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The American Geographical Society Library will conserve rare atlases from its Rare Materials Room thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. The grant will facilitate the repair of five maritime navigational atlases dating from 1693, and other rare atlases with the balance of funding.  Part of a more than 20,000-item rare collection, the navigational atlases (also called pilots or neptunes) to be conserved include: Le Neptune Francois ou Atlas Nouveau des Cartes …

The American Geographical Society Library named three national scholars as AGSL Research Fellows for 2026. Each will receive a stipend to travel to Milwaukee and conduct research at the AGSL.  Cy Abbott Cy Abbott, University of Oregon PhD candidate in geography, will examine the influence of American geographers and cartographers on drawing borders in Central Asia and …

The UWM Libraries celebrated the 2025 recipients of the Janet and Carl Moebius Outstanding Staff Achievement Awards at a reception on Jan. 12 in the Golda Meir Library. Two members of the UWM Libraries staff were selected for awards: Chris Baxter (university staff) and Elizabeth Rhinehart (student employee).  Since joining the UWM Libraries in 2021, Building …

If you stop by the American Geographical Society Library at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, you'll likely catch yourself tipping your head to one side. At first, it might seem difficult to orient yourself while viewing many of the maps currently on display. But that’s the intention behind AGSL’s latest exhibit “Whose North Is It Anyway?”  Interim Head of AGSL and Public Services Librarian Georgia Brown …