UWM Libraries has released its 2017-18 Annual Report, which highlights the libraries’ contributions to student success, research excellence and community engagement this past year. The report includes the most up-to-date facts about UWM Libraries’ collections and circulation.
In terms of student success, the report includes stories about interns who have gone on to pursue careers at institutions including the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting in Boston.
The report also contains information about the impact of the Open Textbooks initiative, which is working to foster student success in large enrollment classes by reducing the cost of educational resources.
UWM Archives has contributed to research excellence documenting the oral history of HIV/AIDS in Wisconsin. The project includes 23 oral histories of physicians, nurses, social service workers and HIV/AIDS survivors.
Digital Collections made two projects available online. One project digitizes Art Muscle, a Milwaukee arts magazine published bi-monthly from 1986 to 1997. The other project makes available the papers of Milwaukee LGBT activist Eldon Murray.
The report also contains a profile on the American Geographic Society Library, which celebrates its 40th anniversary at UWM in 2018.
The libraries have facilitated community engagement projects, including the Look Here! exhibition. Wisconsin artists created work based on materials from UWM Libraries. The artwork is on display at the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum through Sept. 16.
UWM Archives used its extensive civil rights collections to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Milwaukee’s fair housing marches. Media outlets including WTMJ, CNN and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel utilized UWM’s archival materials to cover the anniversary. The archives also worked on “history harvests” to document the experiences of surviving civil rights marchers.
