Digital Leopold

UW Digital Collections is pleased to announce that diaries and journals from the Aldo Leopold collections are now available online.

The project to digitize the University Archives’ complete collection of Leopold materials is being done through a grant awarded to the Aldo Leopold Foundation by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

The diaries and journals consist of US Forest Service diaries and miscellany from 1899-1927, hunting journals from 1917-1945, and shack journals from 1935-1948. Browse this collection.

Other pieces of the Leopold collection will be coming online during 2008, with the next installment anticipated to be Leopold’s correspondence—mostly during his UW years from 1933-1948.

Finding Aid to the Aldo Leopold Papers

Madison Reads Leopold

In order to celebrate Aldo Leopold’s profound and seminal contribution to our contemporary conservation ethos, the public is invited to the Arboretum Visitor Center for a reading of selections from A Sand County Almanac and other works, Saturday, March 1 (9:00 AM – 12:30 PM). Scheduled readers include Madelyn Leopold (granddaughter of Aldo Leopold), Ron Seely from the Wisconsin State Journal, Linda Brazill from the Capital Times, and Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz.

Following the readings, participants can muse upon Leopold’s vision with guided walking tours of the Arboretum. Tours begin at 1:15 PM.

The Madison Reads Leopold events are free and open to the public.
The Arboretum Visitor Center is located at 1207 Seminole Highway.

The following day, March 2, whet your appetite with a pancake breakfast at the Riley Tavern and more Leopold with a discussion and presentation by Professor Emeritus, Stanley Temple. His presentation will speak to Leopold’s conservation work and its influence upon private land use and restoration efforts in the Riley area.

The pancake breakfast is slated from 9:00 AM until noon. The Riley Reads Leopold event will be held from 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM in the Riley Tavern Annex, 8205 Klevenville Riley Road (Verona).

Other Leopold Weekend events: http://aldoleopold.org/Weekend/weekend.htm

Create your Own Search Engine (Rollyo)

Have you ever desired your own search engine crafted to search just the sites you know, like and trust? If so, then give Rollyo a go. With Rollyo, you can easily create a searchroll of favorite Web sites. Name your searchroll and enter up to 25 sites to search (according to the FAQ, the most effective searchrolls search 5-15 sites).

If you just use the “Create Searchroll” application, the customized search engine will only exist on your computer. When you register and create your own login, your searchrolls will be credited to you and be made publicly-available. Creating your own login also enables you to save searchrolls to a personal profile page and to access your searchrolls from any computer.

Note: Rollyo searches can only search from the entire site or site root level; searches cannot be limited to a particular page or section of a site (example from Rollyo FAQ: cnn.com but not cnn.com/politics)

Film Venues and Movie Collections

The Academy Awards’ broadcast always reminds me of great films, past and present, which I haven’t yet seen. For our campus community of frugal consumers, there are some wonderful options--from campus film clubs to library collections--in which to catch up on some viewing.

Campus Venues:

Wisconsin Union, Films

Contemporary films—series of international, documentary and cult classics.

Cinematheque (Vilas Hall)

Classic film series, international, rare and archival.

Library Collections:

Open Book Café

Collections of popular literature, graphic novels, music, audio-books and, of course, movies.

Tip: Looking for a specific film or artist (actor or director)? If so, then run a search for the film or artist by using the MadCat library catalog.

Open the MadCat Basic search screen.
Enter your search terms (title or name of artist), and set search for Words Anywhere.
Limit your search to “Video, Slide, Film, etc.” by selecting this choice from the "Quick Limit" pull-down menu.
Click search for selection of records.

(See the video clip of this navigation)

Keeping Current, Workshop 2/27

Do you feel overwhelmed by the challenge of keeping up with the literature in your field of study or research? This workshop will share several tools that can help you save time and maximize your efficiency for staying up-to-date with that information.

Learn how to create a custom list of library databases or have table of contents of the most recent journals sent directly to your email.
Be alerted to the most recent articles on a topic.
Monitor Websites, blogs and other important resources with ease.
Keep track of citations and make bibliographies quickly.

The workshop is structured to allow plenty of time for hands-on exploration of resources.

Keeping Current with the Literature
Wednesday February 27 (12:30 - 2:00 PM)
Steenbock Library, Room 105