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Exhibit traces 300 years of Wisconsin and Great Lakes maps

March 21, 2007

Original maps of Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region from 17th-century drawings concocted from travelers' accounts to 21st-century images captured by satellites are on display through June 29 in the Department of Special Collections in Memorial Library at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Leopold Foundation, UW–Madison to digitize Aldo Leopold archives

February 27, 2007

The entire Aldo Leopold Collection held by the University Archives of the University of Wisconsin–Madison will be digitized in a partnership project with the Aldo Leopold Foundation. More than $100,000 has been awarded to the Foundation, in Baraboo, Wis., to support the project.

UW service helps communities make informed choices on challenged books

February 15, 2007

School librarians have an inherently behind-the-scenes profession, but what happens when they are thrust into a very public controversy over a challenged book?