Banned Books Week (BBW): Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, this annual ALA event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted.
Read more about Banned Books Week.
The library now subscribes to Mergent Horizon. This research site covers 6200 companies that are traded on the NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ.
Mergent Horizon enables the researcher to:
A link to our subscription can be found on our A-Z page and here.�
The Business Library has in the past allowed renewals of 2-hour items; these have been mostly class materials. Because of increased usage – and fair access to these items – there will no longer be renewals of 2-hour material.
Library users can return to the Library after one hour and borrow an item again. Continuous renewals, however, cannot be done.
If you have any questions, please contact Business Library staff.
Service points are being consolidated at the Main Library. Read about the changes taking place.
The purpose of Transitions, this irregular electronic newsletter is to bring to readers’ attention some of the many new projects and developments affecting the current system of scholarly communication, with emphasis on new products and programs, the open access movement and other alternative publishing models.
– Library News
The UI Libraries selected The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa, edited by David Hudson, Marvin Bergman and Loren Horton as the five millionth book for the collection. More information about this milestonetemp can be found on the UI Main Library blog here.
On July 18, the UI Libraries will present the Iowa City Book Festival. The Festival will be held in Gibson Square, which is on the Main Library’s south entrance. The celebration will include bookseller tables, food vendors, music, book art demonstrations, readings and panel discussions.
For more information visit the Iowa City Book Festival site.
Check out the Biz Library’s new employment guide “Get Hired!” http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/gethired
The University Libraries have published a guide to Dissertations and Theses. Users can find links to many online resources, with full-text downloads or copies available via Interlibrary Loan. Foreign publications, music theses, and new University of Iowa dissertations also figure in the guide.
The Pomerantz Business Library now provides a New Books and Materials page. As each item arrives at the Library, a short description is added to the start of the list. Readers can see book-cover images, find out more about titles by accessing Amazon.com, and view a book’s record in the InfoHawk catalog. For many materials, the Libaries provide office or branch-library delivery.