Mac Gill, graduate student employee at Hardin Library and current Master’s student in Library and Information Science and student in the Book Arts certificate program was selected to be a 2019 Digital Humanities Summer Fellow at The University of Iowa Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio. Mac’s Digital Humanities Studio project is a digital map ofContinue reading “Mac Gill | Graduate Student @Hardin | Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio Fellow”
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Benzi’s Observations on Galen | May 2019 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
UGO BENZI (1376-1439). Expositio super libros Tegni Galeni. Venice: Bonetus Locatellus, for Octavianus Scotus, 1498 Benzi, also know as Hugo of Siena, initially studied philosophy and medicine at the University of Siena. He completed his doctorate at Pavia in 1396 where he remained on the faculty until 1399. During his subsequent academic career, he held majorContinue reading “Benzi’s Observations on Galen | May 2019 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library”
Congratulations to Hardin’s Spring 2019 Graduate Student Graduates
Kayla Hodgson is receiving a Master of Arts in Library and Information Science in May, 2019. After graduating, Kayla will start as the new Youth and Teen Services Assistant Librarian at the North Liberty Community Library. Kayla enjoyed the people she worked with at the Hardin Library. Adaeze Emecheta is receiving a Doctor of Pharmacy degreeContinue reading “Congratulations to Hardin’s Spring 2019 Graduate Student Graduates”
Congratulations to Hardin’s Spring Undergraduate Graduates
Francis Bass is receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Creative Writing with honors. Francis will be moving to Philadelphia where he plans to find a job for pay and continue to purse a career as a professional writer. After spending a lot of time at both the UI Libraries and the IowaContinue reading “Congratulations to Hardin’s Spring Undergraduate Graduates”
Faculty, P&S, Graduate Students | Time to Renew or Return Materials
All annual loans due in June, 2019 may now be renewed for another year. You may renew your loans: by signing into my account by bringing your books to the library and asking for renewals by calling the library at 319-335-9151 You may return books to any University of Iowa Library. You may return booksContinue reading “Faculty, P&S, Graduate Students | Time to Renew or Return Materials”
Lou Barker & Jake Edwards | 2019 Library Student Employee Scholarship Winners
Lou Barker is the recipient of the Dale M. and Mary Gail Bentz Libraries Student Employee Scholarship. “I came to the UI for violin performance–the chamber music program here is really inclusive and brings in a lot of amazing artists. Working at the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences desk helps me work on myContinue reading “Lou Barker & Jake Edwards | 2019 Library Student Employee Scholarship Winners”
Malaria Discovered by Laveran | April 2019 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
CHARLES LOUIS ALPHONSE LAVERAN (1845-1922). Traité du paludisme. Paris: Masson, 1898. After graduating from the University of Strasbourg in 1867, Laveran became an army physician like his well-known father. While stationed at Constantine in Algeria, he discovered the malaria parasite which he named Oscillatia malariae. One of the great discoveries of modern medicine, it was announcedContinue reading “Malaria Discovered by Laveran | April 2019 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library”
Duncan Stewart wins Benton Award for Excellence
Congratulations to Duncan Stewart, the of Libraries’ Cataloging-Metadata Department who has been selected to receive the 2018 Arthur Benton University Librarian’s Award for Excellence. Duncan’s nominators called out his work in bringing a cataloging class back to the University of Iowa School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) as well as his efforts to expandContinue reading “Duncan Stewart wins Benton Award for Excellence”
Judicial Astrology | Al-Qabisi | February 2019 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
ABD AL-ʻAZĪZ IBN ʻUTHMĀN (fl. 950 – d. 967) AND Danck, Joannes fl. 1331. Libellus ysagogicus Abdilazi, id est servi gloriosi Dei… 1485 Abu al-Saqr Abd al-Aziz Ibn Uthman Ibn Ali al-Qabisi l-Mawsili al-Hashimi, generally known as Al-Qabisi, (Latinised as Alchabitius or Alcabitius), and sometimes known as Alchabiz, Abdelazys, Abdilaziz ‘Abd al-Azîz, عبدالعزيز القبيصي) was anContinue reading “Judicial Astrology | Al-Qabisi | February 2019 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library”
Robert Knox | Man, his structure and physiology | March 2019 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
ROBERT KNOX (1791-1862). Man, his structure and physiology : popularly explained and demonstrated. 2nd ed. London ; New York: H. Bailliere, 1858. This popular introduction to anatomy and physiology was written by the noted – if somewhat infamous – Edinburgh anatomist Robert Knox. Knox believed that a knowledge of human structure and physiology was vital, forming theContinue reading “Robert Knox | Man, his structure and physiology | March 2019 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library”