Category Archives: around the library

New Stuff Tuesday – September 2

Posted on September 2, 2008 by kyle

Raise your hand if you’ve taken a tour. Raise your hand if you actually paid attention and/or remember every little detail of the tour. My point exactly. We understand that traveling as a herd with your classmates isn’t the most … Continue reading →

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Library Hours Sept. 2-8

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Barbara

The University Library will have slightly different hours for the first week of fall semester. We’ll close at 10pm on the nights when we normally close at midnight: Tues., Sept. 2: 7:30 am-10 pm Wed, Sept. 3: 7:30 am-10 pm … Continue reading →

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University teaching staff: Library orientation for you (Thurs 8/28)

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Barbara

Learn what resources and services University Library offers you & your students: When: Thursday, August 28, 2008 @ 2:30 p.m. Where: University Library* instruction lab (L2211-ask at Reference or Circulation desks for directions) Bring your questions! For example: How can … Continue reading →

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Making the Most of Google workshop

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Barbara

Orientation Week Special: Faculty & Teaching Staff are welcome to attend the “Making the Most of Google” LEARN Center-sponsored workshop. When: Thursday, August 28th, 9:15am-10:30am Where: University Center Room 262 Learn about iGoogle, Google Gadgets, Google Books, Google Scholar, Google … Continue reading →

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Witches of Whitewater

Posted on August 8, 2008 by kyle

One of our favorite questions here at the Reference Desk is, “Is it true that there’s a book in the library that will make you go crazy?” Since we’re all pretty sane around here, that would mean that we haven’t … Continue reading →

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Roswell revisited

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Barbara

Recently one of my iGoogle science gadgets alerted me to an interview with Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell in which he says he believes there really was an alien spacecraft that crashed at Roswell, NM, in July 1947. Now, I hadn’t … Continue reading →

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Universal Borrowing 7/28-8/17

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Barbara

Universal Borrowing will be unavailable July 28-August 17 while UW System libraries undergo a software upgrade. You can still get materials from other UW libraries: During this period please use BadgerCat (WI) and limit your search to University of Wisconsin … Continue reading →

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Summer’s a good time to…dance!

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Barbara

Learn to dance! Sure, why not? There’s more to summer than school! The University Library has videos that can help. Latin dancing for beginners (1st-floor Media Center Video Collection, GV1751 .L44 1997) covers all the good stuff (five basic steps … Continue reading →

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Summer Library displays

Posted on June 9, 2008 by Barbara

Looking for some “good reads” this summer? We have suggestions… Check out the display cases in the Library lobby to see samplings of government documents, and Library resources on gardening and the outdoors. More information is available in the Library … Continue reading →

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What Happened To the Capital Times?

Posted on June 5, 2008 by kolde

Our newspaper readers may have noticed that The Capital Times has disappeared from our current newspaper shelves. This is because the print edition has ceased. However, the paper still exists in an online version which is updated daily. You can … Continue reading →

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