The Hardin Library is closed on Monday, May 29 for the Memorial Day holiday. Regular hours resume on May 30. The 24-hour study is available when the library is closed.
Health Misinformation | Free Virtual Seminar April 4-6, 2023 | Sponsored by NNLM | Data, Public Health, Libraries
Registration is open for the NNLM Virtual Symposium April 4-6, 2023. The 2023 NNLM Virtual Symposium, Health Misinformation will explore both the research behind health misinformation movements and provide practical and evidence-based solutions to support librarians, health educators, and direct care providers in combating the spread of all types of health misinformation. Topics may include the types of misinformation, history of health misinformation, tips to understand health research, combating social media spread, the effects of health misinformation on individuals and communities, and highlighting replicable programs that Network Members can implement to address health misinformation.
This virtual symposium will feature sessions focused on data, public health, libraries, and general health misinformation.
Featuring the following Keynote speakers:
- Kyla Fullenwider, senior advisor at the U.S. Office of the Surgeon General. Her expertise in combating misinformation and designing human-centered solutions is being used to help communities stay informed about COVID-19, among other things.
- Jevin West co-author Calling Bullshit: Data Reasoning in a Digital World
- Amanda Wilson, Alla Keselman, Catherine Arnot Smith editors of Combating Online Health Misinformation: A Professional’s Guide to Helping the Public
Can’t make all the sessions? That’s okay! All sessions will be recorded and available on the symposium platform for up to 30 days.
Can we get CE credit? Yes! Participants can earn MLA CE.
Learn from this panel and more at the NNLM Research Symposium! Register today!
Follow this event on Twitter: #HealthMisinfoNNLM
If you need a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this event, please email region6-rml@uiowa.edu .
Damien Ihrig | Curator | Waste Not, Want Not: Exploring the Binder’s Waste of the John Martin Rare Book Room | Video available
Damien Ihrig is the Curator for the John Martin Rare Book Room (JMRBR) in the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa. He works with researchers of all ages and from various backgrounds to find and use information on the history of the health sciences. He also manages the collection of rare materials in the JMRBR, provides instruction and support to faculty who use JMRBR materials, and performs outreach and engagement to the University community and beyond. Until recently, he also supported several clinical departments in the Carver College of Medicine and currently supports Biomedical Ethics and the History of the Health Sciences. Damien completed his LIS degree in 2020 with a certificate in Book Studies. Before working at Hardin, he was the Carver College of Medicine registrar for nine years.
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
7:00-8:0pm
Special Collections Reading Room, University of Iowa Main Library, 3rd Floor
125 West Washington Street, Iowa City
This event is free and open to the public. It will be held on the 3rd floor of the Main Library, doors opening at 6:30 PM. For all questions, please contact Elizabeth Riordan at elizabeth-riordan@uiowa.edu.
Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa–sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Elizabeth Riordan in advance at 319-384-2802 or elizabeth-riordan@uiowa.edu.
Hardin Library Open Monday, February 20 for President’s Day Holiday
The University of Iowa remains open on President’s Day. Hardin Library will be open from 7:30am-9pm. The 24-hour study is available when the library is closed.
We welcome visits from people not affiliated with The University of Iowa. You may use our computers and electronic resources by getting a computer pass. Bring a state-issued photo ID or passport to obtain a pass.
Construction Updates | February 2023
Hardin Library construction continues on all floors this semester.
- 24-hour study restroom remodeling has begun! The men’s restroom has been modified to work during construction as a single-user/gender-neutral restroom. The women’s restroom is under renovation to be a single-user/gender-neutral restroom. After that renovation is complete, the current men’s restroom will also be remodeled as a true single-user/gender-neutral restroom.
- The 24-hour study remains open when Hardin is closed. The 24-hour study is available to affiliates with an Iowa One Card or UIHC badge.
- The 3rd and 4th floor restrooms have been renovated and are open! All are now handicapped-accessible.
- All entrances are open, including the 1st floor, closest to parking and bus stops.
- On the 1st floor, the restrooms are under renovation and office space for Environmental Health and Safety (OVPR) staff is being constructed. Library study tables are still available.
- The 2nd floor restrooms are under renovation.
- All print books on the 4th floor dated before 2010 have been sent to offsite storage in Iowa City but can be requested through the catalog for delivery to Hardin, your office, or, in most cases, your home (delivery to dorm rooms is not available). The empty bookstacks will be removed this semester.
4th Floor renovations paid for by a generous grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust.
Spring Break Hours @Hardin Library | Saturday, March 11 – Saturday, March 18
Spring Break Hours
- Saturday, March 11 – 10am-2pm
- Sunday, March 12 – Noon-4pm
- Monday, March 13-Friday, March 17 – 7:30am – 6pm
- Saturday, March 18 – 10am-2pm
- Sunday, March 19 – Noon – 9pm, regular hours resume
24-hour study available when the library is closed.
AGRICOLA Now Part of Search from USDA National Agricultural Library
The standalone version of AGRICOLA was retired on January 1, 2023 by the USDA National Agricultural Library.
AGRICOLA, PubAg, and NALDC are now all part of SEARCH from the USDA National Agricultural Library:
https://search.nal.usda.gov/discovery/search?vid=01NAL_INST:MAIN
SEARCH is the USDA National Agricultural Library’s main search tool. It provides simple, one-stop access to more than 7 million records covering all aspects of agriculture and related disciplines, including food and human nutrition.
SEARCH Everything for results from the Catalog and Articles database (AGRICOLA), PubAg, and the NAL Digital Collections (NALDC). Or you can choose to limit your SEARCH to:
- Articles, indexed journal article citations
- PubAg, USDA’s public access repository
- Digital Collections, full-text historical documents and images
Anatomist Gabriel Fallopius | John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library | January 2023 Book of the Month
by Damien Ihrig, curator
FALLOPIUS, GABRIEL (1523-1562). Libelli duo, alter de ulceribus: alter de tumoribus praeter naturam [Two pamphlets, one on ulcers: the other on unnatural tumors]. Printed in Venice by Donato Bertelli, 1563. 101 pages. 21 cm tall.
Fallopius was born in 1523 in Modena, Italy, to a lower noble family. The death of his father and financial troubles forced him into the priesthood before he could finish his university studies. This was an inherited position in his family and there is some question as to whether or not he actually practiced. He turned to performing surgery to help earn money, although indications are he did not enjoy it.
By 1545, Fallopius was enrolled at the University of Ferrara, studying medicine at one of the best medical schools in Europe. Reading about Fallopius is a bit like playing six degrees of separation. Except, instead of involving Kevin Bacon (an award to anyone connecting Fallopius and Kevin Bacon in six steps or less!), it connects all the major physicians and surgeons of the 16th and 17th centuries.
He studied with, worked with, taught, and inspired many well-known physicians during and after his life. At Ferrara, he worked most closely with the famous Italian physician Antonio Musa Brasavola. You may remember Brasavola from Dr. Jonathan Reeder’s presentation this past October.
Fallopius eventually moved to the University of Pisa to complete his medical education. Upon completing his studies, he stayed on as a lecturer at Pisa. He also continued to study with other masters, including Giovanni Battista Da Monte (aka Johannes Baptista Montanus) and Matteo Realdo Colombo at the University of Padua.
He is often referred to as a pupil of Vesalius, also at Padua. Although a friend and colleague of Vesalius, it is not believed he was a literal pupil of the famous anatomist. This can be traced to a misinterpreted translation of Fallopius in which he stated he was “a student of Vesalius.”
He eventually succeeded Colombo as the Chair of Anatomy, Surgery, and Botony at Padua. Colombo had previously replaced Vesalius while he was away in Basil, overseeing the publication of the Fabrica.
Fallopius’s Observationes anatomicae, a modest work funded with his own money and without illustrations, attempted to correct the Fabrica based on Fallopius’s own observations during dissections. Vesalius did not take kindly to this and attempted to publicly discredit his friend. He was ultimately unsuccessful.
Fallopius was a revered professor and lecturer who inspired his many students to continue to challenge the status quo through direct observation. Many of his works, including the one highlighted in this newsletter, were published by his students after his death in 1562.
Libelli duo… is a treatise on diseases of the skin, focusing on ulcers and tumors. It is one of the most thorough works of its kind up to the time of its publication.
Fallopius not only describes the illnesses and their various presentations but also innovations in treatment. He suggests new techniques for the cauterization of ulcers and the removal of tumors.
The book shows many interesting material and bibliographical elements. It is covered with a limp vellum, aged to a warm yellow with no major damage. It has been rebacked, though, with new vellum and a carefully hand-lettered spine title.
The first leaf of the book looks like it was meant to be canceled (replaced with a corrected leaf), but instead, the new leaf was added and the old leaf was retained. This is somewhat unusual and very handy for folks studying the creation of this particular edition and book production, in general, at that time.
The book is broken into chapters, several for each main topic. Chapter 18 of the ulcers topic was corrected by pasting a new chapter heading over the old one. Unlike the canceled first leaf, though, this is not unique to this volume. The new chapter 18 heading can be seen in multiple digitized copies.
Interestingly, the chapter headings use an inconsistent mix of Roman and Arabic numerals. For example, chapter 18 above uses Arabic numerals, but chapter 17 uses Roman. The two section headings (three in our edition because of the canceled leaf) use delightfully illustrated initials showing classic scenes.
Finally, the book has clearly been well cared for. It is in great condition and filled with marginal notes by a careful reader. It is another great example of these beautiful artifacts that combine the history of medicine, early book production, readership, and conservation practices!
Contact Damien Ihrig to view this book or any others from this or past newsletters: damien-ihrig@uiowa.edu or 319-335-9154 to arrange a visit in person or over Zoom.
Read more about Fallopis, credited for inventing the condom in the Friends of the John Martie Rare Book Room Newsletter, Volume 4, Issue 1, January 2023.
Katie Buehner Named Interim Associate University Librarian | Linda Walton Retires from University Libraries
Linda Walton retired as an associate university librarian from the University of Iowa Libraries on Dec. 31, 2022. Walton will still head the Region 6 Medical Library of the National Library of Medicine.
Katie Buehner, MM, MLIS, currently serves as the director of the Rita Benton Music Library and assumed responsibilities of Linda Walton on Jan. 3, 2023. She will serve for approximately six months to nine months until the completion of the national search and successful hire of a new associate university librarian.
Buehner will provide leadership and oversight for the day-to-day operations for:
- Collection development and acquisitions
- Humanities and social sciences
- Undergraduate engagement and circulation/user services
- Scholarly Impact
- The Art Library, Business Library, Hardin Library, Engineering Library, and Sciences Library. Buehner will continue to be involved with supporting the Music Library and working with her staff to continue providing the same excellent service to artists across campus.
Buehner will also be responsible for developing and executing the Libraries’ strategic plan, overseeing program development and evaluation, and managing resources in support of the Libraries’ mission.
Buehner’s areas of research include 20th century American music and online video production. Buehner profile including publications, presentations, and videos.
Happy New Year from Hardin Library | Free Annual Calendar
Hardin Library staff wish you a Happy New Year. Please enjoy a printable annual calendar designed by Helen Spielbauer.
If you would like a printed copy of the calendar, you can pick one up at the Hardin Library! If you are on campus and would like to have one sent to you, please email sarah-andrews@uiowa.edu.
Hardin Library 2023 Calendar 8.5X11
John Martin Rare Book Room 2023 Calendar 8.5X11