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National History Day Workshop at Main Library, Nov 17

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The University of Iowa Libraries
– November 17, 2011

The UI Libraries welcome National History Day students to a research workshop. These students prepare projects around a theme and present them at an annual competition.

Reference, Special Collections and Iowa Women’s Archives library staff put together a special library guide webpage for these students: http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/nhd .

Students will be visiting the Main Library on Thursday, November 17. If you have any questions, please contact Janalyn Moss, Reference & Instruction Librarian, 335-5698.

 

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Keeping Current is Easy, Nov 17

By
The University of Iowa Libraries
– November 15, 2011

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 RSS feeds and auto-alerts.

Thursday, November 17
10:00-11:00am
 Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, East Information Commons

Register online: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/regform.html or by calling 319-335-9151.

 

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DSPH Pecha-Kucha! October 26

By
The University of Iowa Libraries
– October 19, 2011

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 have a half dozen or so pecha-kucha presentations [six minute and forty second PowerPoint presentations of twenty slides displayed for twenty seconds each] showcasing a range of public digital humanities projects on campus.

We hope to have a spirited mix of faculty, staff, grads and undergrads, and community members in the house.

Following the more formal part of the event, we’ll have some hang-out time to allow for more informal public digital humanities conversation. We hope you can attend and we encourage you to invite others for whom this might be of interest.

Popcorn and pop will be served.

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Teetotalers vs. Bootleggers – the 100-year road to Prohibition

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The University of Iowa Libraries
– October 11, 2011

Looking for primary resources for your speech or paper, but don’t have lots of time? Join librarian Marianne Mason for 15 minutes of “brainfood.” This week’s focus is on primary resources documenting the Temperance Movement, the passage of Prohibition and its repeal.

Learn transferable skills that can be applied to nearly all topics. These mini-workshops are like veggies for your brain!

Thursday, October 13
12:00 – 12:15 p.m.
Main Library, rm 2032 (next to ITC)

Snacks provided.

http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/skill_builder

 

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Organize your citations and learn to use RefWorks in two workshops

By
The University of Iowa Libraries
– October 5, 2011

The University of Iowa Libraries will offer two introductory workshops on RefWorks. RefWorks is a web-based service that enables you to save bibliographic citations from the library catalog and other library databases. Both workshops will be held in 1015A LIB (1st floor, northwest corner of Main Library, located in the Digital Studio for Public Humanities).

Wednesday, Oct 12, 12:15-1:45 p.m.

Friday, Oct 14, 12:15-1:45 p.m.

In this workshop you will learn to:

* Export citations from a data service

* Create, edit, and delete citations in RefWorks

* Organize your citations and share them with colleagues at UIowa and beyond

* Use RefWorks to easily create and format bibliographies

Librarians will show you how to use RefWorks, and then give you the opportunity to practice with it at the end of the workshop. No registration is required, but seating is limited, so latecomers may be turned away.

Participants should have created personal accounts in RefWorks prior to the workshop. To do this, follow the “Connect to RefWorks” link on the UI Libraries RefWorks web page: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/find/refworks.

For additional RefWorks training options, including workshops held at the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, see http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/find/refworks/workshops.html

 

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Learn how to find population statistics at workshop RESCHEDULED

By
The University of Iowa Libraries
– October 3, 2011

Do you need to look up population statistics for your research project or paper? Not sure where to go to find this type of information? In this session, we’ll start with a demonstration of the Minnesota Population Center’s (MPC) integrated Health Interview Series website and use this as an example for using the other MPC websites that contain census and survey datasets from the U.S. and around the world. You’ll also learn how to analyze the data that you find.

Tuesday, November 8th, 10:00-11:00am (Location: East Information Commons)

Register online at http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/regform.html or by calling 319-335-9151.

 

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Thought Balloons: Talking about Comics, Oct 4

By
The University of Iowa Libraries
– September 29, 2011

Thought Balloons: Talking about ComicsDrop in at the Main Library’s Comic Book Café and share your thoughts about comics: creating them, reading them, collecting them. Tell us what your favorite comic is (and why). Bring your own creations, or listen to others talk about journaling through comics, or the history of comics, or the comic book industry. Learn about the growing collection of comics and graphic novels in the UI Libraries and some of the comics created by the Federal Government. Anyone who wishes can speak for up to five minutes about some aspect of comic books, but when the egg timer rings, your time is up.

 

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 “Thought Balloons: Talking about Comics”
11:30 a.m – 1:30 p.m.
Comic Book Café, 1st floor, UI Main Library

Drinks will be provided. Bring your own lunch.

Sponsored by the University of Iowa Libraries.

 

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Chemistry: It’s FUN-damental

By
The University of Iowa Libraries
– September 7, 2011

A demonstration on the Wonders of Chemistry will take be conducted by Lou Messerle, Chemistry Professor

Thursday, September 8th
4pm
Main Library North Exhibition Hall

The University of Iowa Libraries has compiled an exhibit celebrating the International Year of Chemistry 2011 as well as emphasizing how fundamental chemistry is and how it can be seen in everyday life. The exhibit will be on display from July to December 2011.

Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilisation and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.

— John Calvin Coolidge

 

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Iowa City Book Festival seeks volunteers – July 16 & 17

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The University of Iowa Libraries
– June 20, 2011

The Iowa City Book Festival is seeking volunteers Saturday, July 16 and Sunday, July 17 to direct visitors, assist authors and work in the information booth.

For a complete list of volunteer needs and to sign up to volunteer, see http://www.iowacitybookfestival.org/volunteers-2.

See the Iowa City Book Festival schedule of events at http://www.iowacitybookfestival.org. For more information, contact festival co-directors Kristi Bontrager at kristi-r-bontrager@uiowa.edu and Greg Prickman at greg-prickman@uiowa.edu.

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It’s Snapshot Day at the UI Libraries, April 12

By
The University of Iowa Libraries
– April 12, 2011

To celebrate National Library Week, the UI Libraries are taking a “snapshot” of activities in the library today. We need your help.

  • Check our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/UofIowaLibraries) and tell us what you’re doing in the library today.
  • Visit the library and check out our physical Facebook page and “Like” the reason you’re at the library
  • Take a picture of yourself in the library, outside the library, using the Libraries website, reading an article you downloaded from a library database – then post that picture on our Facebook page.

We can’t wait to see what you’re doing in the library.

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