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At the 2013  American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced a collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and WebJunction, a program of OCLC, to assure that librarians have the information and connections with local experts needed to
connect their customers to information about the Health Insurance Marketplace when open enrollment begins October 1, 2013.

The Hardin Library for the Health Sciences is collaborating with the State Library of Iowa on a series of webinars and training sessions held throughout the state for Iowa librarians.  Another result of the collaboration is the creation of a website entitled “Public Libraries, Affordable Care Act & Health Information Marketplace” at http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/aca that provides key resources on understanding the Healthcare Marketplace for librarians and consumers

Library Xpress class tomorrow Thursday 2:30 pm and 5:00 pm September 26th Protein Database-15 minutes. Register at: goo.gl/SXaKbz

Chatanooga Tenn. 25 Sept. 1863

Dear Brother Frank:

About a week ago I received from you, through J.P. Lathrop and the mail, a bundle of papers, for which I am very thankful. This is the first opportunity I have had of writing you since the receipt of the papers, as we have been in very active service in the field, away from our baggage. Rosecrans has been driven back to this place. Our Brig. participated in the battle of Sunday last. It was severe during the afternoon: we lost 14 men. I am well.

Yours in haste
W J Murphy
Battery “M” 1st Ill. Arty.
2d Brig. 1st Div. R. C.
Army [?]

PS Send me some letters from home. Jack

 

Table of University of Iowa faculty Members Publishing in Open Access Journals

Open Access journals are peer-reviewed and are freely available online to students, researchers, and the general public. As an alternative to the subscription-based model, Open Access publishing removes access barriers to increase the availability and impact of scholarly literature. University of Iowa authors have been publishing in Open Access journals since 2006. While Open Access journals provide free access to their content, they are not always free to publish. Some journals, particularly in the sciences, charge article-processing fees to cover the costs of publishing. Luckily, the Universities Libraries and the Office of the Provost have established the Open Access Fund to cover these fees. Not sure if Open Access is right for you? Browse this table of University of Iowa Open Access publications and consider if this route is right for you.

How algae could create better, more efficient gasoline than corn:

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/09/23/2665541/algae-biofuels-study/

Head Qrs. Co. “A” 129th Ills. Vol. Infty.
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 24th 1863

My Dear Wife

Yours of the 18th & 19th came to hand to-day.¹ I am truly happy to hear that you & Frankie enjoy such good health. I wrote a long letter to you night before last, but forgot to tell you to draw on Remick whenever you are in need of money.² There is at least $30 in his hands & should be $60 or $70. I will inform you of the Amount as soon as I learn. Should it fall short of your necessities, write to me; I have made arrangements here to borrow if I need it.

I cannot write a very long letter to-night, as I leave in charge of train at 3 P.M. in the morning [sic]. My health is very good.

I did not mean to be impertinent in my question about your winning a silk dress & sincerely beg your pardon for any offence I may have given.³ I will give you an explanation of the other bet. I may & doubtless was indiscreet, but it was not intentional, I assure you. While at Richland Station [in the spring] in a conversation one day with Lieut. Smith & Capt. Hoskins, they both insisted that you might regret your visit South, & offered to bet on it.⁴ I took the bet, & when they raised the question some time ago, I assured them that they had lost & they paid up. My assurance was based upon your letter admitting that you had lost the dress. That was all. I cannot say whether I was glad or sorry. I should, for my own part, have been happy had I lost the bets; but, knowing your fears, I should have dreaded even the consummation of so happy an event. It is all well, however.

I am unable to tell yet what our lot will be, whether to remain here or move forward. There is a Brigade forming to go to the front, sometimes we are included & then again left out.⁵ We shall know probably on my return.

My Photographs will be done when I return, & I will forward them. I should have been very happy to have made the visit to the old homestead with you. Those old places are very dear to memory. I could tell you of many things were I there that are indelibly impressed upon my memory, besides the association would assist me to recall much that I have doubtless forgotten. The meadows are all drained but they must have filled up if it has overflowed. I am sorry that Gustie [Pague] has not been more fortunate; I would like to see him prospering.⁶

Large numbers of wounded have arrived & are still arriving on the trains from the front. We know nothing definite from the battle yet. Great secrecy is observed for some cause.⁷ I have not yet been able to learn whether Bro. Johnie was in the battle or not.

I am sorry that Ira & John have gone into the service. I fear the temptations will be too great for them. Why has Wes [Culver] not gone to duty? Is he not able?

I have recd. no news from Pontiac except a short letter from Utley. Maggie, Mary, the babie, & Mother [Murphy] are well. He says considerable about the pleasures of home, but he forgot that a very little effort on his part might have proved very beneficial to us. Let us not judge him harshly, however, & hope that all will yet end well.

But I must close. I hope to have some news for you on my return. If we remain here, I would be happy to have the music, & I think it safe if you will send it. Give my love to all the family. My last letter contained ten dollars, please tell me if you received it. Kiss Frankie for me. Trusting that God will bless & keep you, I remain,

Your Affect. Husband
J. F. Culver

1. Mary Culver’s letters of September 18 and 19 are missing from the Culver Collection.
2. In the missing letters, Mary Culver undoubtedly called attention to her need for money.
3. Reference is to the wager the Culvers had made as to the possibility that Mary had become pregnant during her March-June visit. Mary was not with child and had lost the wager.
4. J.F.C.’s bet with Captain Hoskins and Lieutenant Smith concerned the possibility that Mary might be pregnant.
5. General Rosecrans in the fourth week of September determined to withdraw additional troops from the Nashville garrison to guard the vital Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad. Their places would be taken by two regiments of infantry rushed south by rail from Glasgow, Ky. O. R., Ser. I, Vol. XXX, pt. III, p. 839.
6. Mary Culver had visited her husband’s boyhood home in southern Middlesex Township, several miles east of Carlisle, occupied by J.F.C.’s sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Pague. The house still stands.
7. By September 22 Rosecrans’ Army of the Cumberland had retired into Chattanooga and had taken position with its back against the Tennessee River. Rifle pits were thrown up and artillery emplaced. Bragg’s columns moved up and, occupying Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain, partially invested Rosecrans’ army. Confederate cavalry crossed the Tennessee River to attack wagon trains employed to supply Rosecrans’ troops from the advance depot at Stevenson. Cist, Army of the Cumberland, pp. 230-233.

Check out the new Everglades exhibit at the Sciences Library. Thank you to the UI’s Museum of Natural History for the loan of so many interesting items. My photography skills are sadly lacking, so you really need to see it in person.

This class will focus on tips and techniques for carrying out a successful literature search in support of a systematic review.

Topics will include techniques for developing search strategies, deciding which databases to search and how to seek out grey literature for a given topic. There will also be discussion on selecting journals for hand searching, documenting search strategies, and saving and organizing references.

Our next session:

Friday, September 27th  10:00-11:00am (Location: East Information Commons, Hardin Library)

Register online or by calling 319-335-9151.

No time for a class? Contact your librarian for individual instruction.

Want some help writing your next paper?  Come to Hardin Library’s class on RefWorks and learn about this web-based bibliographic management tool.  You’ll learn:

• how to import citations from PubMed
• how to enter references
• how to create a quick bibliography
• how to add end and foot notes using Write-n-Cite

Our next session is:
Wednesday, September 25th, 3-4 pm (Location: Hardin Library East Information Commons)

Register online here or by calling 319-335-9151.