Amid school-wide budget cuts, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Astronomy, Math and Physics Library has closed. The Social Work Library will follow, closing at the end of the academic year, and major campus libraries like College and Memorial library will reduce weekend hours.
These changes are a part of larger university-wide budget cuts, announced earlier in the summer by Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin. All departments were directed to reduce their budgets by 5%, with administrative units reducing their budgets by 7%.
As a result, the library system will close two libraries and will reduce hours at others, according to a release put out by the university on August 6…