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| Sunday, November 18 | noon – 9:00 pm |
| Mon – Wed, November 19-21 | 7:30 am – 6:00 pm |
| Thursday, November 22 | CLOSED (Holiday) |
| Friday, November 23 | CLOSED (Home Football) |
| Saturday, November 24 | 10:00 am – 2:00 pm |
My Friend, Rachel Carson: Shirley Briggs and the Iowa Connection to Silent Spring
Fifty years ago, Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, a lucid and compelling book about how DDT and other pesticides were damaging the environment and human health. The book called for a change in the way humankind viewed the natural world and became an inspiration for the environmental movement. One of Carson’s staunchest advocates and closest friends was Iowan Shirley Briggs, who met Carson when they worked together at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the 1940s.
To recognize this Iowa connection to Silent Spring the University of Iowa Libraries and Office of Sustainability are presenting a symposium and exhibition opening, Thursday, Nov. 15, inspired by the extensive collection of Briggs’ diaries, letters, photos and artwork in the Iowa Women’s Archives.
A Sense of Wonder, a short film about the last days of Rachel Carson as she struggled with cancer, will be shown from noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14 at the Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn Street.
The symposium begins at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 15 in Phillips Hall Auditorium (100 PH), followed by an opening reception in the UI Sciences Library, where an exhibit of Briggs’ photos, writings, art work and memorabilia will be on display through Jan. 7.
See our library guide at http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/carson-briggs for more information on Rachel Carson, Shirley Briggs, and Silent Spring.
All events are free and open to the public.
| The purpose of this hands-on class is to introduce several resources found on the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office website that may be used to locate information on patents, trademarks and patent applications. Google’s patent searching feature will be also be highlighted as a source for finding information on patents.
Register online (http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/workshop/) or by calling 319-335-9151.
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 14, 2012 |
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| Time: | 10:00am – 11:00am |
| Location: | Hardin Library – Information Commons East |
Veteran’s Day is not a University of Iowa holiday. The library will be open regular hours from 7:30am-Midnight.
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s index to the medical literature and includes over 17 million bibliographic citations in life sciences. This one hour session will introduce you to the basics of searching PubMed and will also cover: using subject headings (MeSH headings), combining searches, choosing limits, and saving, printing and emailing search results.
Our next session is Thursday, November 8 from 12-1pm. Feel free to bring your lunch and eat and learn.
In this training, a group of SITA (Student Instructional Techology Assistants) will outline major presentation-making software such as Powerpoint and Prezi. Techniques for conference presentations and classroom lectures will be covered.
Come prepared with an idea for a presentation as a portion of the training will focus on applying learned techniques to your upcoming presentation!
Register for Wednesday, November 7th, 12:00-1:00pm (Location: Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, Information Commons East, 2nd floor)
ITS – Instructional Services is presenting training at C201 CPHB (College of Public Health). Registration is open to all faculty, TAs, and staff.
In this 3 hour session, you will get the basics on how to use TurningPoint (PowerPoint integrated software) and TurningPoint Anywhere and UICapture (aka Panopto) for Windows.
November 9, 2012
8:30 – 11:30am
C201 CPHB (College of Public Health)
The topics for Turningpoint and TurningPoint Anywhere are:
The topics for UICapture/ Panopto are:
Register at: http://its.uiowa.edu/apps2/training//public/registration.php?&p=596
The University of Iowa Health Sciences Policy Council will host “Rebalancing Health Care in the Heartland 5 : Shaping Iowa’s Health Care Landscape” with keynote speaker Susan Dentzer.
November 13, 2012 at Embassy Suites in Des Moines, Iowa. Register online (http://rebalancinghealthcare.uiowa.edu/).
Iowa’s health care landscape continues to be shaped by powerful forces. The Supreme Court’s ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the upcoming elections, and new legislation could profoundly influence the future direction of health policy. Despite the uncertainty, changes are occurring that will likely continue–such as providers and insurers working together to increase accountability for the cost and quality of care, and payments based on value, not volume.
Join fellow Iowans for this non-partisan, one-day conference focused on the significant changes and resulting challenges in health service delivery today.
Hardin Library for the Health Sciences is also a sponsor for this conference.
