncovering the Hoopes Sisters’ Collection
• Go Big Read Announces 2017-2018 Selection: Hillbilly Elegy
• SOAR Advising and UW-Madison Libraries Make Perfect Partners for Student Success
• Google + Us = Worldwide Access

Fall 2016

• Pomp and Circumstance: Celebrating Shakespeare in Wisconsin

Spring 2016

• The Chemistry of Color: Examining the Beauty of the Cole Collection
• Business Library, SBDC Team up to Create Opportunities for Entrepreneurs
• Libraries Leading the Way: Educational Innovation at UW-Madison

Fall 2015

• UW-Madison Libraries: Preserving the Past, Transforming the Future
• BioCommons: A Collaboration Coming to Life
• Friends’ Jim Dast: Honoring Superior Service

Spring 2015

• St. John’s Bible Exhibit
• Visiting Scholar Report
• Spring Calendar of Events

Fall 2014

• African Commemorative Fabrics
• Remembering a Lost Bird
• Fall Calendar of Events

Spring 2014

• Caxton Club Annual Symposium
• Grants-in-Aid Visiting Scholar uses Library of Amateur Journalism
• Meet the Friends Board and New Staff

Fall 2013

• Look What’s Cooking: the Steenbock Library Cookbook Collection
• Calendar of Events
• Preserving a Library Treasure; The Deutscher Sprachatlas

Spring 2013

• University Archives Film Collection by Archivist Vicki Tobias
• Calendar of Events
• A Visiting Scholar Says Thanks