Library sale offers 15,000 books March 21-24

More than 15,000 books on almost any subject will be on sale in a fund-raiser for the Friends of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries March 21-24.

The materials are donated primarily by UW–Madison faculty, staff, students and area residents. 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 nearly $70,000 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 112 Memorial Library, 728 State St.

A preview sale ($5 admission) will be held 5-9 p.m., Wednesday, March 21. The regular sale, open to the public at no charge, will be 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m., Thursday and Friday, March 22-23.

On Saturday, March 24, from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., bring your own grocery bag and fill it for $2.

For more information, contact the Friends, (608) 265-2505, Friends@library.wisc.edu