In recognition of Open Access Week 2018, the UW-Madison Libraries are hosting a free public screening of the film Paywall: The Business of Scholarship, followed […]

This exhibit of artists’ books and art displayed throughout the library explores the topic of civic engagement, an issue that has impacted our national character […]

The Friends’ annual Schewe Lecture, in partnership with the Wisconsin Book Festival, is pleased to announce 2018 Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Fraser— editor of the […]

Once again, the UW-Madison Libraries are hitting the streets for First Day First Aid! Weather permitting, on September 5 & 6 from 7:30am to 3:30pm, we’ll have […]

Stop by the Department of Special Collections during the fall 2018 semester to see the Special Collections exhibition showcasing new acquisitions from the Kohler Art […]

Kick up your heels to Die Tanzgeiger, a traditional Austrian dance band with Upper Midwestern connections, including performances drawn from such UW Library holdings and […]

The Friends’ annual Schewe Lecture is pleased to announce Caroline Fraser— editor of the Library of America edition of the Little House series.  Fraser will […]

This year’s Madison Early Music Festival, with its theme “A Cabinet of Curiosities: Journey to Lübeck,” offers us the opportunity to showcase our many books […]

Through a Magnum Lens: Photographing the 1960s The turbulence of the 1960s was made powerfully visible through the medium of documentary photography.  Members of Magnum, […]

The Sixties Remembering Who Was T/here The 1960s in the United States is remembered as a time of transformation. Like today, the country was politically […]