Friends of the Library sale offers nearly 15,000 books

Nearly 15,000 books on almost any subject will be put on sale in a fund-raiser for the Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries Thursday through Sunday.

This is the sixth semiannual book sale sponsored by the campus library Friends. The previous five sales have raised a combined $59,000.

UW–Madison faculty, staff, students and area residents donate most of the materials. The public sale helps fund an annual lecture series, special purchases for the library collections and a visiting scholar support program. Fourteen campus libraries have received $35,000 through a new specialized small-grant program for campus libraries supported by the book sales.

Special large collections of children’s books, history, literature and classics will be on sale. Other topics covered by the books include anthropology, biography, fiction, foreign languages, cooking, physical and biological sciences, computer science, government, political science, law, education, fine arts, self-help, reference, business, social sciences, religion, philosophy, and women’s studies.

The sale is open to the public and will be held in Room 124 of Memorial Library, 728 State St. A preview sale with a $4 admission fee will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday.

The regular sale with no admission fee will be held 10:30 a.m.- 8 p.m., Friday; 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday; and 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Sunday. The Sunday sale will be a $2-a-bag sale, “bring your own bag,” with everything free from 2 to 3 p.m.