In conjunction with the John Martin Rare Book Room Open House, Peter Balestrieri, Science Fiction and Popular Culture Curator, University of Iowa Libraries, will be giving a talk on curating Frankenstein at The Hardin Library conference room 401, on Thursday, March 22 from 4-5pm. After the talk, you may view parts of our collections atContinue reading “Curating Frankenstein | 200th Anniversary Talk by Peter Balestrieri | Thurs. March 22, 4-5pm @Hardin Library”
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Spring Break hours begin Friday, March 9
The Hardin Library will have reduced hours for Spring Break, beginning on Friday, March 9. Friday, March 9 7:30am-6pm Saturday, March 10 10am-2pm Sunday, March 11 Noon-4pm Monday, March 12-Friday, March 16 7:30am-6pm Saturday, March 17 10am-2pm Sunday, March 18 Noon-Midnight *regular hours resume* 24-hour study available when the library is closed. Apply for accessContinue reading “Spring Break hours begin Friday, March 9”
Faculty: Affordable Textbook Alternatives Discussion | Thurs. March 8, 11a-12pm
The average university student spends over $1,000 a year on textbooks. If you are interested in exploring viable alternatives, this workshop is for you. Scholarly Communications Librarian Mahrya Burnett will show you several open textbook repositories and discuss ways that you can lower—or even eliminate—studentContinue reading “Faculty: Affordable Textbook Alternatives Discussion | Thurs. March 8, 11a-12pm”
Welcome Miles Dietz-Castel, NNLM/GMR Office Coordinator!
Welcome Miles Dietz-Castel, Office Coordinator for the NNLM Greater Midwest Region office. Miles joined the GMR of National Network of Libraries of Medicine this January. In his new role, Miles will be assisting the GMR office as it fulfills its mission to improve and provide equal access of biomedical information to health professionals and theContinue reading “Welcome Miles Dietz-Castel, NNLM/GMR Office Coordinator!”
PubMed Workshop | Tuesday, March 6, 2-3pm
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s index to the medical literature and includes over 26 million bibliographic citations in life sciences. This one-hour session will show you how to improve your search results by using subject headings (MeSH) and advanced keyword searching techniques. For individual instruction on this topic, please contact your liaison librarian.Continue reading “PubMed Workshop | Tuesday, March 6, 2-3pm”
Researchers: Clean Up Your Messy Datasets! | OpenRefine | Workshop Wed. Feb. 28, 11am-12pm
OpenRefine (formerly known as Google Refine) is a free tool for working with messy tabular data. Save yourself time working with datasets that need to be transformed, cleaned, or processed before use. Bring your laptop for hands-on training. You may also follow along without a laptop. Prior to the workshop, please install the Release VersionContinue reading “Researchers: Clean Up Your Messy Datasets! | OpenRefine | Workshop Wed. Feb. 28, 11am-12pm”
Icones Anatomicae, 1801-1813 | February 2018 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
LEOPOLDO MARCO ANTONIO CALDANI (1725-1813) and FLORIANO CALDANI (1772-1836). Icones anatomicae., 1801-1813 Leopoldo Caldani was chair of anatomy at Padua, and was assisted in the publication of his anatomical works by his nephew, Floriano Caldani, also a professor at Padua. Together, they created this massive, beautiful compilation of the best anatomic representations of past years.Continue reading “Icones Anatomicae, 1801-1813 | February 2018 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library”
Having trouble keeping current with professional reading? | Workshop Thursday, Feb. 22, 9-10am
Want to know as soon as an exciting new article is published? Tired of skimming the websites or paper copies of multiple journals to see what is in the new issue? This hands-on session will show you how to create a single destination for information from your favorite journals, databases, websites and blogs using RSSContinue reading “Having trouble keeping current with professional reading? | Workshop Thursday, Feb. 22, 9-10am”
Hardin Library open regular hours for President’s Day holiday Monday, Feb. 19
The Hardin Library will be open regular hours 7:30am-Midnight on President’s Day. This year President’s Day is celebrated on February 19. Presidents Day always falls on the third Monday in February. The holiday was originally called “Washington’s Birthday” to celebrate the first president of the United States, George Washington. The holiday was celebrated throughout theContinue reading “Hardin Library open regular hours for President’s Day holiday Monday, Feb. 19”
Systematic Reviews | Workshops February 6 and 20
Are you interested in conducting a systematic review? We have two workshops to help you get started. Step one- Systematic Reviews: Nuts and Bolts of a Systematic Review This class provides a framework for developing a literature search for a systematic review, including: standards and criteria to consider establishing a plan registering a protocol, developingContinue reading “Systematic Reviews | Workshops February 6 and 20”