YOU ARE HERE!! And we are glad you are! We missed you while you were gone – but we kept busy, too! Shhh! We are in the process of updating our quiet study space on our lower level! New comfy chairs are here and soon there will be new study carrels! But, never fear, weContinue reading “Welcome Back!”
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What’s Happening in the Engineering Library? Fall 2018 Newsletter
Lichtenberger Engineering Library Fall 2018 Newsletter New Learn & Create Workshops Creative Space & Tool Library YouTube Video Channel Live Chat and Text Messaging Available! New Website New Resources Subject Guides Classroom Assistance and Library Tours Course Reserves ************************************************************************************* 1) Learn & Create Workshops The Lichtenberger Engineering Library has partnered with the Engineering ElectronicsContinue reading “What’s Happening in the Engineering Library? Fall 2018 Newsletter”
Feeling Overwhelmed By Your College Experience? Check Our New Exhibit for Help!
You are here – at the University of Iowa! You may be a first year, sophomore, junior or senior – but no matter what year, the excitement is there. The anticipation of new experiences and the trepidation of new experiences! Stop in and see our new exhibit and see some of the ways we canContinue reading “Feeling Overwhelmed By Your College Experience? Check Our New Exhibit for Help!”
The Science of Bicycles and the Joy of RAGBRAI XLVI
RAGBRAI XLVI IS COMING!! This year the Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) XLVI will stop in Iowa City on Friday, July 27, 2018. It begins in Onawa on Sunday, July, 22, 2018 and will finish in Davenport on July 28th. The total number of miles: 428 and there is 12,576 feet ofContinue reading “The Science of Bicycles and the Joy of RAGBRAI XLVI”
Do You Have Your Head In the Clouds?
Do you remember lying on your back on the grass and looking at the clouds – finding the shapes, marveling at all the differences? The types, the colors? Looking through old family slides and photos I discovered my father took a lot of pictures of clouds – as do I, my brother and my daughter.Continue reading “Do You Have Your Head In the Clouds?”
May the F=mA Be With You!
The next chapter in the Star Wars© franchise will be released at the end of this week. Have you ever wondered about physics in that galaxy far, far away? How did Han Solo and the Millennium Falcon make the Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs, when a parsec is a unit of distance and not of time?Continue reading “May the F=mA Be With You!”
Packing for Space!
Happy Star Wars Day – May the 4th Be With You! And the first Friday in May is National Space Day! So, tomorrow, May 4th, 2018, is truly a space-lover’s day! Besides a movie marathon, what better way to spend your day than by learning about what it actually takes to get to space! Continue reading “Packing for Space!”
Earth Day 2018 – End Plastic Pollution!
Happy Earth Month® 2018!! Plastic Pollution! This is the 48th anniversary of Earth Month® and the theme this year is Plastic Pollution. For the purposes of this blog, I’m only going to focus on marine plastic pollution. Learning about all the plastic pollution in our rivers and oceans is quite depressing and aContinue reading “Earth Day 2018 – End Plastic Pollution!”
Learn OpenRefine! New Learn & Create Xpress Class!!
Using OpenRefine for Cleaning Up Spreadsheet Data!!! We have joined with the Engineering Technology Centers to present a new series of classes!! The Learn & Create Xpress Classes will cover a variety of topics and are scheduled for Thursday afternoons at 2:00 p.m. in the Engineering Library Creative Space. The classes are half an hour long andContinue reading “Learn OpenRefine! New Learn & Create Xpress Class!!”
Join us for Library Events During Engineering Research Week!
The University of Iowa College of Engineering has expanded its traditional Annual Research Open House event into a Research Week, celebrated this year from April 9-13. The week now features numerous activities that showcase how Engineering impacts the university’s stratetic direction in conducting leading-edge research. We are excited to be participating in Research Week!! Continue reading “Join us for Library Events During Engineering Research Week!”