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Fall 2015 Friends Book Sale Wednesday–Saturday, October 21–24, 2015 116 Memorial Library, 728 State Street The largest semiannual used-book sale in Wisconsin includes literature, history, children’s books, science, art, philosophy, reference texts, foreign language books, and more. DVDs, CDs, and LPs are also available. All sales are open to the public. Hours are: Wednesday, October 21 Preview sale: 4:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. ($5 admission) Thursday and Friday, October 22–23 Regular sale: 10:30 a.m.–7 p.m. (No admission fee) Saturday, October 24 Bag sale: 10:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ($4 per bag) Bring a grocery bag or buy one for $1 1:05–2:00 p.m., remaining books are free Saint John’s Bible in Madison: A Look Back The Saint John’s Bible is a hand-written and illuminated bible commissioned by the monks of St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota. Celebrated calligrapher Donald Jackson and a team of scribes and illuminators completed the bible over a fifteen-year period employing techniques and materials that untold scribes before them used prior to the invention of the printing press. (The Saint John’s Bible was on display at the Chazen Museum of Art December 19, 2014 to March 15, 2015.) 30 | LIBRARIES Fall 2015 Looking Back: A Special Event Dow Protests at 1967 Graduation UW Archives S04779 23/321 UW–Madison Archives Talk & Moderated Panel Discussion Featuring: Mayor Paul Soglin, Rev. David Couper, Jane Brotman-Austin and Michael Zaleski https://www.library.wisc.edu/ friends/events-and-exhibits https://www.library.wisc.edu/ friends/ Wednesday, November 18, 2015 5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Varsity Hall, Union South 1308 W. Dayton Street A co-sponsored event with the University of Wisconsin Archives will provide a look at the end of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, and at campus history during those tumultuous years. From 1965–1975 the UW– Madison campus was a national flashpoint of anti-war protests. Find out about the extensive resources and materials available at the UW–Madison Archives and at the Oral History Project that capture the memories of former students, faculty, and citizens involved with the Sterling Hall bombing and campus demonstrations. The evening will feature a talk by UW–Archives staff that will include movie clips, videos, and photos. This will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Friends Board member Jim Fleming, of Wisconsin Public Radio. University of Wisconsin–Madison | 31 Libraries Friends’ Calendar Psalms Frontispiece, Donald Jackson, Copyright 2004, The Saint John’s Bible, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA.