New Archives Open House

Archives, Golda Meir Library

The UWM Libraries are celebrating our greatly expanded and renovated Archives with an open house on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. The event will include remarks by UWM Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Chia …

The Beyond

Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir Library

This exhibition examines the variety of human imagings about "what's out there." On display through October are 17th- 19th century conjectures on celestial bodies and mechanics; contemporary artist's books that ponder space and time; and speculative fiction from early science fiction and fantasy …

Universal Questions: Mapping the Skies Through Time  

American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Exhibit, American Geographical Society Library Mapping the stars as they rotate through the night sky is an ancient art practiced by people all over the world.  The ways people talk about space change over time thanks to scientific discoveries, but …

Information Literacy Research Assignment Workshop   

Room E272, Golda Meir Library

Research assignments serve an important role in college courses. Tasks like selecting and evaluating additional sources of information, summarizing new information and comparing it to core course concepts all have the potential to build learning. However, the goals of a research assignment are …

UWM Gallery Night

Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

The UWM Libraries will be participating in UWM Gallery Night, Thursday, September 21, 4 - 7 p.m. In addition to exhibits in our American Geographical Society Library and Special Collections, AGSL Curator Marcy Bidney will lead a star maps discussion …

Golda Meir Library To Participate in Doors Open Milwaukee Sept. 23

Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

The UWM Libraries will take part in Doors Open Milwaukee on Saturday, September 23, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit three collections located in the UWM Golda Meir Library and view some of our rare and fascinating treasures: The …

Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion

Online

Italo Calvino "Lightness" and "Quickness" from Six Memos for the New Millennium (1985). 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 …

HOLA Archives: Podcast Launch and Celebration

Fourth Floor Conference Center, Golda Meir Library

Join us to celebrate the launch of the HOLA Archives Podcast on Thursday, October 5 at 5 p.m. in the fourth floor Conference Center in the UWM Golda Meir Library. The HOLA Archives Podcast Project is a collaboration between the UWM Libraries and …

Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: A Conversation

Room E272, Golda Meir Library

Presented by Tomas Lipinski, UWM School of Information Studies. Join us to discuss the problematic area where intellectual property rights and artificial intelligence cross paths: from the mining of data to feed large language models, to issues of attribution and …

Milwaukee Home Movie Day 2023

Mitchell Hall, Room B91

UWM Libraries' Archives, UWM Films Studies Program, and UWM Department of Film, Video, Animation and New Genres present Home Movie Day on Saturday, October 14, 2023 from noon to 4 p.m. in Room B91 in Mitchell Hall, 3202 N. Downer …