Library sale offers 15,000 books

More than 15,000 books on almost any subject and thousands of long-playing records will be put on sale in a fund-raiser for the Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries March 22-25.

The materials are donated primarily by UW faculty, staff, students and area residents. The public sale helps fund an annual lecture series, library collections and a visiting scholar support program. In the past two years, nearly two dozen campus libraries received more than $54,000 through a small-grant program supported by the book sales.

Among the subjects covered by the books on sale: American studies, Eastern religion, fiction, foreign languages, cooking, physical and biological sciences, computer science, government, philosophy, political science, law, education, fine arts, self-help, reference, business, social sciences, religion, philosophy, women’s studies and history.

The sale, open free to the public, will be in room 124, Memorial Library, 728 State St. A preview sale ($5 admission) will be held 5-9 p.m., Wednesday, March 22. The regular sale will be 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m., Thursday and Friday, March 23-24. On Saturday, March 25, from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., bring your own bag and fill it for $2.