UWM Libraries

Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion
2024-03-27 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Online
Carson McCullers
“Wunderkind” (1936)
“The Jockey” (1941)
“Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland” (1941)
No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected texts.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION
If you think you will be attending the session, please send Max Yela an email (maxyela@uwm.edu) about your intention to attend (even if you decide not to attend later). He will accept notices of intent until 5:00 p.m., March 27. Between 6:30 and 6:45 on the day of our discussion, March 27, you will receive an email from him with an automatic password-protected URL. Please use that URL to join the session (you will of course need to use a computer with a microphone and a video camera in it — if you want to be seen, that is). When you join, you will be placed in a waiting room that Max will be monitoring to allow attendees into the session. Only those he has emailed will be allowed into the session. This process is intended to maximize the security of the meeting.
These discussions are free and open to the public.
Part of the purpose of the Great Books Roundtable Discussions is to illustrate the pedagogical method of shared inquiry. Another purpose is to disseminate an understanding and appreciation of the philosophy of great books education on the UWM campus. It was the assertion of the former Great Books Program that its methodology and philosophical approach toward the study of foreign languages, mathematics, history, and great books offers a challenging, meaningful, and useful Liberal Arts education.
Special Collections serves as host for the Roundtable Discussions in support of these educational goals. Special Collections’ programs, services, and policy of free, open, and equal access to all its collections have close affinities to the former Great Books Program’s vision of a vigorous Liberal Arts education and its method of shared inquiry.
More information on the program can be found on the Special Collections Great Books Roundtable Discussions webpage.

Introduction to OER Adoption Virtual Workshop
2024-03-27 11:30 - 13:00 | Online
This virtual workshop on Wednesday, March 27 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. will introduce faculty to open textbooks — a type of open educational resource (OER) — and the benefits these textbooks offer: affordability, pedagogical practice, student learning, and engagement. Faculty are then invited to engage with open textbooks by writing a brief review of a book in the Open Textbook Library.
Several UWM courses use Open Textbooks, removing textbook cost as a barrier to student success. For more information about UWM’s Open Textbook and OER initiative, see the guide to Open Educational Resources.
For a self-paced training course on OER at UWM, see Open Textbooks and OER Training for Instructors.
Please register to attend. Participants are asked to select an open textbook for review. Instructors who complete the review process will be eligible for a $200 stipend. Stipends are awarded as an S&E transfer from GPR/101 to GPR/101 lines only.
Register for the virtual workshop. Please use this form to RSVP by Tuesday, March 26.
Contact Kristin Woodward (kristinw@uwm.edu) for additional details or to request accommodations.

Visual Essays Using Digital Archives: Juncture and IIF
2024-03-13 10:00 - 11:30 | Room E272, Golda Meir Library
Presented by Ann Hanlon and Jie Chen, UWM Libraries
Juncture is an open-source framework to build multimedia exhibits that enables authors to build simple or complex narratives, building on other open tools. Tap into existing digital collections and incorporate high resolution images, zooming capabilities, the ability to highlight specific areas of an object, and provide context and narrative. All with web-based tools that are available to anyone! No experience necessary.
Register here: https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-humanities/dh-lab-events/dh-lab-registration-building-visual-essays-using-juncture

UWM's Academic Adventurers Talk -- Pedestrian Safety at Night: Illuminating the Problem and Strategies for Safer Streets
2024-03-08 15:00 - 16:00 | American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library, 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States
Presented by Robert J. Schneider, Ph.D., Professor and Co-Chair, Department of Urban Planning, UWM.
US pedestrian fatalities increased by 51% between 2010 and 2020 (4,302 to 6,516 fatalities per year), and nearly all of the additional pedestrian fatalities that occurred were at night. This trend has continued into the 2020s, and now more than three-quarters of US pedestrian fatalities are at night.
This presentation by Robert Schneider will draw on research conducted by UWM as a part of a National Cooperative Highway Research Program team to understand how the geographic layout and design of our roadway system has evolved over time to contribute to this uniquely American problem. The outcomes of this research look beyond individualistic strategies (such as having pedestrians wear reflective clothing) toward systemic solutions to the problem (such as redesigning streets with fewer lanes and enhanced pedestrian crossings, improving roadway lighting, and reducing nighttime speed limits).
UWM’s Academic Adventurers is a continuing series of informal Friday afternoon programs held in the American Geographical Society Library, that give members of the UWM community the opportunity to hear of their colleagues’ adventures abroad and afield.

All programs are free and open to the public. For more information or to arrange for special needs, call 414-229-6282.

Geek Week at the Library, March 4-8
2024-03-04 - 2024-03-08 | Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir Library
If You Build It . . . You’ll Have Fun.
Create structures, tap into your inner builder, and be an architect of your own amusement. All week long in the Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons you can get creative with Lego’s, Marble Run, Magna Tiles. Straws and Connectors, and other structural toys.
March 6 Bonus! Wag-More Wednesday – We Geek Dogs! Come get some snuggles from Tucker @ 11 am, Lexi @ 12:30 pm, Woodson @ 4:00 pm, and Norwin @ 7:00 pm.

Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion
2024-02-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
Anne Frank
The Diary of a Young Girl, 12 June – 22 December 1942, translated by Susan Massotty, 1997. (1947)
No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected text.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION
If you think you will be attending the session, please send Max Yela an email (maxyela@uwm.edu) about your intention to attend (even if you decide not to attend later). He will accept notices of intent until 5:00 p.m., February 28. Between 6:30 and 6:45 on the day of our discussion, February 28, you will receive an email from him with an automatic password-protected URL. Please use that URL to join the session (you will of course need to use a computer with a microphone and a video camera in it — if you want to be seen, that is). When you join, you will be placed in a waiting room that Max will be monitoring to allow attendees into the session. Only those he has emailed will be allowed into the session. This process is intended to maximize the security of the meeting.
These discussions are free and open to the public.
Part of the purpose of the Great Books Roundtable Discussions is to illustrate the pedagogical method of shared inquiry. Another purpose is to disseminate an understanding and appreciation of the philosophy of great books education on the UWM campus. It was the assertion of the former Great Books Program that its methodology and philosophical approach toward the study of foreign languages, mathematics, history, and great books offers a challenging, meaningful, and useful Liberal Arts education.
Special Collections serves as host for the Roundtable Discussions in support of these educational goals. Special Collections’ programs, services, and policy of free, open, and equal access to all its collections have close affinities to the former Great Books Program’s vision of a vigorous Liberal Arts education and its method of shared inquiry.
More information on the program can be found on the Special Collections Great Books Roundtable Discussions webpage.

Writing for the Underground: A Talk by Neil Horsky
2024-02-15 15:00 - 16:00 | American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library, 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States
Neil Horsky — an artist and an adjunct instructor at UWM and at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design — will talk about his work as an arts journalist at an independent newspaper, The Boston Compass, and how audience demographics and organizational capacity shape research methods, form, content, and style.

Black History Month Pop Up Exhibits
2024-02-01 08:00 - 2024-02-29 17:00 | Golda Meir Library, 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Come celebrate and learn with us at our Black History Month pop up exhibits in the American Geographical Society Library, Archives, and Special Collections! The exhibits are open Monday through Friday, February 1 through February 29, during the three collections’ normal open hours.

Celebrate Black Art
2024-02-01 08:00 - 2024-02-29 17:00 | Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir Library
An exhibition, “Celebrate Black Art,” is on view in the Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons February 1-29, 2024.
Join us in commemorating Black History Month as we pay tribute to the rich heritage of Black Art and Artists. February’s exhibit showcases the incredible talent and creativity of Black Artists, encompassing performance arts, film, general arts, and the influential black arts movements that have shaped the United States.
The displayed books and other library materials, sourced from the collections of the UWM Libraries, emphasize the significant contributions and lasting impact of key figures in Black Art throughout history.
For more information, contact Tiffany Thornton at thornto4@uwm.edu or 414-229-7377.
