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As director of the Art Library, Patricia Gimenez shapes both the Art Library space and collection into a vital resource for University of Iowa students in the School of Art, Art History, and Design (SAAHD).

Most Supplemental Instruction (SI) sessions have moved from the Iowa Memorial Union (IMU) to a new location on the second floor of the Main Library. This space—the Academic Resource Center (LIB 2024)—will host the majority of SI sessions during the fall and spring semesters, with plans to […]

The Hardin Library will be closed for all home Iowa football games. The 24-hour study will be available to University of Iowa affiliates with an Iowa OneCard or UIHC badge. Closed: Aug. 30  Sept.13 Sept. 27 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Hardin Library hours

We are happy to introduce Laura Michelson as the new curator of rare books and maps at the University of Iowa Libraries. Laura previously served as the Maps Collection librarian, a term position funded by the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust. Prior to coming to UI Libraries, Laura worked for four […]

There’s always something happening in the Lichtenberger Engineering Library! Check out this infographic to see how all the numbers added up.  Want to see how we can help you? Stop by our reach out to us via email.

The University of Iowa Libraries offers a range of mobile apps for clinical care affiliates at no cost. See the full list here. UpToDate Mobile is an evidence-based clinical resource that synthesizes multiple sources. DynaMed Mobile is similar to UpToDate but rates level of evidence for treatments […]

The following is written by Olson Graduate Research Assistant Anne Moore.  It’s corn sweat season! Check out this top 10 list of corn-themed materials from Special Collections and Archives, which were on display last month at the Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)’s Lunch with the Chefs. This event is […]

In partnership with eight Big Ten-affiliated university presses, the Big Ten Academic Alliance’s Center for Library Programs has expanded the Big Ten Open Books project with the publication of the second 100-book collection.  The second collection is centered on Indigenous North Americans. The […]

The University of Iowa Libraries Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio is excited to announce the launch of Genetic Privacy in the U.S.: Insurance and Law Enforcement Use, a collaborative digital project developed with the University of Iowa College of Law and the University of Maryland […]

EndNote 2025 is now available for University of Iowa faculty, staff, graduate and professional students, residents, and fellows. Below, you can see the new features that we think are relevant to your work and research. Find more information about these key features from Clarivate. Clarivate also […]

It’s July and time for a beloved week in television: Shark Week. These sleek, weird, and beautiful apex predators are mesmerizing and also a little terrifying. But what do sharks have to do with medicine? Surprisingly, quite a bit—thanks to Elementorum myologiae specimen [A Sample of the […]

Benjamin Bell (1749–1806), a pioneering Scottish surgeon and father of the Edinburgh school of surgery, authored A Treatise on the Hydrocele, on Sarcocele, or Cancer, and Other Diseases of the Testes (1791). Known for his rational, scientific approach to surgery, Bell also wrote the influential A […]

Inside the University of Iowa Libraries is your look behind-the-scenes to meet the people and discover the stories making our organization unique and valuable. From cutting-edge databases to rare books, join us to explore a world of research, preservation, and discovery that fosters student success […]

This month, we highlight a book from the early 19th-century French physician who created the most iconic symbol of healthcare providers around the world. Assessing the condition of a patient in 1816, René Laënnec (1781–1826), rolled up a piece of paper to create a crude cone and proceeded to […]

We present William Paul Crillon Barton’s (1786–1856) masterwork, Vegetable materia medica of the United States (1817–1818). Barton was a well-known naval surgeon, medical botanist, artist, and professor. He was born on Nov. 17, 1786, in Philadelphia, to a family filled with people who made […]

Jade E. Davis, associate university librarian for Teaching, Learning, and Research at the University of Iowa, was selected as the recipient of the Rhetoric Society of America’s 2025 Book Award. In The Other Side of Empathy (Duke University Press, 2023), Davis contests the value of empathy as an […]

The University of Iowa Libraries’ new open access agreement with Springer Nature offers university-affiliated corresponding authors unlimited open access publishing in Springer’s hybrid journals portfolio without payment of article processing charges (APCs). The deal was negotiated through the […]

By Christine Blaumueller, PhDoriginally published in the Scientific and Research Communication Core newsletter Graphical abstracts are used by some publishers such as Lancet and Elsevier, and some journals now request them. Graphical abstracts can help attract audiences to a paper and may be […]

by Riley Samuelson Now is a great time to back up your EndNote libraries and keep those citations safe! There are a couple of options for easy backup, syncing with an online account and creating a compressed library. To set up an account for syncing (works with only one desktop library): Visit […]

“No fees, no caps, no limits, no hassle.” Faculty across the Big Ten Academic Alliance gain unprecedented access and publishing freedom in Springer hybrid journals.  The Big Ten Academic Alliance has signed a two-year Open Publishing Agreement with Springer Nature, making it the publisher’s […]