Category: Featured

• Jerry Apps: Book Release and Documentary Sneak Preview

  Posted on Sep 26th

  On Tuesday, October 1st from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., the Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries is hosting  a free event, open […]

• Exhibit Opening & Reception for Bump on a Line: The Art of Waiting

  Posted on Sep 24th

  Imagine waiting for two years for a promise to breathe again. Imagine waiting two years to finally receive a double lung transplant. […]

• Wisconsin’s Rich Food Heritage: Exploring the Steenbock Library Cookbook Collection

  Posted on Sep 12th

  It’s harvest time, so let’s celebrate Wisconsin’s wonderful food heritage with cookbooks, food tastings, and a talk by culinary historian Traci Nathans-Kelly, […]

• Give Time Travel a Try at this Year’s Helen C. House Party

  Posted on Sep 11th

  by Kelli Hughes College Library has a few new tricks to reveal at the 5th Annual Helen C. House Party this Thursday, […]

• A tour of Madison Public Library’s new Central Library

  Posted on Sep 10th

  Yesterday, Libraries staff had the opportunity to tour Madison Public Library’s new Central Library. The tour was coordinated by Tracy Honn of […]

• Library of the Month: College Library

  Posted on Sep 9th

  The Library of the Month for September is College Library, the undergraduate library on campus! In many ways, College Library is like […]

• Ground Breaking Ceremony for new Verona Shelving Facility

  Posted on Aug 26th

  Monday, August 19th marked a “momentous day” for the Libraries, as Vice Provost Ed Van Gemert remarked. After almost twenty years of […]

• 2nd Annual Wisconsin Welcome Library Luau at Steenbock Library

  Posted on Aug 21st

  Plans for the  the second annual Wisconsin Welcome Library Luau are in full swing at Steenbock Library! The free event will run […]

• Facebook “Summer Reads” Giveaway!

  Posted on Aug 5th

  Read any good books lately? Submit your recommendations to our Summer Reads giveaway for a chance to win a $25 UW Bookstore […]

• Sign up to Donate Blood on July 31st at the UW Libraries Blood Drive

  Posted on Jul 26th

  The 2013 annual UW Libraries Blood Drive will take place on Wednesday, July 31 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. in 116 […]

• The Libraries’ 75-years Overdue Book on WMTV Channel 15

  Posted on Jul 24th

  Last week, we shared the story behind a very overdue library book, which made its way back to UW-Madison Libraries seventy-five years after […]

• Volunteer to work the 2013 UW Libraries Blood Drive!

  Posted on Jul 22nd

  The annual 2013 UW Libraries Blood Drive will take place on Wednesday, July 31 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. in 116 […]