Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries sale offers 15,000 books

Nearly 15,000 books on a wide range of subjects will be on sale in a fund-raiser for the Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries scheduled March 24-27.

This is the seventh semiannual book sale sponsored by the campus library Friends, whose six previous sales have raised a combined $80,000.

The materials are donated primarily by faculty, staff, student, and area residents. The public sale helps fund an annual lecture series, special purchases for the library collections and a visiting scholar support program. In the past two years, 14 libraries received $37,000 through a new specialized small-grant program for campus libraries supported by the book sales.

Among the subjects covered by the books to be available: American studies (including a large collection of Lincoln biographies), 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, women’s studies and history.

The sale will be in Room 124 of Memorial Library. A preview sale with a $4 admission fee will be held 5-9 p.m., Wednesday, March 24. The regular sale, which is free, will be 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m., Thursday, March 25; 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday, March 26; and 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, March 27. The Saturday sale will be a $2-a-bag sale.