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The Faculty/Staff Book Delivery Service Reemerges!
Save yourself a trip and have books checked-out and sent to your office mailbox. This is a free service provided to faculty and staff by Memorial library, being highlighted again this fall.
How does it work? Complete and submit the online book delivery request form. The book is then retrieved, charged to your account (due date slip included), and sent to your office mailbox. Once shipped, items should be delivered within three business days. You will receive an email confirming request-filled (or not filled) status.
- Some Restrictions Apply:
- Limited to the following campus buildings: H.C. White, Humanities, Ingraham, Social Science, Van Hise, and Vilas
- Limit of 5 requests per day
- Limited to books-only. No journals, dvd/cds, mmc materials
- Limited to Memorial library material-only. No ILL or UB books, no materials from Mills Music library, and nothing sent from Special Collections.
- There is not a return service; please return books to library of your convenience.
- This is a weekday-only service.
Go to the Book Delivery Service Button
This is the final stage of the pilot project. If this is successful—and we certainly hope it is—the potential for campus-wide expansion may be in the future.
We value your feedback! Please let us know what you think of this service and how it might be improved.
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Featured Resources
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Nineteenth-Century Fiction is a collection of 250 British and Irish novels from the period 1782 to 1903, stretching from the golden age of Gothic fiction to the Decadent and New Woman novels of the 1890s. Major novelists of the period such as Austen, Scott, Mary Shelley, Dickens, Eliot, Hardy and the Bronte's feature alongside popular romances, sensation fiction, colonial adventure novels and children's literature. |
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Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive contains every page of every copy of the TLS published from 1902 to 2005. This easy-to-navigate, fully-searchable resource is a witness to the cultural revolutions of the last 100 years and offers unparalleled opportunities for tracking the views of influential opinion makers, the response of their peers, the controversies of the day and how they developed. Identification of the anonymous contributors reviewers, essayists, and writers of letters and poems is included, allowing students, researchers, critics and authors to explore in greater depth the literary activity and critical opinion makers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. |
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Short Story Index Retrospective is a convenient guide to thousands of early short stories! This is an invaluable source for those seeking short fiction by a favorite author, a body of work by a specific literary figure or a particular genre of short stories. It contains more than 140,000 short stories from some 350 periodicals and collections of short stories. It cites short stories published over 150 years, from the 1830s to the 1980s the content of which comes from the acclaimed Short Story Index back to its beginning in 1915. |
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American Countercultures : An Encyclopedia of Nonconformists, Alternative Lifestyles, and Radical Ideas in U.S. History: A three-volume encyclopedia covering everything from individuals and protest movements to communities (like Madison, Wisconsin), media and entertainment (entries The Onion and South Park) and pasttimes and fads. |
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Chronicle of Higher Education is one of the primary sources of information on higher education, including news, feature articles, opinion pieces, job listings, an archive of previously published content, discussion forums, and career-building tools such as online CV management and salary databases. |
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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum encyclopedia of camps and ghettos, 1933-1945: This is the first volume of a planned 7-volume series that will provide a comprehensive survey of all known Nazi camps and ghettos. Volume 1 centers on early camps, youth camps, and the concentration camps and subcamps under the SS-Business Administration Main Office. |
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New Yorker Archive: Online archive of the weekly magazine, started in 1925, with a mix of reporting on national and international politics and culture, profiles of people, humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry, and reviews and criticism of books, movies, theatre, classical and popular music, television, art, and fashion. |
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Harper's Magazine Archive: Harper's Magazine (or simply Harper's) is a monthly general-interest magazine covering literature, politics, culture, and the arts. The second oldest continuously-published monthly magazine in the United States, Harper's was launched in June 1850. Its early issues included material that had already been published in England, but the publication soon began to print the work of American artists and writers. |
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Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History: Contains some 650 biographies of women and 600 topical entries covering geography and history, culture and society, organizations, movements, and gender studies. Scope is worldwide and from pre-history to the 2000s. |
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Double-sided or duplex printing is available at select print stations in Memorial Library. Find out more... |
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Memorial Library has several options for copying and scanning. For a detailed list of locations and services and more information about scanning capabilities. |
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Wireless printing is available throughout Memorial Library. To find out how to print wirelessly from your laptop to a GoPrint station in Memorial Library please consult these instructions. |
Featured Staff Member: Carl Croushore
What do you do at the library?
I work in Access Services. Specifically, I am part of the Memorial Library Circulation Office team, where we assist patrons with the processing of fines and patron records; we process patron hold requests and the charging & discharging of materials; and we assist patrons with item location. We also aid the ILL team by processing ILL materials for patron holds.
What is your specialty?
I'm the trainer and supervisor of the student employees that service the card window at Memorial Library, where patrons can get day passes and receive borrowing or reference cards. I also coordinate the faculty study spaces and conduct the missing-in-transit material searches.
What brought you to your job at Memorial Library?
Rather ask, "Why do I work at a library?" I've actually worked in libraries since middle school, where I volunteered as a library aide—something I continued through high school. I've always loved books, and for me, being in a library was like some kids are in a candy store. As a college student, I worked in the Arts & Humanities Library at Penn State, and later became full-time staff in the Lending Services department of Penn State's Pattee & Paterno Library. I still love books, especially well-made volumes, so I have to admit that the continuing growth of material being transferred to electronic media takes some getting used to. I imagine that a Nook or a Kindle is easier to move than a personal library!
What library resource or service would you like to recommend?
The combination of Reference Services, MadCat/Forward and Inter-Library Loan is a boon to researchers using the UW-Madison libraries. The interconnectivity of the three provides a vast resource for researchers looking for either general or specific research materials.
What is something about you that few people know?
I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Visual Arts, with concentrations in metalsmithing and ceramics. I also retired from the Army in 2002 after 22 years of service.
Featured Resources Archive
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Learning Express Library: Online practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, and e-books for learners of all ages to improve test preparation and test-taking skills. Includes sections on prep for GED, U.S. citizenship, job search & workplace skills, and courses for Spanish speakers. |
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Reference Universe is a database that searches the indexes and article titles of more than 40,000 print and online reference materials from 1980 to the present. It provides users with a link to the e-copy when available; if not, it supplies the index terms with page numbers and a link to the MadCat record. |
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Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes: When you need a scale designed to measure levels of anxiety, authority, dogmatism, shyness, or any of other numerous human attitudes, turn to this book to find the complete text of the most widely-used scales in psychology and sociology. |
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Encyclopedia of Modern China: This online encyclopedia covers all aspects of the history and culture of China since 1800, including the people, politics, economics, religion, philosophy, traditions, art, and literature. The encyclopedia is the work of an international body of 500 prominent scholars, who offer accessible, original, and authoritative analysis of almost 1000 articles. Includes hundreds of color photos, maps, tables, and graphs. |
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Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Online version of the Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy. Articles can be browsed alphabetically or by philosophical themes, philosophies, historical periods, and religions. Full text entries can be searched by keyword, contributor, or bibliography. |
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Book Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Guide: Book reviews are published in a number of sources including magazines, newspapers, scholarly journals, and book review publications (e.g., The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Book Review). This guide provides one convenient place for finding reviews through databases, Web sites, and print sources for finding book reviews. |
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World Bank Data: The World Bank Group provides free online access to its comprehensive set of data on living standards around the globe—some 2,000 indicators, including hundreds that go back 50 years. The data is available in Arabic, French, and Spanish in addition to English. |
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Citing Sources Research Guide: When you quote, paraphrase, summarize, or otherwise refer to the work of another, you are required to cite its source. This guide provides information about citing sources according to different styles. |
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full-Text: Doctoral dissertations in all subject areas completed at over 700 institutions worldwide. Some masters theses are also included. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works. |
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AP Images: More than 7.8 million Associated Press primary-source photographs with original captions for every discipline. Also available are audio files from the 1920s to the present, 2.5 million Associated Press news stories from 1997 on, and a professionally produced collection of more than 230,000 maps, graphs, charts, logos, flags, illustrations, etc. |
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Periodicals Archive Online: An online archive of digitized, full-image journal articles, Periodicals Archive Online provides access to hundreds of scholarly journals. Coverage is international and includes a wide range of scholarly journal literature in the humanities and social sciences disciplines with date coverage ranging from 1802 to 2000 |
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PIO: Periodicals Index Online contains citations from more than 3,500 social science and humanities journals published in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Germany from the late 18th century up to the present, except for a rolling horizon of the most recent eight years. |
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Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1974–1996 Full-text of media reports from around the world, translated into English from more than 50 languages by the U.S. government's Foreign Broadcast Information Service. Reports include news, interviews, speeches and editorial commentary. |
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The William J. Meuer Photoart Collection is an outstanding visual history of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and its surrounding community, and contains some really fun images. The Meuer Photoart House opened on State Street in 1916. Dating from 1888 to 1935, 25 large bound albums contain nearly 27,000 individual prints. 8 volumes are currently available, and we are in the process of digitizing the rest. |
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The Sixties: The diaries, letters, autobiographies, memoirs, oral histories, manifestos, government documents, memorabilia, and scholarly commentary from the Sixties era. Materials are included from a variety of subject areas, including the arts, civil and gay/lesbian rights, environment, law and government, media, political movements, science and technology, student activism, Vietnam War, and the women's movement. |
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Germany and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History: A complete overview of German-American relations, spanning five centuries of the influence and encounters of German-speaking people with South and North America. |
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APA Style Guide to Electronic References This guide offers up-to-date information on formatting electronic references in APA style. It outlines the key elements to include in references to electronic sources, with numerous examples. |
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State Papers Online, 1509-1714 is a collection of English government documents originating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when the King or Queen acted as Prime Minister as well as Monarch. The papers feature the office archives and correspondence of the secretaries of state serving the Monarch as facsimile manuscript documents accessed directly or via the fully searchable Calendar entries (abstracts or transcriptions). |
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Alt-Press Watch A full text database of newspapers and periodicals from the alternative and independent press focusing on politics, government, art, the environment, labor, and religion. Includes full text of Madison's Isthmus weekly newspaper from 2005 forward. |
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Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947): World War I Pictorials Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947) was a French soldier-artist and illustrator of World War I. During the war he traveled along the front lines and created thousands of drawings, oil paintings, charcoals,sketches and illustrations, which were reproduced and published in magazines and books worldwide. |
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Stereoviews of the French Second Empire, ca. 1855-1870 From 1848-1870 the French government was headed by Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, first as President of the Republic and then as the Emperor Napoleon III. The rebuilding of Paris is one of the major projects mirrored in these images. |
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Appointments: Want to meet with one of our librarians for help on your research? Fill out this form and we'll connect you to a library specialist (here or at another campus library) in that subject. |
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Hindi Punch Paralleling the British satirical magazine, Hindi Punch provides a glimpse into the social and political world of colonial India though text, cartoons and advertisements. Our new microfilm set covers the years 1907-1931 and contains material in English and in Gujarati. |
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Encyclopaedia of the Qur̉āan Six volumes of articles that treat important figures, concepts, places, values, actions and events found within the text of the Qur’an, or with an important relationship with the text; and essays on important topics within the field of qur’anic studies. |
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International Historical Statistics: The Americas, 1750-2000 Includes statistics on population, labor force, agriculture, industry, trade, transport and communications, finance, prices, education, and national accounts. Older editions are available for check-out in the regular size stacks. |
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International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750-2000 Includes statistics on population, labor force, agriculture, industry, trade, transport and communications, finance, prices, education, and national accounts. Older editions are available for check-out in the regular size stacks. |
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International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia & Oceania Includes statistics on population, labor force, agriculture, industry, trade, transport and communications, finance, prices, education, and national accounts. Older editions are available for check-out in the regular size stacks. |
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DonorSearch.net is the single largest repository of donor giving history publicly available anywhere. By combining DonorSeries, the NOZA US Charitable Donations Database, and FEC data, the user can search 55 million gift histories simultaneously. For use in Memorial Library only. (2 simultaneous users licensed.) |
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The American West features 1,300 digitized items, such as manuscripts, pamphlets, maps, photographs, and rare books, from the Graff Collection of Western Americana at the Newberry Library, Chicago. |
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The database World Biographical Index contains short biographical details on people who either lived in, or were influential in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Australasian-Pacific region, and North and South America. It is an index to a total of 55 of K. G. Saur Verlag's Biographical Archives and is in addition, an independent instrument for biographical research on about 5.9 million persons. Many of the Biographical Archives referred to may be found in microfiche in Memorial Library Reference. |
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The database Fuente AcadŽmica offers more than 450 scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. All major subject areas are covered with particular emphasis on agriculture, biological sciences, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, psychology, public administration, religion and sociology. The database is updated weekly. |
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The periodical literature from and about South Asia is immense, yet unfortunately only a small proportion of it has been indexed, either in print or electronic format. Even in cases where a title has been indexed, more often than not, the indexing sources and services have not remained current, nor have they grappled with the unique questions presented by the languages and scripts of South Asia. In an attempt to rectify this problem the Guide to the Indexing of South Asian Studies Periodicals identifies and lists South Asian periodical titles and identifies if a particular title has been indexed and if so, to what extent. |
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Han Yu Da Ci Dian, literally Comprehensive Chinese Word Dictionary, is the most inclusive available Chinese dictionary. It has diachronic coverage of the Chinese language, and traces usage over three millennia from Chinese classic texts to modern slang. Includes over 23,000 head entries, defines some 370,000 words, and gives 1,500,000 citations. |
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Human Rights Documents Online: Full text searchable online version of the Human Rights Documents Project in microform, containing in its entirety all of the documents filmed since the Project's inception in 1980. |
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The Oxford Classical Dictionary (OCD) is a standard one-volume encyclopedia of everything relating to ancient Greece and Rome. |
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The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics assesses 106 national poetries, with coverage of every significant poetry tradition in the world. Updated for the times, gone are such entries as Negro poetry American; Afro-American poetry takes its place. Many entries such as sonnet are virtually unchanged from the earlier edition; others, such as Feminist poetics, are brand-new. |
Featured Staff Member: Lee Konrad
What do you do at the library?
I serve as the Director of Memorial Library. I focus primarily in the area of research services which connect people, places, and resources. I also have administrative responsibilities for the arts, humanities, and social sciences libraries of the General Library System.
What is your specialty?
My specialty is in administration and management. Through my career, I have worked in a variety of public service settings, focusing heavily on using technology to move these types of services forward. At present, my responsibilities pertain broadly to research services which includes reference and instruction, access services, and building services and learning environments.
What brought you to your job at Memorial Library?
My story begins with what brought me to Madison which was my undergraduate career. I went to school here, fell in love with Madison, and decided this was where I wanted to live. After my undergraduate studies, I worked for a few years with the Office of International Studies and Programs here on campus. Following that, I went to library school and was fortunate enough to be hired into a half-time professional position at College Library where I worked for several years. Following that, I served as the first head of the Digital Content Group which has now grown significantly in the UW Digital Collections Center. While I really enjoyed seeing the digital collections grow, I realized I was missing public services, so, when the Head of Public Services position at Memorial came open, I applied and was fortunate to land the job. Administrative shifts in the libraries led me to my current position and responsibilities.
What library resource or service would you like to recommend?
I would say the staff. For all the inroads we have made with respect to resource discovery and unmediated searching, staff experts continue to provide the most sophisticated level of service with respect to accessing our print and electronic collections. I can't help but recommend a trip to Special Collections—both for the resources and the view! In terms of personal favorites, the E-Resource Gateway is mind-bogglingly (is that a word?) deep and rich in terms of interesting material. I spend a fair amount of time using Lexis Nexis Academic, International Index to Music Periodicals, and, of course, Library Literature. As for a place in Memorial, I really like the Periodicals Reading Room; it's sunny and inviting and has an old-school feel.
What is something about you that few people know?
I am a songwriter in folk and rock genres—no famous songs out there so don't bother with Google! I'm an active musician and play a variety of instruments though I am primarily a guitarist. I also love to play baseball and have recently become hooked on Madden Football for the Wii.
Featured Staff Member: Dineen Grow
What do you do at the library?
I share department head responsibilities with another staff member for the Access Services department which includes circulation, book and document delivery, stacks maintenance, registration assistance for record holds, and access to the building and security.
What is your specialty?
I am a contact person for the Madison campus for the Circulation module of the library's catalog system. The module is used for check-out of library items to library patrons. I am also a contact person for UW System libraries to help troubleshoot when something has gone wrong with our delivery system between UW System libraries.
What brought you to your job at Memorial Library?
I started here as a student assistant in 1979 in the stacks. My very first job was vacuuming dust from books on the shelves. From 1979-1984, I worked as an LTE doing a variety of jobs within the Circulation Department. In 1984, I was hired as a permanent staff member in the position of Circulation Office Supervisor. Eight years later the position expanded to include oversight for the circulation desk, the stacks, and security.
What library resource or service would you like to recommend?
Book Retrieval is a convenient service. We pull things from shelves and have them ready for pick-up at a library of choice. This service can also be used by patrons who want to pick items up at Memorial but can't or don't want to go into the stacks to pull them themselves. Other handy services are e-mail notification and payment of fines by credit card. With e-mail notification, we can inform patrons that items are available for pick-up. To pay library fines, patrons need not come to the library as they can pay by credit card. While it's a service behind the scenes, I'm also proud of how well our stacks are maintained in Memorial.
What is something about you that few people know?
I have a passion for Irish language and culture. I teach Irish through UW-Madison Continuing Studies and all over the Midwest. People find out about me through the Linguistics Department and consult with me about all sorts of things like a name they are considering for a child or even a tattoo.
Featured Staff Member: Jennifer Stibitz
What do you do at the library?
I'm in charge of the Current Periodicals Room. The room has a browsing collection of selected journals and newspapers, including many international newspapers. A few years ago, the room was revamped with comfortable furniture and wiring for computers; it is more heavily used now. Last year, the central Copy Center closed and the Current Periodicals Room took charge of photocopiers and printers in the building, making sure they have paper and are working properly. I also work at the reference desk and do e-mail reference.
What is your specialty?
My specialty is serials and periodicals and interpreting their records in MadCat. I've done cataloging in the past. Besides reference, I have strong interests in American literature, women's studies, and the history of science. Also, I have been here a really long time and have worked in a lot of different areas, so I can provide a historical perspective.
What brought you to your job at Memorial Library?
I came here in 1976. I had worked at the Graduate School at the University of Minnesota but had always wanted to work in libraries. I applied for a job in a unit that no longer exists called Card Production. This was, of course, in pre-computer days. There was a big press on the fourth floor where the Greek and Latin Reading Room is now. We got print cards from the Library of Congress and ran off copies. We had typewriters and typed in all the added entries on the cards. When the libraries got computers, I was put on a team to try out the new technology-computers. Team members worked shifts in a room on the third floor that we called the Terminal Room, where all the computers were (where Business Services is now). When the computers were down, we hung out a pink flamingo to show that the computers were not working—the flamingo's name was Elsie (L.C.—get it?). Another funny thing is that the phone number of the Terminal Room was similar to some number at the Medical School, so when we would answer the phone "Terminal Room," it was a little off-putting to people. At that time, I was working in the cataloging area in technical services, then I moved down to Collection Preservation in the basement, and then I came back upstairs. I never, ever thought I wanted to do public service, but I really, really like it. I've worked in Reference and the Current Periodicals Room for about eight years now. I also enjoy being above ground again.
What library resource or service would you like to recommend?
I think the library staff is our strongest asset, and I'm a bit partial to the Reference folks since I know them the best. Everyone has their own special areas of knowledge, so you can generally find the perfect person to answer a question. As for other resources, I would say the historical newspapers. Also, all the alternative publications collected by former Wisconsin Historical Society Library staff member, Jim Danky, are amazing.
What is something about you that few people know?
I have a number of musical instruments. I play piano and used to play viola. I have played banjo also and own a dulcimer though I never learned to play it very well. I have played viola in orchestras and small group ensembles. I am interested in early Christian monastic women. Unrelatedly, I belong to a reading group called the Mystery Sluts which also includes Memorial Library graduates (retirees), Helene Androski and Vicki Hill.
Featured Staff Member: Julianne Haahr
What do you do at the library?
I am the Librarian for Western European History and Social Sciences. That is my title, but some may refer to me as a bibliographer, subject specialist, area studies librarian, or a selector, all terms representing a similar function. I do collection development and management, and liaison services in the subject areas of Western European history and social sciences. I also connect and communicate with people, groups, and organizations related to this area on campus. I work with faculty and get to know their research needs and also with graduate students and other students too. I do library instruction for courses. I also network with colleagues across the country mostly through the Western European Studies Section of the American Library Association and also through organizations such as the Center for Research Libraries to keep up with developments and share what our respective institutions are doing in this area.
What is your specialty?
My specialty is Western European History and Social Science, and under that broader category, my own specialty is in Scandinavian Studies. I have my Master's in Scandinavian Studies from the UW-Madison, which I got prior to my library degree. Danish is my language, but I also spend a good deal of time in Swedish and Norwegian with the materials that pertain to that area. That is my specialty, but I work with people in all areas of Western European Studies such as British history, modern French history and social sciences, the European Union, and German history. My Bachelor's degree is in German, so I am almost equally accomplished in German and Danish. I have studied some French and Latin while in college.
What brought you to your job at Memorial Library?
I first got to know Memorial Library when I was working on my Master's in the Scandinavian Studies Department. The library is one of a few in the country that has a sizable Scandinavian collection, and that's what drew me and impressed me. I finished my Master's and then thought back on some words from one of my professors in the Scandinavian Studies Department. He taught a class on Scandinavian bibliography, which was required of graduate students. He promoted librarianship as a career option for those of us in Scandinavian Studies. Now, I see that class as being very valuable to me. Later, while in library school, I experienced the library as a library student and intern, which gave me another perspective. I did a practicum in Reference at Memorial, and, after library school, I did a project internship in library instruction with College and Steenbock libraries. I always hoped that I could use my library training in combination with my language and area studies training, and here I am.
What library resource or service would you like to recommend?
I would like to highlight my colleagues—the bibliographers, subject specialists, and the area studies librarians—who bring a very specialized set of skills and knowledge to the library, and are available for everyone. They are a valuable resource, and their knowledge in their subject areas determine how collections are developed, sculpted and evolve over time. They serve as the go–to person for anyone who has questions or does in–depth research in their areas.
An electronic resource I have found in my short time here to be a really valuable is the Early English Books Online (EEBO). It's just a great and amazing resource for people doing studies in British history and accommodates a broad scope of research interests in an earlier time period, providing documents which had not been nearly so accessible prior to digitization. I have also become acquainted with the online British Parliamentary and State Papers which complement our extensive print collection of these papers.
Among some strengths and specialties in our collections is a significant one related to World War I, particularly German materials. Our collection in German materials in general is quite extensive given that historically Wisconsin has had an influential German immigrant background. The Scandinavian area, particularly Danish and Norwegian is strong too. But as a whole, the collection is recognized for its substantial coverage in Western European Studies representing other countries: Britain, France, Italy, and Ireland, for example. On the social sciences side, we have a notable collection of reactionary, underground, and various other types of publications that include journals, pamphlets, and newsletters pertaining to subjects such as the extreme right, Fascism, East Germany, LGBT issues and homelessness.
What is something about you that few people know?
I grew up on a small farm in Iowa. When I was young, we had a few chickens, and I used to gather eggs and sell them to neighbors and friends in town. In recent years, I've enjoyed watching World Cup soccer, surprisingly so, because I don't usually think of myself as a sports spectator.
Memorial Library Archived Exhibits
- [EXHIBIT] Wind Chill Factor
The exhibit Wind Chill Factor was both a physical exhibit in Memorial Library's lobby and a Web-based version. The overarching idea of the project was to have UW-Madison graduate students from around the world writing in their own languages about their experiences of winter in Madison.