Please join us on Thursday, Dec. 3, at 5 p.m. in Open Book, for a discussion of local food. Learn how to become a more conscious consumer, even on a student budget! Ask questions of local growers, restaurant owners, and the manager of the Dane County farmer's market. This is your chance to continue to engage in the topics raised by the UW's "Go Big Read" program which featured Michael Pollan's book In Defense of Food.

The library closes at 4:45pm on Wednesday, 11/25 and will be closed Thanksgiving day (11/26) as well as for a state furlough day on Friday, 11/27. The hours on Saturday, 11/28 are 8:30am-4:45pm. Regular hours resume on Sunday, 11/29, when we open at 10:00am and begin 24-hour service.

Please note: GUTS and Writing Center evening hours will therefore not be offered on Wednesday, 11/25 when the library is closed. GUTS resumes regular drop-in tutoring on Sunday, 11/29, but Writing Center will not resume their drop-in service until Monday, 11/30.

More information on library hours for the semester can be found here: http://www.college.library.wisc.edu/about/hours/

CFYE is hosting listening sessions for first year students Nov. 16-19 from 8-11pm in the Student Services Area of College Library on the 1st floor. Visit with staff from the Center for the First-Year Experience to talk about your first semester at UW-Madison and get an iTunes gift card!

College Library is proud to announce this first use of the Student Services Area by CFYE, which joins Cross-College Advising Service (CCAS) and L&S Career Services in offering new ways for students to connect with important campus programs in the library.

We look forward to future opportunities to work with CFYE in College Library space.

Staff from DoIT will be on hand today, November 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Area 3 of the Student Services Area to answer any and all of your questions about Windows new operating system. Here's your chance to pick a big tech brain. Stop by and get some helpful and handy information.

Nov. 18th is a busy day in the student services area: DoIT Windows 7 presentation 11am-1pm, Career advising 3:30-5pm, CCAS, 5-8pm and CFYE from 8-11pm. This is all in addition to regular drop-in hours for GUTS (5-11pm) and the Writing Center (8-11pm).

All of this activity is adjacent to the daily help with any and all library questions provided at the information desk, front and center. No matter what you need, you can find it in College Library. Bring your questions to the first floor center, and we'll have answers, either from the friendly library staff or from one of the many campus partners providing help in the student services area.