Book sale benefits library

More than 15,000 books will be for sale in a fund-raiser for the Friends of the Libraries March 13-16.

Primarily UW–Madison faculty, staff, students and area residents donate the materials. The public sale helps fund an annual lecture series, special purchases for the libraries’ collections, preservation projects and a visiting scholar support program. In the past four years, nearly two-dozen campus libraries received more than $100,000 through a small-grant program supported by the book sales.

Among the special collections being offered are books covering religion and philosophy, history, foreign languages, literature and art. The sale will be in 116 Memorial Library, 728 State St.

A preview sale ($5 admission) will be held 5 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, March 13. The regular sale, open to the public at no charge, will be 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, March 14-15.

On Saturday, March 16, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., patrons can bring a bag and fill it for $2. For more information, contact the Friends, (608) 265-2505, Friends@library.wisc.edu.