Snack Radio

Author, Clotilde Dusoulier, who pens one of my favorite food blogs, Chocolate & Zucchini, recently shared a list of favorite food and food culture podcasts. As I am often not able to catch a live broadcast of many radio programs, these links enable me to catch up, at leisure, on a program of interest. Download programs to your MP3 player or use your media player of choice to listen from the site.
Give them a try today!

• Good Food, KCRW

• The Splendid Table, American Public Media

• Edible Radio

• Spilled Milk

And, additionally...

• Food, NPR

• Here on Earth, WPR (food-themed Fridays)

UW Libraries Blood Drive (August 4)

The UW Libraries will host a blood drive, Wednesday, August 4 from 9:00 AM until 3:00 PM in Memorial Library (728 State Street), Room 116.

While walk-ins are welcome, you may also schedule an appointment. Donors will be supplied with restorative food and beverages.

Date: Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Time: 9:00am until 3:00pm
Location: Room 116, Memorial Library

Organic Ag Field Day (July 28)

The West Madison Agricultural Research Station will play host, this Wednesday, July 28, to the fourth annual Organic Ag Field Day. This event serves to showcase the development and performance of particular, organic vegetable varieties, no-till strategies and methods for addressing soil fertility. The day’s program will also include a demonstration of Veggie Compass, a software tool for farm management.

Those planning to attend are encouraged to pre-register by contacting Erin Silva at 608-890-1503 or via email at emsilva@wisc.edu. On-site registration begins at 1:00 PM. Demonstrations and tours are slated from 1:15-5:30 PM.

• Directions to the Research Station

Get Your Licks In!

As temperatures climb, what better way to beat the heat than to pick up some ice-cream from the Babcock Dairy Store?! Conveniently located in our neighborhood (1605 Linden Drive), the Dairy Store supplies its signature ice-cream (standard and feature flavors), milk, cheese and other treats. Additionally, a deli-counter prepares coffee, breakfast and lunch items.

Enjoy your break and we will see you back at the library (where, incidentally, we have books on ice-cream production and its culinary use). Ask us for assistance should you wish to browse those collections!

Photo courtesy of UW-Madison University Communications

Call for Course Reserves (Fall 2010)

Steenbock’s course reserves deadline is fast approaching!

To ensure that your reserve materials are available in time for the first day of class, we invite faculty and staff to submit their course reserve materials by our deadline date: August 10, 2010.

For more information, visit the Steenbock Course Reserves page, phone 263-8331 or email.

If you are a student, do note that you can access your e-reserve content by logging in to your MyUW and selecting the Library/Reserves link listed with your registered classes. Similarly, you can access these same library links from within Learn@UW. Should your instructor have placed materials for you to use at one of our campus libraries, visit the MadCat catalog to run a Course Reserves search.

Free Shipping and More for College Students

If you are a student who frequently purchases from Amazon.com, here is a deal for you!

Amazon.com is offering a free, one-year membership to its Amazon Student (Prime) program (a $79.00 value) which includes free, two-day shipping on textbooks and more. Additionally, Amazon Student members enjoy email alerts to other special discounts and promotions.

Students who are currently-enrolled in a college or university are eligible to register. Registration requires a valid .edu email address. Once you have signed up, you will receive an email confirmation message which will prompt you to click the verification link to complete the process.

For more information, visit the Amazon Student FAQ page.

Laboratory Methods and Protocols, Guide

Campus librarians create Research Guides to assist library users with finding recommended databases to the research literature and to other useful information available online in a particular discipline or topic. The guide to "Laboratory Protocols and Methods" is designed to assist UW-Madison researchers with locating the protocols they need from within the variety of resources available from campus library collections and the free Web.

Steenbock librarians have created other guides to reflect the academic areas that the library serves with its collections--including such disciplines as animal science, consumer science, food science and nutrition, and veterinary medicine, among others.

Area Construction Update

A road and sidewalk project will commence this Saturday (July 17) and impact street and sidewalk access from the intersection of Babcock and Linden through to the Horse Barn (520 Elm Drive).

During this project, which is expected to be completed within 21 days (i.e. early August), the street will be closed to traffic save for pedestrian corridors along the north sidewalk, primarily.

Access to parking Lot 40 and to Babcock Hall (building) will be maintained. Signs will be posted in the vicinity to redirect those who approach the construction.

Plan Your Orientation

Are you new to campus or do you have new staff or incoming graduate students? If so, you may wish to consult with your Steenbock library liaison to plan an orientation to library collections and services.

Steenbock librarians are happy to meet with new staff and students--be it an individual consultation, small-group workshop, or participant in a department welcome event.

Additionally, library liaisons can provide the following services:

• Assist with understanding library services and policies (e.g., Library Express, faculty runner cards, UW System search and retrieval…),

• Customize email alerts to keep you informed about new articles matching your topic criteria and tables of contents of your favorite journals,

• Provide in-depth reference consultations--our office or yours--(e.g., help with strategy and database choices, customize your own alerts…),

• Supply customized instructional sessions and course web pages for students (e.g, hands-on training in using specific databases in your subject area, cited reference searching, evaluating websites)

Steenbock Drop-In Workshops & Tours | Tours Flyer

Workshops/Classes/Tours (libraries, campus-wide)

Publishing Your Research Article, Guide to Resources

Campus librarians create Research Guides to assist library users with finding recommended databases to the research literature and to other useful information available online in a particular discipline or topic. The guide to "Publishing Your Research Article" supplies information about finding the best journals in which to publish, writing an effective manuscript, retaining rights as an author, and measuring the impact of published research.

Additionally, Steenbock librarians have created other guides to reflect the academic areas that the library serves with its collections--including such disciplines as animal science, consumer science, food science and nutrition, and veterinary medicine, among others.

"Yarns" at Madison Public Library Central Branch

Jason Skoog, a library and information studies grad student at the UW-Madison, uses mixed media on paper to create colorful, imaginative worlds with open-ended narratives. 

The show features both small and large works populated by a variety of intriguing characters and objects like sailors, station wagons, gazelles, swimming pools, telephones, mop buckets, spiders, and rhinos. 

Please join Jason for an opening reception on Thursday, July 1st from 7-9pm at the Central Library.

Visit the artist's website for more information on his work.