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  • Sink your teeth into these Pi Day reads
    by Amanda Gunnink on March 14, 2024 at 1:35 pm

    Happy Pi Day (3/14)! Celebrate this captivating constant by reading some books on pi from our collection. There’s a book for every kind of pi fan.   For the curious newcomer  Π: a biography of the world’s most mysterious number by Alfred S. Posamentier & Ingmar Lehmann   Written for […]

  • UI Libraries inks new Cold Spring Harbor open access agreement
    by Sara Scheib on March 12, 2024 at 7:57 pm

    The University of Iowa Libraries are pleased to announce a new transformative agreement with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP), an internationally renowned publisher of books, journals, and electronic media in genetics and molecular biology. The agreement includes: To publish open access […]

  • Using UILink to access full-text content
    by Sarah Andrews on March 12, 2024 at 7:22 pm

    Full-text content from databases is often available using the UILink button. UILink is the tool that bridges our search tools like InfoHawk+, PubMed, and other databases to our subscriptions and full-text content. Make your experience seamless with the help of the best practices listed below. 1. […]

  • YOU Make the Government: The Iowa League of Women Voters and Civic Responsibility
    by Anna Holland on March 8, 2024 at 10:25 pm

    A non-partisan organization, the LWV focuses on voters understanding their power and responsibility in government at all levels. It also emphasizes that for democracy to be for the people, citizens must engage with government at every level. In a 1947 project entitled You are Democracy, the LWV […]

  • Hardin Library reducing hours for spring break
    by Sarah Andrews on March 7, 2024 at 7:54 pm

    Hardin Library will be open reduced hours from March 9 to March 16 for Spring break.  Regular hours resume on March 17.   The 24-hour study is available when the library is closed.  You can access the study using a current Iowa One Card or University of Iowa Health Care badge.   Visit the […]

  • The Literary Heritage of Cornell College: Using Digital Resources to Preserve the Past by Miranda Donnellan
    by Connor Hood on March 7, 2024 at 6:12 pm

    Archives are not infallible. Paper disintegrates, photos acidify, and even metal rusts and ages. Every librarian and archivist knows that preservation relies on prevention far more than restoration, but there is only so much control you can exert over nature’s most significant force: time. As a […]

  • Congratulations to the five Hardin librarians listed as co-authors since Jan. 1
    by Sarah Andrews on March 5, 2024 at 8:34 pm

    Since the start of 2024, five of the librarians on staff at the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences have been listed as co-authors of published research. We’re always excited to collaborate with our library users, whose important work energizes all of us. Further information is listed below, […]

  • Student employee spotlight: Ramin Roshandel
    by Natalee Dawson on March 1, 2024 at 9:50 pm

    Ramin Roshandel will never forget the first time he stepped into the University of Iowa Rita Benton Music Library. From the beginning, the PhD candidate knew that the library would become a crucial part of his time as a student of music composition pedagogy. Roshandel describes being immediately […]

  • No time wasted: What is Leap Day, anyway?
    by Kari Kozak on February 29, 2024 at 4:00 pm

    Every four years, the Gregorian calendar gives us an interesting phenomenon called a “leap year.” The result? Countries that follow the Gregorian calendar end up with an extra day on the calendar: Feb. 29. So why does this chronological quirk hit every four years? It actually takes Earth […]

  • This photo contains Hawkeye history—now, Virginia Eichacker reflects on her aunt’s impact
    by Natalee Dawson on February 28, 2024 at 9:11 pm

    This photo features the five undergraduate women who integrated Currier Residence Hall in 1946: Virginia Harper, Esther Walls, Nancy Henry, Gwen Davis, Leanne Howard, and Pat Smith. Their story lives on in the Iowa Women’s Archives and in Currier, where a mural commemorates their achievements at […]

  • OpenHawks grant program promotes open educational resources, saves students money
    by Mahrya Burnett on February 27, 2024 at 8:26 pm

    Are you looking for a way to enhance your teaching, save your students money, and contribute to the global knowledge commons? If so, consider applying for the OpenHawks grant program at the University of Iowa.  Over the last several years, OpenHawks has funded over 60 Open Educational Resources […]

  • Engineering Open: Minigolf Design Challenge 2024 Results!
    by Amanda Gunnink on February 26, 2024 at 6:13 pm

    We had a fantastic time trying out all the new fairways at the teams created for the Engineering Open on Friday, Feb 23. Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all who joined us! Whether or not you took home one of our 3D-printed trophies, you’re all champions to us, and this tradition is […]

  • Sciences Library spring workshops
    by Carol Hollier on February 16, 2024 at 10:18 pm

    The Sciences Library is offering new spring workshops. Attend to learn how to compare gene sequences, use Sciwheel or EndNote reference management software, navigate scientific papers more effectively, find math literature, set up an ORCiD identifier, or explore ornithological treasures in the […]

  • Chance encounter at the Main Library sparks one couple’s lifelong love story
    by Natalee Dawson on February 13, 2024 at 6:18 pm

    For one Hawkeye couple, the journey of a thousand miles started at a wobbly table in the Main Library. In the late 1960s, Dr. Harold “Harry” Mihm was pursuing his MD at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille Carver College of Medicine, and Georgia Benda was an undergraduate studying special […]

  • Announcing new John Benjamins open access agreement
    by Sara Scheib on February 12, 2024 at 4:26 pm

    The University of Iowa Libraries is pleased to announce a new read and publish agreement with John Benjamins Publishing Company, an independent academic publisher of books, journals and online resources in linguistics and the language sciences. The agreement includes: To publish open access in John […]

  • Two graduate student employees receive Academic Enrichment Awards from the UI Libraries
    by Natalee Dawson on February 9, 2024 at 2:27 pm

    Each year, the University of Iowa Libraries recognizes two graduate student employees for their contributions to the institution and the library or department in which they work. Recipients of an Academic Achievement Award (AEA) are selected by a committee based on their application essays and the […]

  • 13 student Libraries workers receive scholarships for 2023-24
    by Natalee Dawson on February 7, 2024 at 6:00 pm

    Student library employees are a crucial part of what makes the University of Iowa Libraries such a valuable, accessible resource for the community on campus and beyond. We’re grateful that these dedicated students make time alongside their classes to work with us, directing users to needed […]

  • Find your next read by checking out Blind Date with a Book at Lichtenberger Engineering Library
    by Amanda Gunnink on February 7, 2024 at 4:00 pm

    Get a jump on your reading goals in a fun and surprising way with our Blind Date with a Book. You can check out a surprise book by visiting the main floor of the Lichtenberger Engineering Library and finding the Blind Date with a Book shelf in front of the wooden wall. If you haveContinue reading […]

  • Guide to accessing Journal Citation Reports
    by Sarah Andrews on February 6, 2024 at 8:04 pm

    by Mary Thomas, clinical education librarian Using Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is important because it’s the official source to find a journal’s impact factor. However, finding JCR online can be tricky, especially because JCR and Web of Science (WoS) are owned by Clarivate. Navigating to JCR […]

  • Staff Q + A: Suzanne Glémot
    by Natalee Dawson on February 2, 2024 at 2:36 pm

    Bookbinder, video game enthusiast, disco connaisseur How did you find your way into preservation and collections care? I was somewhat aware of library preservation while I was a grad student working in the Conservation Lab, but was more interested in becoming a conservation technician—treating […]