Current Hours
| Monday - Friday | 9:00am to 5:00pm |
| September 1, 2008 | Closed |
Department of
Special Collections
Color Enhanced: Use of Color in Scientific Books
June 16 - September 14, 2008
Using inexpensive digital cameras, photo-editing software, and inkjet technology, 21st-century consumers can readily experiment with color printing. Authors, illustrators, printers, and publishers of an earlier age did not have it so easy: they incorporated color into illustrations of science and natural history at considerable cost and with mixed success. The exhibit “Color Enhanced: Use of Color in Scientific Books” explores the results from the 15th through the 20th century, drawing on strong holdings of illustrated books of science and natural history in the Department of Special Collections, Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison. More »
This exhibit is designed to complement The Culture of Print in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine, a conference organized by the Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America, to be held September 12-13, 2008, in Madison, Wisconsin.
Newly Launched: Curators' Blog for UW-Madison Libraries
We invite you to visit the new Curators' Blog for the UW-Madison Libraries, designed to highlight new and notable items among the holdings of Special Collections, as well as those of the Historical Services at the Ebling Library of Health Sciences, Kohler Art Library, Mills Music Library, Silver Buckle Press, and University Archives. Stay tuned for news of acquisitions and other holdings, exhibits, events, and digitizing projects.