Together with 12 other university libraries in the Midwest and the Center for Research Libraries, the University of Iowa Libraries is proud to announce a new service called UBorrow that offers fast access to over 90 million books. Books requested via UBorrow typically are available within a week and are checked out for 12 weeks, withContinue reading “A faster and more predictable Interlibrary Loan – UBorrow”
Author Archives: The University of Iowa Libraries
Books are on the Move…
As we prepare to renovate the Main Library – to build the Learning Commons on the first floor and create staff space on the fifth floor, we will be moving books and shelving in the building. We will be shifting the entire collection in the Main Library. A stream of books from the Z callContinue reading “Books are on the Move…”
Famine in Historical Context
Looking for primary resources for your speech or paper, but don’t have lots of time? This month’s focus is on locating primary documents that report on famine, food security, and humanitarian aid. Learn transferable skills that can be applied to nearly all topics. These mini-workshops are like veggies for your brain! http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/skill_builder
Keeping Current is Easy, Nov 17
Want to know as soon as an exciting new article is published? Tired of skimming the websites or paper copies of multiple journals to see what is in the new issue? This hands-on session will show you how to create a single destination for information from your favorite journals, databases, websites and blogs using RSSContinue reading “Keeping Current is Easy, Nov 17”
On the Move in the Main Library
If you’ve been in the Main Library recently, you’ve noticed some activity. We’re getting ready for beginning of construction that will transform the first floor of the Main Library into a learning commons. There have been movers pushing carts of books around and now student employees are dismantling bookshelves on the east side of the second floor and theContinue reading “On the Move in the Main Library”
Princeton University’s policy on Open Access
There are various types of “open access” policies that are expanding on college campuses. Now, Princeton University has taken a different view – they have “banned” their faculty from granting copyright to publishers. Read the full story through the link below. http://theconversation.edu.au/princeton-goes-open-access-to-stop-staff-handing-all-copyright-to-journals-unless-waiver-granted-3596
Looking for a few good people… for the Iowa City Book Festival
The Iowa City Book Festival would like three interns to help with every aspect of planning and promotion of the 2012 Festival. Interns must be in Iowa City for the summer of 2012. Some duties will be based on experience and skills of the intern, others on the need of the committee. Scope of responsibilitiesContinue reading “Looking for a few good people… for the Iowa City Book Festival”
“You Say Khaddafi, I Say Gaddafi”
This month’s focus – foreign media coverage of Libyan leader, Mu’ammar Al-Qadhafi, past and present. Develop your research skills and put a little power in your papers. Learn transferable skills that can be applied to nearly all topics. http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/skill_builder
A Very Brief Introduction to Open Access
by Peter Suberhttp://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/brief.htm Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder. OA is entirely compatible with peer review, and all the major OA initiatives for scientific and scholarly literature insist onContinue reading “A Very Brief Introduction to Open Access”
DSPH Pecha-Kucha! October 26
The Digital Studio for the Public Humanities – DSPH – invites you to attend “DSPH Pecha-Kucha!,” our first public event , on Wednesday, October 26 – from 5 to 6:30 pm at the DLS | DSPH space in the northwest corner of the The University of Iowa Main Library on the ground floor. We’ll haveContinue reading “DSPH Pecha-Kucha! October 26”