UWSP Libraries

The library staff will be busy on Wednesday, June 28th, discussing important issues during an all-day in-service meeting to better serve our campus communities. All three library locations (Stevens Point, Marshfield, and Wausau campuses) will be closed that day, so please plan accordingly for any library needs you may have. We will reopen on Thursday, June 29th , to our regular summer hours.  Thank you!

Star Wars 100 Objects: Illuminating Items from a Galaxy Far, Far Away... by Kristin Baver (Available on the New Book Display Shelf  CCC 130) Publisher Description: "See how these artefacts, and many more, impacted key characters and events. From revered heirlooms such as Darth Vader’s mask and the Skywalker lightsaber to a Tusken gaderffii stick and a clone trooper’s helmet, each carefully chosen object has its own compelling story to tell. Presented chronologically, full-color images illustrate every entry, while the accompanying essay explores the background and resonance of each piece.  Star Wars: 100 Objects  provides an exclusive glimpse at props from the Lucasfilm Archives and is a unique, wonderful way to experience the richness of the timeless  Star Wars  saga."

Real Life by Brandon Taylor (Available on the Seasonal Book Display , CCC 130) Description and review excerpt  "Real Life is the 2020 debut novel of Alabama-born American writer Brandon Taylor. Described as a campus novel and a coming-of-age novel, the partly autobiographical book tells of the experiences of a gay, Black doctoral student in a predominantly white, Midwestern PhD program. A psychologically compelling, incisively satirical, told in a muted style that nevertheless accesses a full emotional range, this is a brilliant book, worthy of a wide audience." (full review from The Guardian here ). 

It’s Juneteenth everyone! Today is the day we commemorate the emancipation of enslaved Black people within the United States.  Although the Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1st, 1863, it wasn’t implemented in places still under Confederate control. As mentioned by the Smithsonian and Congressional Research Service , many enslavers also withheld information regarding the Emancipation Proclamation from their enslaved people and kept them captive after the announcement. It wasn’t until the Thirteenth Amendment took effect on January 31st, 1865, when all enslaved Black people within Texas and other Confederate States were declared free by executive decree.  June 19th, 1865, is the day when approximately 2,000 Union soldiers and Major General Gordon Granger – a distinguished U.S. army officer and Union general – marched to Galveston, Texas, to announce the end of slavery and the Civil War. This was the day when all enslaved Black people across the nation officially learned t