Congratulations On Your Graduation Mitchell!!! Mitchell Lillie has been working in the Engineering Library since for the February of 2020. His supervisor, James Cox, says, “Despite being hired in February 2020, right before the University closed in March, Mitchell has worked hard to become knowledgeable about the services the Library offers toContinue reading “Congratulations to Mitchell Lillie!!”
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Happy Earth Day 2021!
How much do you know about our Mother Earth – the species, the resources and the threats? The Earth Day webpage has a series of quizzes you can take to gauge your level of knowledge. I know I’m not an expert – by any means – but I did think I had a fairContinue reading “Happy Earth Day 2021!”
It’s Student Appreciation Week!!
Happy Student Appreciation Week!!! We always rely on our students. They are the first faces seen when anyone comes into the library. Have a question? Ask them – if they don’t know the answer they know to find it or who to ask. They shelve books so when you are looking forContinue reading “It’s Student Appreciation Week!!”
It’s National Pencil Day!!
March 30th is National Pencil Day!! I bet you don’t think much about the pencil when you think about picking it up and getting to work. Probably when it needs to be sharpened or when the mechanical pencil needs more lead, but most of us don’t think of the pencil often. It just is there.Continue reading “It’s National Pencil Day!!”
Research Scholars Virtual Workshop: How to Get Your Research Published!
Research Scholars Virtual Workshop! How to Get Your Research Published and Noticed! March 31, 2021 3:30 PM You’ve put so much time and effort into getting your research ready to publish. What’s the next step? In this competitive market, how do you get your paper noticed? Come to our FREE virtual workshop! David, Parsons,Continue reading “Research Scholars Virtual Workshop: How to Get Your Research Published!”
St Patrick’s Day Mecca Exhibit!
By James Cox, Guest Blogger Reagan Mady, Exhibit Curator University of Iowa MECCA Week: A Week of Parties, Pranks, and Memories to Honor St. Patrick From 1910 until the late 1980s, MECCA Week was an annual celebration of the College of Engineering to honor St. Patrick. The celebration was marked by officialContinue reading “St Patrick’s Day Mecca Exhibit!”
Learn & Create Workshops Announced!
2021 Spring Learn & Create Workshops All workshops are on Wednesdays at 3:30 pm over Zoom! Any of the hands-on workshops will have kits available for purchase through the Electronic Shop, so that you be able to do these projects right along with the instructor! Links for the kits will be in theContinue reading “Learn & Create Workshops Announced!”
2021 Spring Research Scholars Workshops
2021 Spring Research Scholars Workshops An informative series of six virtual workshops is designed to aid researchers at all levels with scholarly publishing, research poster presentation, technical writing tips, literature reviews, searches and more. All one-hour workshops are on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on Zoom. Anyone is welcomed to join these workshops – graduateContinue reading “2021 Spring Research Scholars Workshops”
Winter Break Information!
Winter Break is Almost Here! Beginning December 21st, the Monday after Finals Week, the Seamans Center and the Library will be closed to the public. During this period, the Library will be transitioning to “Curbside” and “Virtual” availability until January 15th. Winter Break Dates: December 21 & 22, 2020 – Curbside and Virtual DecemberContinue reading “Winter Break Information!”
Open Access Model Pilot Agreement
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Open Access Model Pilot Agreement Guest Blogger: Qianjin “Marina” Zhang In November 2020, the University of Iowa (UI) Libraries participated in a transformative open access model agreement with ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, as the first Big Ten Academic Alliance Library. Under the agreement, UI corresponding authors can chooseContinue reading “Open Access Model Pilot Agreement”