Your gift to the UW–Madison Libraries bolsters the Wisconsin Idea through world-class teaching and learning for students, faculty, and staff – and beyond.
Your gift of any size ensures that collections of irreplaceable manuscripts and rare books at UW–Madison Libraries continue to grow and be made accessible for campus, the public, and visiting scholars for years to come.
Gifts to the Libraries’ Department of Special Collections support:
- Undergraduate and graduate student internships and critical hands-on experiences
- The preservation and restoration of items in the collections (like aging or damaged manuscripts, books, and artifacts)
- Accessibility of the collection in person and online
- Public programming such as lectures, exhibits, and events
Thanks to a dollar-for-dollar match from the Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries, your gift will be doubled up to $15,000 during Fill the Hill.
Help keep the UW–Madison Libraries strong with your matching gift today.
About the Robin Rider Special Collections Fund
The Robin Rider Special Collections Fund provides a permanent, all-purpose endowment to support essential and innovative work in the Department of Special Collections, which is the rare book and manuscript library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, located in Memorial Library. This endowment is named in honor of Dr. Robin E. Rider, who was curator of Special Collections from 1996 to 2024.