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Friends to hold Wisconsin’s largest used book sale, Oct. 12–15
Posted 9/30/2005 

MADISON, Wis. — The Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries will host their 
semiannual used book sale Wednesday through Saturday, Oct. 12–15, in 
116 Memorial Library. The sale features a wide variety of donated 
books, journals and magazines in the sciences and humanities with 
special collections of literary studies and modern theology.

In 19 book sales over the past nine years, more than 284,000 books have 
been sold in the sales. Those statistics become all the more remarkable 
when tied to their outcome — more than $350,000 for library grants, 
scholarly research and special acquisitions and conservation projects.

The Friends have built this event into the single largest used book 
sale in Wisconsin, thanks largely to volunteers. This dedicated group 
has contributed more than 3,000 hours in the last nine years, 
independently of other library volunteer work.

--Emilie
Sale revenue goes to a variety of supporting activities, such as grants 
to campus libraries for acquisitions, preservation and conservation. In 
addition, the Friends annually distribute several grants of up to 
$1,000 to researchers from around the world who visit Madison to pursue 
humanities-related research in Memorial Library.

The Friends host a lecture series every semester and have been a 
sponsor of the annual Wisconsin Book Festival held in Madison.

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