Library sale offers 15,000 books

More than 15,000 books on almost any subject and a collection of long-playing records will be put on sale in a fund-raiser for the Friends of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries Oct. 25-28.

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 four years, nearly two dozen campus libraries received nearly $70,000 through a small-grant program supported by the book sales.

Among the subjects covered by the books on sale: literature and fiction, foreign languages, art, world and American history, cooking, physical and biological sciences, political science, law, reference, health and medicine, religion, philosophy, and women’s studies.

The sale, open free to the public, will be in 112 Memorial Library, 728 State St. A preview sale ($5 admission) will be held 5-9 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 25.

The regular sale will be 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m., Thursday and Friday, Oct. 26-27. On Saturday, Oct. 28, from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., bring your own grocery bag and fill it for $2. From 2-3 p.m. on Saturday, everything is free.