Forty-four years after its first public performance, the Stradivari String Quartet now has audio recordings from 1963-1996 publicly available in the Iowa Digital Library at http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/strad. The collection is part of the Iowa Sounds Digital Collection, a growing digital repository of audio recordings that documents the musical and cultural heritage of the University of IowaContinue reading “Stradivari Quartet recordings now available online”
Category Archives: Iowa Digital Library
Digital Collection of Portraits in Conversation with Felix de la Concha
The University of Iowa Libraries is pleased to announce the launch of its latest digital collection, Félix de la Concha’s Portraits in Conversation— http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/felixdelaconcha . De la Concha is a painter who creates multidimensional portrayals of his subjects while conducting and recording interviews about their life, work, and views on art. The collection features Spanish-languageContinue reading “Digital Collection of Portraits in Conversation with Felix de la Concha”
Iowa Geological Survey Annual Reports online
The University of Iowa Libraries has recently posted the Iowa Geological Survey Annual Report (1893-1941) online. The annual reports contain information on the topography and geological formations of all of Iowa’s counties, assessments of Iowa’s mineral resources, and reports on Iowa’s water resources. Whether being used to grow crops in the field, livestock in theContinue reading “Iowa Geological Survey Annual Reports online”
New University of Iowa web resource maps the decline of a great American city
An interactive web project presenting a visualization of the political and social factors that led to the decline of one of America’s greatest cities has been released. Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the Fate of the American City ( http://mappingdecline.lib.uiowa.edu ) represents University of Iowa History Professor Colin Gordon’s examination of how white flight, discriminatoryContinue reading “New University of Iowa web resource maps the decline of a great American city”
Historic Photos of UI Child Development Studies Featured in New Digital Collection
Frederick Kent’s “Colleges and Departments” photograph series, covering the early to mid-20th century and housed in the University Archives, is the definitive pictorial history of academics at The University of Iowa. But among expected subject matter like scholars, scientists, and artists, one might be surprised to find over 500 images of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.Continue reading “Historic Photos of UI Child Development Studies Featured in New Digital Collection”
Get to Know Iowa City, Flex Your Creative Muscles, Win Fame and Prizes!
So you’ve had some time to get your bearings on campus and in Iowa City. Do you think you can identify places around town from photos taken 50 years ago? Can you put your photography skills to work and re-create that image? Your photo creation could earn you fame and prizes (like tickets to Hancher)!Continue reading “Get to Know Iowa City, Flex Your Creative Muscles, Win Fame and Prizes!”
Vascular Plants of Iowa is newest addition to the Iowa Digital Library
When anyone who works with the vascular plants of Iowa—researchers, conservationists, teachers, agricultural specialists, horticulturists, gardeners—have needed information about the state’s plants, they have turned to Lawrence Eiler and Dean Roosa’s The Vascular Plants of Iowa: An Annotated Checklist and Natural History. This meticulously researched volume was first published by the University of Iowa PressContinue reading “Vascular Plants of Iowa is newest addition to the Iowa Digital Library”
University of Iowa Extends Its Collaboration with Accessible Archives, Inc.
Content Expansion Will Bring New Material to Civil War Collection The University of Iowa Libraries has signed an agreement with Accessible Archives, an electronic publisher of primary source full-text historical databases, to preserve in digital format a number of primary source publications from the Civil War era. The Libraries’ holdings include various Civil War memoirs,Continue reading “University of Iowa Extends Its Collaboration with Accessible Archives, Inc.”
The Libraries announce the 2010 Creative Scholarship Innovation Award winners
The University of Iowa Libraries is pleased to announce the two winners of Creative Scholarship Innovation Awards, aimed at supporting significant digital humanities projects with the potential for national recognition. The award will fund hardware, software, and personnel; additionally, awardees will be paired with a team of librarians and technologists who will work as collaborators toContinue reading “The Libraries announce the 2010 Creative Scholarship Innovation Award winners”
The University’s “Diary” now online in Iowa Digital Library
It may be called the University of Iowa’s diary: magazines catering to its alumni. Starting with The Iowa Alumnus in 1903 and continuing today as Iowa Alumni Magazine, these publications chronicle the life and events of the University and its people on many fronts: research breakthroughs, innovations in teaching, graduates’ milestonetemps, political and social movements,Continue reading “The University’s “Diary” now online in Iowa Digital Library”