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Summer is construction season on Wisconsin roads, and, this year, in the Golda Meir Library as well. Several renovation projects will address important needs and update outmoded spaces. The creation of a 2,700 square foot Graduate Student Commons on the second floor, east wing of the library promises to have the most impact on student …

Tiffany Thornton. Photo by Christina DeSpears. Tiffany Thornton is the outreach and community engagement librarian at the UWM Libraries, a position she has held since 2014. In this role, Tiffany supervises the Libraries’ diversity services for UWM students, coordinates the Libraries' K-12 programming and onsite visits, and serves as subject contact for the School of …

The American Geographical Society Library has awarded research fellowships to three international scholars for 2024. All three are exploring a “view from the outside“ — as one of the fellows, Jitka Močičková, characterizes her research topic — during their time in AGSL. Jitka Močičková Jitka Močičková is a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Modern …

A UWM Libraries' initiative to provide e-textbooks for almost 15% of the courses offered at UWM during the 2023-24 year ensured that all students taking those classes had access to their textbooks on the first day. The initiative's success has engendered a strategic change in how the Libraries use a portion of their budget to …