The 2018-19 UWM Libraries Annual Report is now available. It tells the story of the Libraries’ many contributions during the past academic year to student success, research excellence, and community engagement at UWM. You may access it here.
The UWM Libraries are soliciting input from our users on their use of citation managers. Citation managers are online tools used to save, organize, and share your bibliographies. The UWM Libraries have been subscribing to RefWorks since 2008. The bibliographic management landscape has grown and matured since 2008. There …
Beginning July 1, the UWM Libraries are no longer charging overdue fines for general materials (books, DVDs, CDs, etc.). The Libraries are making this change primarily to lessen financial hardships for students and to support their success at UWM. Patrons …
The UWM Libraries have recently acquired access to three streaming resources, available via the Libraries website: Docuseek2, LGBT Studies in Video, and the PBS Video Collection. The Docuseek2 Complete Collection (Second Edition) will contain 1800 exclusive documentaries, upon completion in …
The UWM Libraries are pleased to announce the 2019-20 Digital Humanities (DH) Lab Teaching Fellows: Dylan Barth (CETL/Women’s and Gender Studies) Peter Blewett (English) Aims McGuinness (History) Whitney Moon (Architecture) The Teaching Fellows will be incorporating DH methods and tools in one of their fall 2019 …
Dr. Michael Doylen has accepted the permanent position of Associate Vice Provost and Director of Libraries. He will assume the position on July 1, 2019. Since 2016, Doylen has served as Director on an interim basis, steering efforts to integrate library …
The Friends of the Golda Meir Library, for the third consecutive year, have funded the library internship of a UWM School of Information Studies graduate student. This past spring semester, the internship was awarded to Stephanie Surach, who served in …
Due to escalating costs of journals and databases, the UWM Libraries must undertake a cancellation review process for 2019-2020. We seek help from the campus community by reviewing titles and identifying those whose cancellation will do the least harm. More information about the cancellation …
The UWM Libraries Digital Humanities Lab announces a call for applications for 2019-20 Teaching Fellows, an award intended to encourage faculty and instructors to share their DH-inflected assignments via workshops and documentation. The award encourages both individual applications and linked teaching teams. The application is available …
Following the announcement of the joining of UWM with the UW campuses in Waukesha and Washington County, the UWM Libraries have worked diligently to integrate the libraries at all three campuses to serve the needs of students and faculty in the College of General …