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Celebrating our Retirees

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The stacks will be a bit emptier in the Library as we say good-bye to four colleagues who will retire over the summer. It is hard to say good-bye to your co-workers when they retire, and even harder when it happens around the same time. Kathy Davis, Axel Schmetzke, Sara Weisensel, and Susan Mory have dedicated over 66 years of total service to the Library. We appreciate the unique gifts and talents they have all so generously shared with the library, university, and the profession. They will be greatly missed.

Featured Honor’s & LRES 380 Intern

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Name: Nick Kubley Hometown: Stevens Point, WI Majors: Computer Information Systems, Web and Digital Media Development The Library congratulates Nick Kubley as he graduates this spring! Nick has worked in the Library as an Honor’s Intern for 3 years and this spring completed the LRES 380 internship. In addition, Nick worked as a Technology Tutor in the Tutoring and Learning Center. LRES 380 Projects: Text Similarity Scoring System – A tool to aid comparison of text strings for a variety of purposes. The original goal was to help find potential predatory publishers. Honors Intern Projects:      • Find a Study Space: http://www.uwsp.edu/library/Pages/studySpaceSearch.aspx      • 3D Printing Support: http://www.uwsp.edu/library/Pages/3D-Printing.aspx      • 3D Digital Model Generator Demo: http://www.uwsp.edu/library/SiteAssets/app/stl/index.html      • Kiosk Carousel Demo: http://www.uwsp.edu/library/SiteAssets/carousel/index.html What did you learn from your internsh

Featured Book: The EU: An Obituary

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The EU:  An Obituary By John R. Gillingham Call Number:  JN 30 .G5524 2016 Review from The Guardian Publisher's Description:  The European Union is a besieged institution. It is struggling in vain to overcome the eurozone crisis and faces an influx of refugees not seen since World War II. The Schengen Agreement is a dead letter, and Britain stands on the brink of leaving altogether. The EU is unfit for the challenges of the coming age of increased global competition and high tech. In sum, the drive for an “ever-closer union” has set Europe on the wrong course: plunged it into depression, fuelled national antagonisms, debilitated democracy, and accelerated decline. In this pithy, rigorously argued book, leading historian John Gillingham examines a once great notion that soured long ago. From its postwar origins, through the Single Market, to the troubles of the present, Gillingham explains how Europe’s would-be government became a force for anti-democratic centralizatio

EXAM CRAM TIME!

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It's that time of the semester! Need help with citations? A statistic? Help with a paper or final exam? The Library and TLC tutors will be here on Monday, May 15th from 6-11 p.m. to help you!  In addition, we will have: Free Coffee Free Cookies Free Fruit  MINI-RELAXATION SESSIONS TO REDUCE STRESS! Raffle give away Monday, May 15 - Library Lobby & IMC (3rd flr) 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm Good luck with studying from all of us at the Library and TLC!