Category Archives: around the library

Orientation Week & Your Library

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Barbara

Welcome (back) to UWW! The Andersen Library staff wishes you a terrific fall semester, and will help you succeed in any way possible. Library representatives will be available at several Orientation Week events: Mon., Aug. 23: 9:30-10:30am: Involvement Opportunity Fair … Continue reading →

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Library Hours Aug 14-Sept 1

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Barbara

School’s out (for the summer)! Andersen Library’s hours from Aug. 14 through Sept. 1 are 8 am-4:30 pm Monday-Friday only (closed on Saturday & Sunday). The Library is closed on Friday Aug. 20th for a state-mandated furlough. Fall semester Library … Continue reading →

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Children’s books on sale

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Susan

Check out the book sale cart near the Andersen Library entrance! Most of the items this month are children’s books, and they’re all priced to sell at only 50¢ each.

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Education & Dementia

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Barbara

According to ScienceDaily’s article “Why More Education Lowers Dementia Risk,” “studies on dementia have consistently showed that the more time you spend in education, the lower your risk of dementia. For each additional year of education there is an 11% … Continue reading →

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Universal Borrowing (UB) down

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Barbara

The Universal Borrowing (UB) service, which allows UWW students and staff to borrow materials from other UW libraries, will be down starting on Monday, July 26th. The service will likely resume on Monday, August 16th. All System libraries will be … Continue reading →

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Guilty pleasures

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Ronna

All right, I’ll admit it. I am a big fan of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, on the Bravo channel. I watch it every Monday night, and if I can’t, I try to watch the re-run sometime during the … Continue reading →

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Free Books Offered this Month

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Susan

During the month of July, the book sale carts near the Library’s main entrance will be filled with donated books that were previously offered for sale, but are now FREE! Check out the carts this month for free books that interest you!

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No More BadgerCat

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Barbara

The UW System access to BadgerCat has ended as of June 30, 2010. Please use WorldCat instead to see what other libraries around the state, the country, and the world have titles of interest. WISCAT also shows academic and public … Continue reading →

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Library 4th of July hours

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Barbara

Andersen Library is closed Sat.-Mon. July 3-5 for the Fourth of July holiday. Regular summer hours resume on Tuesday July 6th (7am-9pm). July 4th events are listed on Whitewater’s 4th of July Family Festival web site. There’s quite a variety, … Continue reading →

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Katharine Hepburn

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Barbara

On this day (June 29) in 2003, one of the great actresses passed away: Katharine Hepburn. In her honor, you could check out some books and movies from Andersen Library! Search the HALCat online catalog to find, for example, biographies … Continue reading →

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