2023-24 Digital Humanities Teaching Fellows Applications Open

The UWM Libraries are excited to announce the call for applications for 2023-24 Digital Humanities Teaching Fellows, our sixth year of the program. The DH Teaching Fellows Award provides an incentive for faculty, instructors, and teaching assistants to share innovative …

New Databases on Water Rights and Labor Issues Now Available

The UWM Libraries have purchased perpetual access to two new HeinOnline Collections: Water Rights and Resources and Labor and Employment: The American Worker. HeinOnline’s Water Rights and Resources is dedicated to understanding the complex interplay of state and federal laws …

Outstanding Library Staff Honored at Reception

The UWM Libraries celebrated the 2022 recipients of the Janet and Carl Moebius Outstanding Staff Achievement Awards at a reception with Provost Scott Gronert on January 18, 2023 in the Golda Meir Library. Those honored for their exceptional service in …

New Staff at the UWM Libraries

The Libraries welcome the following new permanent staff to our three UWM locations. Lyndsey Agar is the new library assistant at UWM at Washington County Library, providing a variety of public services to users. She holds a BA from the …

Libraries Awarded Two Grants To Further Community Engagement

Two departments in the UWM Libraries received grants this fall to extend community engagement efforts. Digital Collections & Initiatives, in collaboration with the UWM Roberto Hernandez Center, was awarded a major grant from Wisconsin Humanities for a podcast based on …

Open Access Psychology Textbook Has Saved UWM Students $2 million

The UWM Open Textbook and OEAR Project is pleased to recognize Psychology 101 for reaching the $2,000,000 open textbook savings milestone. Psychology 101 faculty have been teaching with OpenStax Psychology since 2016, impacting 12,000 students over 26 semesters. OpenStax Psychology …

Special Collections Exhibit Highlights UWM Artists

“UWM Creates,” a retrospective of student/alumni- and faculty-created artwork spanning nearly 65 years from UWM Special Collections and the UWM Union Art Gallery Art Collection, is on view in the Fourth Floor Exhibition Gallery of the Golda Meir Library through …