New Cataloging Tools Available

Cataloger's Desktop, a repository cataloging manuals and related resources, is now available online. More information is listed on the New Resources page.
- 5:55 PM

October Library Tours and Workshops

The Library Workshops page now lists the library tours and hands-on workshops offered in October. All workshops are free and open to all. No registration is required.
- 3:16 PM

Read a Banned Book!

Banned Book Week (Sept. 26-Oct. 2) emphasizes the freedom to choose or to express one's opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them. Check out a banned book from the Curriculum Library display located on the Library's second floor East Wing, or pick up a list of the 100 most frequently challenged books of 1990-2000. Celebrate your freedom to read!
- 10:18 AM

More Wireless Hotspots Added

Wireless network connections are now available on the center bridges between the east and west wings; the fourth floor; and the first floor, east wing, of the library. Wireless Internet access is limited to UWM-affiliated users. See the PROWLnet support page for more information.
- 1:45 PM

Free Journal Sentinel Copies

Every weekday, free copies of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel are available in the outer lobby of the west wing of the library. Of course, you can also read the library's copy of this and other newspapers – including titles ranging from The Washington Post to Die Zeit – in the Current Periodicals room on the west wing's lower level. Many titles are also available online, via Citation Linker.
- 7:13 AM

The Scholar and The Library 2004-2005 Fall Semester Speakers

These UWM humanities and social science scholars will discuss their recent research activities, and how library resources and services helped facilitate the research process. All presentations are free and open to the public, and will be held in Room E281, Golda Meir Library (second floor, east wing), 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. October 29 MORDECAI LEE, Associate Professor of Governmental Affairs, School of Continuing Education "The Federal Bureau of Efficiency, 1916-1933: A Historical Joke or the Origins of Management & Policy Analysis?" November 19 LISA BERGER, Ph.D. Candidate in Urban Studies "Alcohol and the Workplace: Environmental Support for Work-Related Drinking at a Public Urban University."
- 10:10 AM

WTMJ-TV Collection Clips to be Shown in Union Theatre

The Union Theatre will be featuring clips from the WTMJ-TV Collection at two upcoming screenings. News segments will be shown next week as part of the Documentary Frontiers series before the short films Haiti: Dreams of Democracy and Dreamers: The Painters of Haiti on September 22 and 23; and will also be shown before the World Cinema feature The Agronomist, September 24-26. Plans for future collaboration with the Union Cinema are in the works.
- 10:00 AM

Mediagraphies Have Been Updated

Mediagraphies are subject title listings of VHS, DVD and audiobook titles available in the Multimedia Library's collection. Over 40 mediagraphies on various subjects including Africology, Business, Literature, Psychology, Shakespeare and Women's Studies are available at the Multimedia Library.
- 2:51 PM

Looking For Textbooks?

Due to spiraling textbook costs, many students come to the library looking for course texts. Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, our collections do not generally overlap with what is available in the bookstore. See the help page Does the library have books for UWM courses? for more detailed information.
- 11:01 AM

The 35th Annual Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture

Socialism in the City: The Original "Milwaukee Idea" Thursday, October 21, 2004, 4:30 pm. Presented by Jasmine Alinder, Ph.D. and Aims McGuinness, Ph.D., UWM Department of History, Recipients of the 2004 Fromkin Research Grant. The lecture is free and open to the public. Light refreshments provided by the Friends of the Golda Meir Library. Accommodations for people with disabilities can be made if requested ahead of time by calling (414) 229-6202.
- 8:42 AM

New Food and Drink Policy

Effective today, the library will allow drinks in acceptable containers: screw top bottles, rigid mugs. The following are not allowed: soda cans, soft sided coffee cups. Food will be allowed only in the cafe area (first floor, East Wing) once it is operational.
- 10:00 AM

Hoover's Company Records (ProQuest) Database

Hoover's Company Records (ProQuest), which provides profiles of 40,000 public and private companies, is now available. See the New Resources page for connection information.
- 9:22 AM