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New Chancellor Tours UWM Libraries
UWM’s new chancellor, Carlos Santiago, toured the Libraries with
Interim Director Ewa Barczyk on August 12, visiting many of the departments
and service areas. After the tour, he met briefly with administrators.
“Chancellor Santiago expressed his understanding of the challenges
facing academic libraries today,” Barczyk said of the meeting. “He
shared with us his desire to build a strong library in support of our
growing research university.”
A collection of materials donated to the library by two UWM professors
took center stage in Special Collections this summer. On view were a
variety of books and related materials, published by prominent Milwaukee
German-language publisher George Brumder: bibles, hymnals, calendars,
almanacs, language primers, and children's literature. Also included
was one of the publisher’s most highly regarded and popular works,
Nehrling's Birds of North America, 1893.
The late Frederick I. Olson, history professor, and Gerhard Rauscher,
professor emeritus of German, donated their personal collections of
Brumder works in 1990. Currently, there are over 160 titles in the collection,
making it one of the largest in the United States, and an invaluable
resource for students, scholars, and the general public.
In the UWM Libraries’ Brumder Bibliography, Professor
Olson wrote that by 1910, Brumder “had become the nation’s
leading publisher for German-Americans, not only in Milwaukee but throughout
the central portions of the United States and beyond.”
Olson also identified Brumder, through his publishing of German-language
books, as the most significant citizen responsible for holding Milwaukee’s
German-American community together.
As the public university in the city where George Brumder published,
UWM would be the appropriate home of the most comprehensive collection
of Brumder works. The Libraries' long-term goal is to enlarge the collection,
ensure its preservation, and increase public awareness through related
events and exhibits.
For a copy of our special brochure on how you can help build the George
Brumder Collection, please call Susan Modder, the Libraries' Development
Director, at (414) 229-2811 or email: semodder@uwm.edu
or Max Yela, Special Collections Librarian, at (414) 229-4345 or email:
maxyela@uwm.edu.
The
UWM Libraries have transformed an area in Reserve to create a pleasant
gathering space for students, faculty, and community library users.
Offering latt�s and cappuccinos, wireless access to the Internet, comfortable
seating and a casual atmosphere, Gathering Place @your library
opened on October 18. The UWM Union's Grind is providing caf�
service, featuring a variety of coffee drinks made with Alterra coffees,
as well as juices and fresh baked goods.
The recent Black and Gold Commission Report identified a need for
a relaxed and congenial area on campus for student and faculty interaction,
which dovetails with the Libraries’ long-term goal to make the
Libraries an inviting and welcoming place for all. Gathering Place
@your library, located on the first floor of the East Wing, promises
to satisfy those needs, providing both a refuge from the busy campus
and a stimulating meeting ground for the UWM community. Caf� hours of
during the fall semester are 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday,
and 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday.
Steven Burnham, Editor, sburnham@uwm.edu
Krystyna Matusiak, Newsletter designer
