At a reception in the Golda Meir Library on January 22, the UWM Libraries honored their outstanding achievement award winners for 2019: Tiffany Thornton, Outreach and Community Engagement Librarian; Alice Ladrick, Special Collections department manager; and Georgia Brown, American Geographical …
Jessica Rardin, a graduate student in the UWM School of Information Studies (SOIS), has been named the Tyler S. Smith Intern at the UWM Libraries. Funded by SOIS and the UWM Libraries, the internship honors the memory of Tyler Smith, …
A collaborative team led by Ann Hanlon, head of Digital Collections and Initiatives at the UWM Libraries, and Dan Siercks, interim director for Web and Data Services in the UWM College of Letters & Science, has received a $50,000 Andrew …
On January 1, 2020, the UWM Libraries will launch a new community borrowing program that will replace the Friends of the UWM Golda Meir Library membership program. To borrow books and other items, community members who are not affiliated with …
In celebration of the 50th presentation of the Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture, the UWM Libraries have created a digital collection as well as an exhibit in the Golda Meir Library’s Fourth Floor Gallery, that documents the history of the series …
Over 20 new books by UWM faculty and staff have been published since our last UWM Authors Recognition Ceremony in March 2019. We feature four here: These books and others recently published by UWM authors are available for check out …
The UWM Libraries announce the new Division of Distinctive Collections, which brings together the American Geographical Society Library (AGSL), Archives, and Special Collections. Marcy Bidney, curator of AGSL, has been named Assistant Director of the division. The reorganization follows a …
Now in its fourth year, the UWM Open Textbook and Open Educational Resource Adoption Project—a partnership between the UWM Libraries and Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning—continues to expand affordable course material options across campus. To date, the project …
Where is the best place to initiate a teaching collaboration that you hadn’t envisioned, with someone you’ve never met, that crosses disciplines and links first year students and seniors? For UWM instructors Jennifer Dworschack-Kinter and J. Dietenberger, the answer is …
After thoroughly considering the extensive feedback offered by the campus community this past spring, the UWM Libraries have finalized the list of cancelled subscriptions to journals and databases, based on their low use, high cost per use, and/or lack of …