Beginning Tuesday, November 24, books and journals currently located on Hardin’s first floor will be moved out of the Library to the Library Annex.  Shelving will also be removed. This is the first stage of a long-term project which will result in offices for the University’s Institutional Review Board being built on the first floor.  Additionally, volumes from the current Psychology Library will be moved into the remaining first floor stacks.

We apologize for the noise which this project will create over the next several months, and recommend using other areas of the Library for study.  The fourth floor is generally the quietest area of the Library.

Questions or comments can be sent to lib-hardin@uiowa.edu or to Janna Lawrence, Hardin Library Assistant Director, at janna-lawrence@uiowa.edu.

A survey –The Social Life of Health Information–from the Pew Research Center’s Intenet and American Life Project and California Healthcare Foundation found that 61 percent of Americans now look online for health information. 

More interesting findings:

• online information is impacting healthcare decisions for patients
• 38 percent of users are looking for information about hospitals
• 47 percent are looking for information about doctors or healthcare providers
• 66 percent are looking for information about a specific disease or problem

See the complete report online for more information:  http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/8-The-Social-Life-of-Health-Information/1-Specific-disease-or-medical-problem.aspx?r=1

The festival is a day-long celebration of books, reading, and writing presented by the University of Iowa Libraries on Saturday, July 18.

It will be held in Gibson Square outside the Main Library’s south entrance.

See all of the activities that you will be able to participate in as well as volunteer opportunities and book vendor registrations at this website.

In honor of National Poetry Month, Hardin has posted medical poetry around the library!

You can also view a wider array of poetry at: http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/406

Make sure to check it out!

The University of Iowa is currently apart of the Power Down for the Planet sustainability challenge.  The contest challenges students to reduce computer energy use, and to get more of their student population involved than the opposing schools.  The challenge is put on by Climate Savers Computing Initiative, with hopes to lower energy bills and decrease greenhouse gas emissions.

Students, faculty and staff are all encouraged to participate by pledging to use green computing practices at:

http://www.powerdownfortheplanet.org/

Pledge to Power Down and help the University of Iowa win the challenge!

A Recycling Bin is now located outside of the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.  It is for plastic bottles and can be found outside of the 3rd Floor Entrance Doors!