UWSP Libraries

This Changes Everything:  Capitalism vs. the Climate By Naomi Klein Call Number:  HC 79 .E5 K56 2014 Review from the New York Times Publisher's Description :  The most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine , a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core “free market” ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political systems.In short, either we embrace radical change ourselves or radical changes will be visited upon our physical world. The status quo is no longer an option. In This Changes Everything Naomi Klein argues that climate change isn’t just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care. It’s an alarm that calls us to fix an economic system that is already failing us in many ways. Klein meticulously builds the case for how massively reducing our greenhouse emissions is our best chance to simultaneously reduce gaping inequal...

What have the Library interns been up to this semester? We are excited to feature our LRES 380 interns over the course of the next few weeks. Today we feature Lindsay Liljenberg   who worked on some interesting projects this semester. Interested in academic librarianship? Check out our   LRES 380 Internship course . Name: Lindsay Liljenberg Hometown: Osceola, WI Major:   Psychology, minor in Communications LRES 380 project: Genealogy Relocation, Deleting Multiple Copies, "Center for the Small City" updates for Alma, and Now I'm currently weeding out unused books from Shelflister. Your interest in librarianship: I love the helping professions and what better place to help people than a library. I also like the backstage stuff that not a lot of people really know about, which is why I am interning the Cataloging and Acquisitions department because not many people outside of the library really know what goes on there. Which talent would...

What have the Library interns been up to this semester? We are excited to feature our LRES 380 interns over the course of the next few weeks. This week we feature  Brianna Mason  who worked on some interesting projects this semester. Interested in academic librarianship? Check out our   LRES 380 Internship course . Name: Riana Mefferd    Hometown: Clintonville, WI Major: Communication LRES 380 project: Comparing owned journal titles in JSTOR to print titles in the library to determine overlap. Overall, determining which journal titles the library can withdraw. The main goal is to get all of the print journal titles onto one floor of the library. Your interest in librarianship: I will be attending grad school for library science after graduating here. My dream job would be a library director of a public library. I'm obsessed with books; I'm one of those people that really like to smell old books. Which talent would y...

It's that time of year again.... Need help with citations? A statistic? Help with a paper or final exam?  The Library and Tutoring Learning Center will be here on Monday, May 12 from 8:00 pm - midnight to help you! We will also have free coffee, cookies, fruit, ear plug giveaways, and other surprises! MON DEC 15 - Library Lobby & IMC (3rd flr) 6 - 11 PM FREE COFFEE & COOKIES! Good luck with studying from all of us at the Learning Resource Center!

What have the Library interns been up to this semester? We are excited to feature our LRES 380 interns over the course of the next few weeks. This week we feature Brianna Mason  who worked on some interesting projects this semester. Interested in academic librarianship? Check out our LRES 380 Internship course . Name: Brianna Mason Hometown: Green Bay, WI Major: English What project did you work on this semester? I created a movie showing how Stevie Pointer has evolved throughout the history of UW-SP. I also shadowed at the Reference Desk. What is your interest in the profession? Libraries are amazing places that offer access to so much different knowledge. I really enjoy being able to help people find whatever information they are looking for and occasionally showing them sources they didn't know existed. I’m interested in specializing in archives because I have a special fondness for old things and original sources.  Which talent would ...

The Heart of Things: a Midwestern Almanac By John Hildebrand Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press Call Number:  F 581.6 .H55 2014 Publisher's Description :  "I've never believed that living in one place means being one thing all the time, condemned like Minnie Pearl to wear the same hat for every performance. Life is more complicated than that." In this remarkable book of days, John Hildebrand charts the overlapping rings--home, town, countryside--of life in the Midwest. Like E. B. White, Hildebrand locates the humor and drama in ordinary life: church suppers, Friday night football, outdoor weddings, garden compost, family reunions, roadside memorials, camouflage clothing. In these wry, sharply observed essays, the Midwest isn't The Land Time Forgot but a more complicated (and vastly more interesting) place where the good life awaits once we figure exactly out what it means. From his home range in northwestern Wisconsin, Hildebra...

Please join us for a free workshop!  Three different sessions offered for your scheduling convenience  Curious about 3D printing? Come explore the software and equipment surrounding this new technology. 3D Printing! Learn 3D Printing Basics Learn: 3D printing basics How to download and prepare a 3D file for printing How to operate a 3D printer How to receive certification to use the printer to print an object When & Where: Mon  Dec 8  6:00 pm (Room 107) Tue   Dec 9  6:00 pm (Room 107) Wed  Dec 10 4:00 pm (Room 107) Instructor: Matt Sonnenberg - IMC Assistant  This is an SBE approved event