Valentines Day is approaching and love is in the air – that’s why we have brought back our Blind Date with a Book event! All month long you can stop by by yourself, with a friend, or with a significant other and pick up your own to read. Never tried out a Blind Date withContinue reading “Blind Date with a Book is Back!”
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Publish with IEEE for FREE!
We kicked the year off with an exciting new transformative agreement with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). With this agreement University of Iowa authors have full access to IEEE’s Xplore Digital Library and can publish open access articles in all IEEE journals for free. IEEE publishes journals with topics that range fromContinue reading “Publish with IEEE for FREE!”
Welcome Back!
Welcome to the Spring 2023 semester! Here’s just a bit of what you can expect from us in the next few months: As a reminder, all of our workshops are FREE but registration is required! Soldering Workshop Series Did you make a resolution to learn a new skill this year? Give soldering a try! Soldering isContinue reading “Welcome Back!”
Graduate Profile: Mary Kelly
We’re nearing the end of the semester (don’t panic) so we’re going to take the next two weeks to celebrate our graduating student workers! Mary Kelly Hometown: Des Moines, IA Major: International Studies (Business and Global Resources Track) How long have you been working at the Engineering Library: One semester, but I used to work at the SciencesContinue reading “Graduate Profile: Mary Kelly”
Graduate Profile: Jake Santi
We’re nearing the end of the semester (don’t panic) so we’re going to take the next two weeks to celebrate our graduating student workers! Jake Santi Hometown: Western Springs, IL Major: Engineering How long have you worked at the Engineering Library? 1.5 years What are your plans after graduation? Working at ComEd in their Engineer Rotational Program in theContinue reading “Graduate Profile: Jake Santi”
Publish for Free with Transformative Agreements
Open Access publishing comes in many forms, but they are most commonly broken down into Gold and Green Open Access. With Green Open Access, authors directly publish their work to a repository or a preprint server, like ArXiv. Doing this can help you quickly get feedback from peers, or even skip the traditional publishing processContinue reading “Publish for Free with Transformative Agreements”
Feeling Hungry?
It’s getting chilly and I don’t know about you but I feeling like doing more cooking (mmmm, soup). You can learn more about food here in the Engineering Library! If you’re looking for recipes with science behind them, check out Cooking for Geeks: real science, great hacks, and good food by Jeff Potter. Want the scienceContinue reading “Feeling Hungry?”
Corn Monument Fan Favorite Tournament
If you’ve been in the library this week, you may have noticed the bracket on the wall between the stairs and the pods. Make sure to stop in often to keep an eye on our Corn Monument Fan Favorite Tournament! It’s a tournament-style format, and you can find info on the brackets and how toContinue reading “Corn Monument Fan Favorite Tournament”
LEGO in the Engineering Library
Getting worn out by school? Take a break and talk LEGO with us! We have many (many many) LEGO books to help you build a variety of things. If you’re just getting started and want to learn the terminology, tips, and tricks before you begin to build, check out The Unofficial LEGO Builder’s Guide byContinue reading “LEGO in the Engineering Library”
E-Books on the Shelves!
If you go browsing through our shelves you might see something you’re not expecting – a VHS case! No, we did not start bringing videotapes into our collection, you’ve just found one of our physical e-books. We’ve chosen a few of our most popular e-books to have physical representation on the shelves. This way, whenContinue reading “E-Books on the Shelves!”