10th Annual Friends of the Library Book Sale
April 16-19, 2007
In conjunction with National Library Week, the Friends of the Library will be holding the 10th Annual Book Sale from Monday, April 16 until Thursday, April 19. Proceeds of the sale go to benefit Library purchases of materials.
Book Sale Schedule
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April 16, 6-8 PM
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Pre-sale for University students, faculty/staff and Friends
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April 17-18, 8 AM - 8 PM
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Sale
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April 19 - 8 AM - 4 PM
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Everything’s HALF PRICE!
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Book Sale Prices
Books - $3
Mass Market Books - $1
Magazines - 25¢
All other items as marked
COME SUPPORT YOUR LIBRARY!
Avid users of Google may have noticed the “Book Search” links that appear in the search results. Those links stem from the Google Book Project, the top search engine’s project to digitize the world’s printed material for all to access electronically. Logically, the company approached libraries to offer their collections for digitization. Leading universities in the US and abroad has signed up to participate in the project, such as Harvard, Princeton and Oxford University in the UK, as well as closer to home at UW-Madison.
Some may ask how could the mass digitization of books could benefit libraries? An article from the Detroit News details the University of Michigan Libraries, another participant, and their current progress. According to associate university librarian John Price Wilkin, the library can put more time and resources into preserving materials in delicate condition. If left by themselves, scanning the entire collection would take 1,400 years at 5,000 items a year. Google would make relatively quick work of the library, only taking about five to seven years for the entire collection.
Continue reading ‘Google’s Book Project Keeps On Scanning’
Did you know that you can borrow movies like Curious George, Brokeback Mountain, A Beautiful Mind and Ray from the Library? We have received a number of popular titles on DVD, from Oscar nominees to foreign films and much more, all available for checkout for two weeks. We’re getting new titles everyday, so check often!
You can find these movies two ways:
- Browse the New Book Island on the second floor and the Center Media Collection on the first floor in the call number sections PN 1997 and PN 1997.2.
- Search in the catalog for “feature films” AND DVD - and use the ‘Videorecording’ quick limit.
You’ve heard about the havoc Hurricane Katrina wreaked on the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Now you can read all about the effects the storm had on the residents of these affected areas and the government’s response to the human tragedy that hit the U.S. coast in the summer of 2005.
The Senate Committee of Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has compiled a 700-page bound document entitled Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared, filled with colored photos of the devastated areas, detailed descriptions of what happened before, during, and after the hurricane hit, and the chaos and confusion created by government failure to meet the people’s needs. As a result, this document cites the fraud and wasteful spending which followed the devastation, errors and mistakes that should not have been made, and provides recommendations from their findings on how to prevent the chaos from happening during any other emergency situation as well as key points to help better prepare the nation for future disasters that will avoid the confusion, wasted time and funds, and better meet the needs of the people affected.
The University Library is a federal depository with many federal, state, local, and international documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in print, microfiche, CD-ROM, and electronically. Come check out your government at the University Library!
Did you attend the Taylor Branch lecture and want to read his Pulitzer Prize winning work? If you search for the books in our catalog, you may be disappointed because someone beat you to it.
Fortunately for you, the Library has the perfect solution: Universal Borrowing (UB). In situations like these, you can request the available titles from the other UW campus libraries and get the book in a few days.
If you’re unfamiliar with UB, here’s what you do:
- Click on ‘Universal Borrowing’ under the Find Books, Videos, Documents heading on the Library’s home page.
- Make sure ‘All UB Libraries’ is selected and click Connect.
- Enter the title in the search box and click on Title Keyword and then Search.
- Your screen should show a list of the UW campus libraries and the search results. Click on the link to ‘Show’ result list.
- Find a copy of the book that you’d like to request and click on the title. Make sure the status says Not Checked Out.
- At top of the record, where you see the details of the book, click on the ‘Request’ button.
- Log into your account with your UW-W ID number and your last name (all lowercase).
- Click OK on the next screen, re-enter your UW-W ID number and click on Submit. Your request will then be processed. You’ll receive an e-mail to your campus address when the book is ready to be picked up at the Library.
You may be asking yourself, “Why does the Library need a blog?” The answer is that the blog will serve as a way to let the campus community and beyond know what we’re doing. In addition to checking out books to you or helping you find information for your research, we do lots of other things.
For instance, we purchase books for the collection. As of right now, we don’t have a way to highlight the items we buy except by checking the New Books section or browsing the New Book Island on the second floor. Sometimes, we find books that we just want to share with the whole world. Check out the New Releases category to the right for more information.
What about things going on around campus? The University sponsors tons of events from lectures to cultural celebrations and much more. The Library has materials that relate to these events and we want you to know about them. Check the Campus Connection category to the right.
These are just a few examples of what this blog will feature. If you have any comments or suggestions, let us know!
