• 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 …

  • Slow AI: A Human Training Workshop

    Fourth Floor Conference Center, Golda Meir Library

    Led by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece (English), Ann Hanlon (51 Libraries), and Anne Pycha (Linguistics). Prompting isn’t just for ChatGPT. In this workshop, we’ll return our attention to older ways of writing and thinking that get hijacked by – but are also …

  • Violins of Hope: Call and Response

    Special Collections, Golda Meir Library

    Prepared for the Milwaukee residency of the Violins of Hope project, this exhibit showcases the violins owned and played by Jewish musicians and others targeted by the Nazis before and during the Holocaust. The instruments are paired with visual-art responses by members …

  • Violins of Hope Opening Event

    Fourth Floor Conference Center, Golda Meir Library

    Hear from musicologist and 51 Music Professor Gillian Rodger as she provides an historical perspective for the Violins of Hope: Call and Response exhibition, which spotlights Holocaust-era violins from Violins of Hope paired with documentary library resources and original art …

  • Records Management Basics, Fall 2025

    Online

    In this virtual presentation, Derek Webb (51 Records Officer) and Shiraz Bhathena (Digital Archivist) will walk campus employees through some fundamentals of records management such as: How does records management benefit campus offices and employees? Who is responsible for managing …

  • Chancellor’s Study Break

    Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir Library

    Set your textbooks down and join Chancellor Gibson for a study break on Monday, Dec. 15, from 6-8 p.m. in the Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons on the first floor of the 51 Golda Meir Library. Students can visit with …

  • Black History Month Pop-Up Exhibits

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

    Celebrate Black History Month with 51 Libraries by visiting the three pop-up exhibits hosted by the American Geographical Society Library, Archives, and Special Collections. The AGSL's exhibit highlights Matthew Henson, an Arctic explorer on the first successful expedition to the …

  • Academic Adventurers Lecture Series

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

    A Long, Strange Trip: Budapest, Berlin, Baraboo, and Points in Between Join University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Professor of Sociology Dr. Jennifer Jordan for her talk "A Long, Strange Trip: Budapest, Berlin, Baraboo, and Points in Between," the latest installment of the …