UW Wisconsin's Water Library
Wisconsin's Water Library welcomes your questions on any water-related topic or your suggestions on materials to buy that support research, teaching and study in the field of water.
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Location:
Madison, WI, 53706-1177
Phone:
608.262.3069
Mon - Fri:
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
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UW Wisconsin's Water Library wants you to know library staff are out on leave Tuesday and Wednesday this week, on holiday on Thursday and on furlough on Friday. We wish you a very nice Thanksgiving and look for a post on Monday. But of course - we can go away for a few days without a little "food for thought:"

Source: faculty.wiu.edu
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UW Wisconsin's Water Library offers this photo of an Asian carp, the invasive fish. It may already have made its way into Lakes Michigan and scientists predict it will ruin the ecosystem in short order.

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UW Wisconsin's Water Library The Creat Lakes Science Center in Cleveland debuted an exhibit today called "WATER H2O=LIFE. Cool stuff:

Source: www.glsc.org
Water: H2O = Life at Great Lakes Science Center
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UW Wisconsin's Water Library encourages you to celebrate World Toilet Day. Sounds ridiculous but we celebrate the CAN because we CAN. Seriously, santiation around the world is a major problem:

Source: water.org
If you're on Twitter, why not donate your Twitter status? When something really important comes along for @water we'll retweet it for you automatically.
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UW Wisconsin's Water Library National Book Award winners announced... many of their acceptance speeches talked about ebooks. The Water Library seriously wonders where the publishing field is going....

Source: www.nationalbook.org
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UW Wisconsin's Water Library encourages you to check out this slide show. Today marks the debut of WISCONSIN LIBRARIES SAY CHEESE. See all the great things all kinds of libraries are doing around Wisconsin:

Source: www.wisconsinlibraries.org
Wisconsin Libraries Say Cheese
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UW Wisconsin's Water Library read about an Odd Wisconsin piece on Bonnie Shucha's WisBlawg today. We just have share this sturgeon tale:

Source: www.wisconsinhistory.org
Considered ugly by some and revered by others, sturgeon boast a rich history in Wisconsin. After having survived whatever killed the dinosaurs, they evolved into a robust fish that can enjoy a lifespan of more than a century. ...
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UW Wisconsin's Water Library has lots of news book in its collection for your reading pleasure. Find our new titles here:

Source: aqua.wisc.edu
New Books November 2009
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UW Wisconsin's Water Library says a BIG thank you to the venerable New York Public Library, for putting this out on You Tube:

Source: www.youtube.com
Library Lions is The New York Public Library's most important annual event and one of the most anticipated dinners on New York City's social calendar. This year—at a time when Library usage has skyrocketed—we are expanding on our Library Lions tradition. ...
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UW Wisconsin's Water Library is very proud of the Wisconsin-based company, Kohler for again winning an EPA WATERSENSE PARTNER OF THE YEAR FOR 2009. Way to go!

Source: www.us.kohler.com
The WaterSense™ label is great place to start when you're looking for water-saving products that perform. The Environmental Protection Agency's partnership program, WaterSense promotes water-efficient products, programs and practices throughout the US. ...
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UW Wisconsin's Water Library says Happy Birthday, Sesame Street! But maybe we should let Ernie sing it:

Source: www.youtube.com
From 1979, uploaded by request.
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UW Wisconsin's Water Library now has a Flickr collection. Check out our site and tell us what you think. We recently loaded photos of our "Say [eat] cheese in the library" event on November 6th:

Source: www.flickr.com
Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.
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UW Wisconsin's Water Library always learns something new from the great UW Madison resource, The Scout Report, from the Internet Scout Project. Their weekly email listed this interesting site, on the science of sound in the sea:

Source: www.dosits.org
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UW Wisconsin's Water Library warns that November is historically the worst month for vehicle/deer collisions. Please drive carefully!

November 6 at 8:09am
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UW Wisconsin's Water Library enjoys this library blog, AWFUL LIBRARY BOOKS. Check out this recent entry, you might be inspired:

Source: awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com
Thanks to a submitter for this wonderful book. This is probably shelved right next to the “be cool” book posted earlier!Can you imagine how a young lady must feel if this is featured prominently ...