Beginning this fall, UI Libraries users can search smarter. The new and improved Smart Search on the UI Libraries website provides a single search box that searches the InfoHawk Catalog, the Iowa Digital Library, E-resources, E-books, E-journals and even journal articles. During this early release period, we want to hear about your experience using Smart SearchContinue reading “Search Smarter at the UI Libraries”
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Library Racers Get Creative
One of the clues in the Amazing Library Race asks racers to create an avatar. Here is a sampling of submissions.
Retirees Visit Main Library
Members of the Grayhawks (UI Retirees Association) and other retired community members will be visiting the Main Library today for “Preserving Family Photographs, Part 1” in the Conservation Lab from 2 – 3:30 p.m. This hands-on session will be led by Nancy E. Kraft, Head of the Preservation Department and Gary Frost, University Libraries Conservator.Continue reading “Retirees Visit Main Library”
Banned Books Week Read-Out
Join Journalism students as they read excerpts from a selection of banned or challenged books from the list of the Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century compiled by the Radcliffe Publishing Course. Tuesday, September 25 2:30 – 4:15 p.m. First Floor Rotunda Adler Journalism Building 1. The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald 2. CatcherContinue reading “Banned Books Week Read-Out”
Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibit on Display
Hispanic Heritage Month is an annual event celebrating the culture and traditions of U.S. residents who trace their roots to Spain, Mexico and the Spanish-speaking nations of Central America, South America and the Caribbean, as well as the contributions of Hispanic Americans to the United States. The Hispanic community in Iowa is experiencing an excitingContinue reading “Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibit on Display”
Reading Tonight in Shambaugh Auditorium
Iowan Mildred Armstrong Kalish will read from Little Heathens, her memoir about growing up during the Great Depression, at 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 17, in Shambaugh Auditorium of the University of Iowa Main Library. The reading is free and open to the public. A crew from University of Iowa public radio station WSUI AM910 willContinue reading “Reading Tonight in Shambaugh Auditorium”
Transitions: scholarly communications news for the UI community | September 2007
September 2007 Issue 3.07 Welcome to the September issue of Transitions. The purpose of this irregular electronic newsletter is to bring to readers’ attention some of the many new projects and developments affecting the current system of scholarly communication, with emphasis on new products and programs, the open access movement and other alternative publishing models.Continue reading “Transitions: scholarly communications news for the UI community | September 2007”
Blood Done Sign My Name, One Community, One Book Discussion
Last spring the UI Center for Human Rights named Timothy Tyson’s Blood Done Sign My Name as this year’s selection for the One Community, One Book project. As an on-campus sponsor of the project, the UI Libraries is hosting a discussion of this fascinating memoir on Wednesday, September 19th at 7:30 p.m. in the MainContinue reading “Blood Done Sign My Name, One Community, One Book Discussion”