Category: People & Libraries
Feature stories on individual libraries and library staff members to highlight the work that these groups and individuals do within the Libraries and for the university.
Announcements about internal and external library awards.
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Posted on May 10, 2018
Final Thoughts with the Retiring Vice Provost for Libraries
After working in library services for 47 years, Vice Provost Ed Van Gemert is drawing his long, rewarding professional career to a close with his […]
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Posted on July 27, 2017
American Voices from the Past Live Again
Fifty years after their voices were captured on tape, Americans who were interviewed for the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) are speaking again. “Their […]
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Posted on July 25, 2017
Uncovering the Hoopes Sisters’ Collection
When University of Wisconsin–Madison English Language and Humanities Librarian Susan Barribeau acquired 25 sketchbooks of Florence and Margaret Hoopes in 2008, she didn’t know they […]
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Posted on July 13, 2017
Honoring Professor Biruté Ciplijauskaité
~ by Luís Madureira Biruté Ciplijauskaité, John Bascom Professor from 1973 to 1997 and a lifetime senior fellow at UW-Madison’s Institute for Research in […]
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Posted on June 28, 2017
Spring / Summer 2017 Magazine Now Available
In the Summer 2017 issue, you can read about the treasured Hoopes Sisters’ Collection. Learn about the unique path that brought a UW-Madison librarian to the sisters’ […]
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Posted on June 26, 2017
Transforming Space, Transforming Learning: The WSB Learning Commons
~By Clare Becker (Wisconsin School of Business) During construction of the Learning Commons, the Business Library’s service points will be displaced throughout Grainger Hall. Read […]
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Posted on May 19, 2017
Wendt Library Will Be Closed for the Summer
Due to extensive renovations, Wendt Library (including the book drop) will be closed May 22 through mid- to late-August. You can continue to access: Librarians […]
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Posted on April 7, 2017
The 2017 UW Book Madness champion is Harper Lee’s classic “To Kill a Mockingbird”
“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do […]
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Posted on November 3, 2016
Using New Technology to Scan a 16th Century Manuscript
This update comes to us from Cat Phan, digital services librarian at the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center and 2016 ARL+DLF Forum Fellow. The […]
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Posted on September 26, 2016
Libraries Highlight Banned Books Week
Banned Books Week is an annual event that celebrates the right to read and highlights the importance of free and open access to information. Started […]