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3rd Annual Maureen Grant Memorial Blood Drive
Maureen Grant (1953 – 2011)Image courtesy of Grant family For the past 2 years, UW–Madison Librarians honored the memory of Maureen Grant, a longtime colleague who was struck and killed by a bus in...
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Still Open for Entries!: Edible Book Festival
Last year’s winner for “Most Minimalist,” a Hunger Games pie by Carrie Wolfson. Photo courtesy of Eating in Madison A to Z The 2014 Edible Book Festival takes place 11:00 am – 5:30 pm on Thursday,...
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What bookish joy! To prepare us all for National Library Week (April 13-19th this year), the annual Edible Book Festival celebrated books, creativity, and a reader’s relationship to the written word....
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Star in Your Own READ Poster!
READ at the Kohl Center! READ on the Terrace! Today marks the beginning of a very, very important week: it’s National Library Week! Libraries and librarians have a powerful and positive impact on the...
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Librarians Who Gladly Spend Their Weekends in Jail
(Credit to original article) Today UW–Madison News published an article by Sean Kirkby featuring the work and success of the Jail Library Group, a student volunteer-run organization that serves the...
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HYBRID Brings Poetry and Photography to Madison’s Green Cabs
One of the pieces, featuring Susan Elbe’s poem, “After Work.” (Image from HYBRID Facebook page) If you take a ride in a Green Cab sometime in the next six months you may notice something special. Each...
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Madison Spotlight on Oral History in 2014
We’re pleased to have Troy Reeves, Head of the Oral History Program, back to talk a little more about the collection, access points, and the upcoming meeting. written Troy Reeves UW-Madison Oral...
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Go Big Read Announces ‘I Am Malala’ for Its 6th Year
Article by Jenny Price The Taliban thought bullets would silence Malala Yousafzai. But instead they made her voice stronger, and today the teenager from Pakistan is known worldwide as a transformative...
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Community Collaborations: Librarians Teach High School Students
Eliot Finkelstein demonstrates a sample search Over the last academic year, instruction librarians have taught information literacy classes to over 500 high school students from the state of Wisconsin....
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UW-Madison Libraries at the Wisconsin State Fair
Save the date for UW-Madison Day at the Wisconsin State Fair on Wednesday, August 6th. The UW-Madison Libraries, along with staff from all over the university, will be connecting with hundreds of...
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