Press , April 2021 ), lays bare the social climate in which Dr . McKay lived , the academic atmosphere in which she worked , and the strategies she employed to succeed in the white academy .
For Dr . Eddie R . Cole ( bottom left ), the past can contribute to conversations in the present . In his new book , The Campus Color Line : College Presidents and the Struggle for Black Freedom ( Princeton 2020 ), Cole maps the role of college presidents in shaping national conversations around racial equity in the mid-century . “ As opposed to previous histories that have rightfully focused on the student activists , my book focuses on the messages these students regularly heard from college presidents ,” Cole explains . This includes messages from UW – Madison administrators .
Book Sale , Where Art Thou ?
For many years , the Friends of the UW – Madison Libraries has sponsored a used book sale twice a year , which draws hundreds of shoppers and redistributes thousands of books . The bustling scene of happy shoppers is one that has been sorely missed these past eighteen months . But with the availability of vaccines and campus leadership looking toward in-person classes in the fall , the Friends are gearing up for a spectacular sale . Tentatively scheduled for
October 20 – 23 and with additional health precautions in place , plans are being made to expand the sale space within Memorial Library . Though donations were not accepted during much of the pandemic and volunteer sorters were not available , there are thousands of volumes awaiting discovery with more arriving all the time . “ Becuase things shut down just before our spring sale in 2020 , we have a tremendous backlog of books ,” explains Michael Chaim , who chairs the book sale committee . Book lovers beware : you won ’ t be able to resist !
Spotlight on John Neu
Few collections at the University of Wisconsin – Madison Libraries are as beloved and encompassing as The History of Science collection , housed in Special Collections . Its holdings include an assemblage of resources in fields like alchemy , natural history , chemistry , and technology , covering both the internal development of the diverse subjects as well as the wider , cultural contexts in which they existed . For forty years , John Neu served as the History of Science Bibliographer , where his stewardship brought the collection a vitality scholars still enjoy today .
“ When you think of early science , you think of the big figures like Newton and Boyle , Lavoisier , Galileo , and Copernicus … if you think at all about early science , they are the people you think of . But , there ’ s a whole galaxy of people under them that were important in the field , because these people — these big names — don ’ t come out of the blue , they interact with a lot of other people . And that ’ s a lot of what Historians of Science study ,” Neu reflected . Read more about this influential Friend and librarian
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