• Information Literacy Assignment Workshop Fall 2025 CANCELED

    W194, Golda Meir Library

    In this workshop, instructors will identify areas in which students struggle to reach the expected research outcomes in their course.  Participants will workshop strategies for getting the most out of student research assignments by reflecting on the  information literacy concepts …

  • Python for Beginners Workshop

    Online

    This 2-day workshop will cover the basics of learning how to program using Python for data analysis. Based on the curriculum for the Software Carpentries “Plotting and Programming in Python” we will cover installation, fundamentals, and data analysis (time permitting). …

  • Cleaning up Spreadsheets: Tidy Data

    Online

    Do you have data that you are collecting in a spreadsheet? Probably! Do you need to clean it up and make it work better? Almost certainly. Join us for a Tidy Data workshop to learn how to work with your …

  • Scholarly Publishing With Springer Nature

    Fourth Floor Conference Center, Golda Meir Library

    The 51 Libraries invite you to a workshop in which you will learn about the best practices for scholarly article publishing in Springer Nature journals. This year, the 51 Libraries and Springer Nature signed a new “read and publish” agreement …

  • Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion Thomas Paine’s Common Sense (1776)

    Online
    Virtual Event

    Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion Thomas Paine's Common Sense (1976) For the month of October, we will discuss Thomas Paine's wildly influential American revolutionary tract Common Sense, radically advocating full independence from the British crown. Common Sense has been called "the most incendiary and …

  • Mothers of Milwaukee Modernism: Building the Layton School of Art

    Archives, Golda Meir Library

    The traveling exhibit "Mothers of Milwaukee Modernism: Building the Layton School of Art" by Seth Ter Haar with Docomomo is now on display in the Archives Gallery through December 1. The exhibit details the roles of Charlotte Russell Partridge and …

  • Kyushu in World History, or What I did on my Summer Vacation

    American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

      A presentation by Dr. Hilary Snow, 51 Honors College Situated at the southwestern edge of the main Japanese archipelago, Kyushu has a rich history shaped by the environment, proximity to the Asian mainland, and distance from the capitals of …

  • Artificial Intelligence: The History of a Brand

    American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    The history of AI is the history of an overhyped intellectual brand that has only very recently come to signify a set of deployable technologies with broad application and clear, if somewhat horrifying, purposes. Since its debut in 1955 the …

  • Fact, Fiction, and Storytelling in the Archive

    American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    “Partridge and Frink haven’t been entirely forgotten nor erased like so many others, but there is still a lack of visibility and understanding about their personal dynamics and professional impact... While doing my research, I found nearly every component in …

  • GIS Day at 51

    American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

      The 51 GIS Council invites students, faculty/staff, alumni, and the larger community to join us at GIS Day at 51 on Friday, November 21st!  This year’s theme, “Geo-Generalist Era: Where Spatial Meets Everything,” celebrates the expanding influence of GIS across …