{"id":2892,"date":"2022-02-23T17:38:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T17:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/?p=2892"},"modified":"2022-02-23T22:58:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T22:58:01","slug":"work-day-in-the-life-of-john-martin-rare-book-room-curator-damien-ihrig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/2022\/02\/23\/work-day-in-the-life-of-john-martin-rare-book-room-curator-damien-ihrig\/","title":{"rendered":"Work Day in the Life of John Martin Rare Book Room Curator Damien Ihrig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A day in Damien&#8217;s work life at Hardin Library involves some or all of the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Email, email, email<\/li>\n<li>A few meetings with local, state, or regional colleagues<\/li>\n<li>Working with the collection to prepare items for conservation care, digitization, reshelving, shifting shelves, or updating database entries.<\/li>\n<li>Class prep<\/li>\n<li>Working with a donor interested in gifting books to the JMRBR or Hardin<\/li>\n<li>Processing gift books<\/li>\n<li>Research on a book or topic<\/li>\n<li>Writing (usually for the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.its.uiowa.edu\/dispatch\/archive\/friends-of-the-jmrbr-january-2022-ojvDXRL\">JMRBR<\/a> or Hardin newsletters)<\/li>\n<li>Updating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/rare-book-room\/\">JMRBR website<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Project or exhibit prep<\/li>\n<li>Professional development (usually a virtual webinar)<\/li>\n<li>Working with a researcher interested in JMRBR materials<\/li>\n<li>Consulting with a clinical researcher about their project<\/li>\n<li>Working on a systematic or other review<\/li>\n<li>A reference desk shift<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_2893\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2893\" style=\"width: 444px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2893\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/files\/2022\/02\/dihrig_20220210-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Damien Ihrig, white man in front of bookcases of rare books\" width=\"444\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/files\/2022\/02\/dihrig_20220210-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/files\/2022\/02\/dihrig_20220210-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/files\/2022\/02\/dihrig_20220210-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/files\/2022\/02\/dihrig_20220210-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/files\/2022\/02\/dihrig_20220210-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/files\/2022\/02\/dihrig_20220210-640x640.jpg 640w, http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/files\/2022\/02\/dihrig_20220210-1800x1800.jpg 1800w, http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/files\/2022\/02\/dihrig_20220210.jpg 2003w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Damien Ihrig<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Interested in visiting the John Martin Rare Book room for research or fun? In-person or Zoom appointments are available. Want to host a class here? Need help with your historical medical research? Contact Damien by <a href=\"mailto:damien-ihrig@uiowa.edu\">email<\/a> or phone (319-335-9154).&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A day in Damien&#8217;s work life at Hardin Library involves some or all of the following: Email, email, email A few meetings with local, state, or regional colleagues Working with the collection to prepare items for conservation care, digitization, reshelving, shifting shelves, or updating database entries. 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