by Amy Mertz | Oct 14, 2024 | Giving, News
The Wisconsin Book Festival is partnering with the University of Wisconsin–Madison Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) again for the festival’s upcoming Fall Celebration on October 17–20. CEAS began in 1962 and is a focal point in connecting East Asia to UW–Madison....
by Amy Mertz | Sep 17, 2024 | Giving, News
Local artist Bird Ross, co-founder of the Women Artists Forward Fund and the Forward Art Prize in 2018, has created an art fundraiser to benefit Madison Public Library. The Less Be Raisin Nibble exhibit consists of collages of different textures, colors, and papers...
by Amy Mertz | Sep 17, 2024 | News
New to our newsletter is Lost in the Stats, a recurring feature in each edition that will highlight interesting library-related numbers — from item checkouts to programming impact. This issue lists titles of the most popular borrowed books, eBooks, and audiobooks*....
by Amy Mertz | Sep 17, 2024 | Giving, News
Roots & Wings Foundation — a family foundation launched in 2020 by Epic CEO and founder Judy Faulkner and her husband, Gordon — recently gave Madison Public Library Foundation a multiyear grant totaling $360,000 to support early literacy programs and resources at...
by Amy Mertz | Sep 17, 2024 | Giving, News, Uncategorized
Madison Public Library Foundation recently gave Madison Public Library a $500 mini-grant to support a reorganization of the library’s Spanish and bilingual (English/Spanish) World Language Collection materials. The World Language Collection includes books, movies,...
by Amy Mertz | Sep 17, 2024 | News
Jacqueline “Jacquie” Kociubuk recently joined the Madison Public Library Foundation office through the 2024–25 Mellon Public Humanities Fellowship program. Over the next nine months, Kociubuk will be researching the history of Madison Public Library as it prepares to...
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