The University of Iowa Libraries was awarded $5,000 for the Iowa City Book Festival by Humanities Iowa, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities The grant was one of 17 totaling more than $160,000 awarded at the recent HI board meeting in Ames. The Iowa City Book Festival will be a daylongContinue reading “Iowa City Book Festival Receives Humanities Iowa Grant”
Monthly Archives: June 2009
‘Animal, Vegetable, Miracle’ selected for One Community, One Book
“Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year in Food Life” by Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver, is the 2009 selection for “One Community, One Book.” The project promotes insights on human rights in the United States and across the globe and is coordinated by the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR)Continue reading “‘Animal, Vegetable, Miracle’ selected for One Community, One Book”
StoryCorps project preserves personal stories from historic flood
The devastating flood that hit Iowa last summer made headlines around the state, nation and world. Yet many stories would be lost if not preserved – or worse, simply remain untold. Through the national StoryCorps Project, 24 of these stories can be heard through the Iowa Digital Library. University of Iowa Libraries, along with universityContinue reading “StoryCorps project preserves personal stories from historic flood”
UI Libraries Digitizes Collection of Historic Musical Scores
More than 250 years after his birth, a notable collection of musical scores by French composer and music publisher Ignaz Pleyel (1757-1831) can now be found online. The Rita Benton Music Library at the University of Iowa is pleased to announce this release of the Ignaz Pleyel Early Editions Digital Collection, which is located atContinue reading “UI Libraries Digitizes Collection of Historic Musical Scores”
Volunteer at the Iowa City Book Festival
Sign up now to volunteer at the Iowa City Book Festival. For information please visit our Volunteering page at http://www.iowacitybookfestival.org/volunteer.html
Book Vendor Registration Opens for the Iowa City Book Festival
The Iowa City Book Festival will begin to accept applications for book vendors at 1:00 PM on June 10th. Interested parties should register online at: http://www.iowacitybookfestival.org/bookvendors_terms.html
Live from Prairie Lights Recordings in Special Collections
On June 14, 1990 Mary Swander and Jane Anne Straw read from their book Parsnips in the Snow at Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City. This was the first broadcast of “Live from Prairie Lights” on Iowa Public Radio. Today Swander is Iowa’s poet laureate, and this recording, and thousands of others like it, isContinue reading “Live from Prairie Lights Recordings in Special Collections”
Survey Results for Electronic Resources Usage
The University of Iowa Libraries, in consultation with the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), implemented MINES (Measuring the Impact of Networked Electronic Services) during the summer of 2007. MINES is an online transaction-based survey designed to collect data on the purpose and frequency of use of electronic resources. The survey asks three multimple choice questionsContinue reading “Survey Results for Electronic Resources Usage”