Detail of Wind and Current Chart of the North Atlantic by M.F. Maury, 1850. This exhibit draws from the collections of the American Geographical Society Library to illustrate how the representation of wind on cartographic objects evolved as scientific knowledge …
“Justice for All: The Legacy of Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson” features Chief Justice Abrahamson’s groundbreaking career, her impact on the Wisconsin court system, and her place in history through text and personal photos. It highlights causes she championed: women’s …
Presented by Ann Hanlon and Jie Chen, UWM Libraries. IIIF is a set of open standards for delivering high-quality digital objects online at scale. Hundreds of cultural heritage institutions use this standard to deliver their archival objects online, including the University of …
Anne Bonds, associate professor, UWM Department of Geography, and Derek Handley, assistant professor, UWM Department of English, will discuss their project, Mapping Racism and Resistance in Milwaukee County, about the history and impact of racist language in real estate covenants in …
Presented by Ann Hanlon and Stephen Appel, UWM Libraries. GitHub is most commonly understood as a site to share and collaborate on code. But non-coders can get a lot out of GitHub as well, including using GitHub to build digital exhibits …
Presented by Alonso Cueto. A native of Lima, Peru, Alonso Cueto is a major figure in contemporary Latin American literature. He is the author of novels, short fiction, plays, and essays. His novels include The Blue Hour (2005 Herralde Prize for Novel), El …
Presented by Dr. Gerlinde Höbel, associate professor in the Biological Sciences department at UWM. Dr. Höbel’s research deals with adaptations to communicate in complex and dynamic environments (such as a frog chorus), and with the effects of social interactions on communication …
![[detail] "Buffalo Dance" by Kiowa artist Jack Hokeah reproduced in pochoir in Kiowa Indian Art, published in 1929 by C. Szwedzicki in Nice, France in an edition of 750 copies.](https://uwm.edu/libraries/wp-content/uploads/sites/572/2022/11/native-american-lit-exhibit.jpg "native american lit exhibit")
To commemorate Native American Heritage Month, this exhibition presents selections from the Native American Literature Collection in Special Collections, one of the largest such collections in the upper Midwest. The exhibition, curated by Special Collections graduate intern Olivia Hickner, will …
Presented by Ann Hanlon and Nathan Humpal, UWM Libraries. Linked open data is a method of sharing and connecting structured data on the web. Wikidata – part of the Wikimedia Foundation universe – functions as a knowledge base built using linked open …
Presented by Georgia Brown, public services librarian in the American Geographical Society Library. Scholar Sip is a free community event held in the UWM at Washington County Library in West Bend on select Thursdays over the lunch hour. Come find …