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American Indian Studies Library
Acquisition of specified materials
Gender & Sexuality Campus Center
Acquisition of specific materials in trans and gender studies, queer studies, bisexuality, international perspectives, history, religion, memoir, fiction and film
Special Collections & University Archives Preservation
Conservation lab work to restore a collection of 1890s campus events posters, correspondence books of University President Thomas Chamberlain from the late 1800s, and deteriorated volumes held in Special Collections
Memorial Library Staff
Funding for a librarian to attend Rare Book School
Center for Limnology Library
Preservation of historic materials
Special Collections
Travel to Japan to acquire specific Japanese-language materials
Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies
Conservation lab work for the preservation of historic materials
Southeast Asian Studies
Travel to Thailand for collection development
Arthur H. Robinson Map Library
Professional development funding to support the BTAA Geoportal project
Memorial Library Technical Services
University Staff funding to gain skills for cataloging Islamic manuscripts in Special Collections
Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research
Preservation of the Love Tapes, part of the Wendy Clarke Collection
Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies
Preservation of select historic materials
Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research
Preservation of The Faye Emerson Show
Wisconsin Zoological Museum
Preservation of biological wall charts
Center for Limnology Library
Preservation of historic materials
American Indian Studies Library
Acquisition of specified materials
Memorial Library Preservation
Repair and stabilization of the Harris Collection, Geography over sized volumes, and Special Collection pieces
South Asian Studies, Jewish Studies
Acquisition of materials in India
German Language Humanities
Acquisition of materials in Germany
Wisconsin State Herbarium
Acquisition of reference materials
Journalism Reading Room
Preservation of materials
Center for Limnology Library
Preservation of historic records
American Indian Studies Program Library
Acquisition of contemporary materials
Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies
Preservation and conservation services
University Archives
Preservation of the Howard Temin papers
Anthropology, Folklore, and Sociology Librarian
Acquisition of electronic handbooks
Gender and Women’s Studies Librarian
Acquisition of contemporary materials
Kohler Art Library
Acquisition of Julie Chen’s Chrysalis
Department of Special Collections
Acquisition of medieval manuscript leaves
Western European History
Acquisition of reference materials
MERIT Library
Acquisition of set of nonfiction series on countries of the world
Middle Easter and Central Asian Studies
Acquisition of the digital “Euromaidan Protests in Ukraine, 2013-2014” ephemera collection
LGBT Campus Center
Acquisition of educational materials
German Languages and Literature
Acquisition of full-text electronic access to primary source publications and letters
Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies
Preservation of several 19th century publications
Gender and Women’s Studies Library
Acquisition of 3 comprehensive encyclopedias and a reference handbook
Kohler Art Library
Acquisition of Panorama, an artist’s book of environmental issues
American Indian Studies Library
Acquisition of contemporary materials
Collections Library
Acquisition of 3 volumes of “European Theatre Performance Practice”
Special Collections
Acquisition of photographic Vintage Postcards of English actresses
Geography Library
Acquisition of a reference handbook
University Archives
Preservation of materials related to civil rights organizations and activities on campus
American Indian Studies Program Library
Purchase of contemporary materials
Anthropology Collection
Purchase of e-book collection, Oxford Handbook in Archaeology: Foundation Collection
East Asian Studies
Acquisition of titles relating to the Chinese Anti-Rightist Movement.
Geography Library
Acquisition of updated state, topographic, and gazetteer atlases
Geology and Geophysics Library
Acquisition of international geological maps
German Language Humanities Collection
Purchase of Bibliographical Annals: Literature in the Soviet Union Occupation Zone and GDR, 1945-1990.
Japanese Studies
Purchase set of reproduction of auction catalogs of East Asian art pieces.
Kohler Art Library, Rider
Acquisition of illuminated manuscript facsimiles
Law Library
Purchase of vacuum for preservation project
LGBT Campus Center Resource Library
Purchase of materials for collection development
Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies
Preservation of select historic materials.
Classical Studies and Romance Languages Collection
Purchase of database Brill’s Encyclopedia of Neo-Latin World Online
Slavic Studies Collection
Purchase of electronic back file of Russkaia literature
University Archives
Preservation of fragile memorabilia
Wisconsin State Herbarium Library
Acquisition of flora and taxonomic guides.
Wisconsin Water Library
Purchase of materials for academic research and outreach education.
In 2014 the board of directors approved 16 grant proposals totaling $11,000.
American Indian Studies Library
The purchase of contemporary materials
Comparative Literature/Folklore Department- Memorial Library
Acquisition of Gaelic Books in support of new Comp Lit/Folklore Department Celtic studies courses
Department of Special Collections- Memorial Library
Assessment, flattening, and polyester film encapsulation/matting for posers acquired recently as a part of the Woodland Pattern Book Center archive
East Asian Studies Library
Purchase of Chinese Ocean territorial literature sequel: Taiwan, Liuqiu, Hong Kong and Macao title
German Language Humanities
Purchase of 3 volumes by Martin Opitz
Japanese Studies- Memorial Library
Purchase of an illustrated guidebook for international travel
Kohler Art Library
Purchase of Mining my Antonia by Barbara Tetenbaum
LGBT Campus Center Resource Library
To acquire target items (books and movies) for the Resource Library that are not held at UW Madison
Mills Music Library
Address the condition of a rare book received from Wisconsin Historical Society (1856 edition)
Physics Library
Purchase monographs in popular physics
Silver Buckle Press
Acquisition of type from Moore Wood Type
SLIS-Laboratory Library
Acquisition of monographs for the SLIS Library to support teaching, research and service in the area of tribal libraries, archives/museums, and related topics
Social Work Library
Purchase of Invisible Young and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression
Steenbock Library
Purchase print copies of the award winning cookbook titles from the 2013 James Beard Foundation Book Awards, often referred to as The Oscars of Food
Wendt Commons Special Collections
Preservation of rare materials
Western European History and Social Sciences Library
Preservation funding for The Continental Times
To learn more about the Grants-to-Libraries Program, please contact the Friends at 265-2505, or via the Friends Contact Form.