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Welcome Darlene Kaskie, Technology & Communication Librarian for the Regional Medical Library

Please welcome Darlene Kaskie, our first Regional Medical Library (RML) librarian to join the team. Darlene will be serving as the Technology and Communications Librarian for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Greater Midwest Region (GMR) program office. In her new role, Darlene will be managing the GMR website and social media, andContinue reading “Welcome Darlene Kaskie, Technology & Communication Librarian for the Regional Medical Library”

Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, July 2014: Nathaniel Highmore

Nathaniel Highmore (1613-1685) Corporis Humani Disquisitio Anatomica The Hague: Ex oficina Samuelis Brown, 1651. [Image via Fisher Library Digital Collections, University of Toronto]. Nathaniel Highmore of Dorset, England was a British surgeon known for his 1651 treatise on anatomy, the first of its kind to give an accurate account of the circulatory system. Highmore studiedContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, July 2014: Nathaniel Highmore”

Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, May 2014: Jean Étienne Dominique Esquirol

Jean Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772-1840) Des maladies mentales considérées sous les rapports médical, hygiénique et médicolégal. 2 vols. Brussels : J.B. Tircher, 1838. Esquirol’s drawing of an inmate of Bethlem Hospital. As Pinel’s most outstanding pupil, Esquirol so closely followed his teacher’s works that the contributions of the two men are sometimes confused. Like Pinel, EsquirolContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, May 2014: Jean Étienne Dominique Esquirol”

Graduate Student Spotlight : Anne Price

Name: Anne Price Hometown: Columbus, NE Undergraduate Education: University of Nebraska – Lincoln BA English ‘12 Graduate Education: University of Iowa, MA Library and Information Science, ’14. Future Plans: Hopefully a job working with either a museum collection or an archive. I’m also open to working in youth services at a public library. Why I’mContinue reading “Graduate Student Spotlight : Anne Price”

Graduate Student Spotlight: Jen Eilers

Name: Jen Eilers Hometown: Cedar Rapids, IA Undergraduate Education: Bethel University, St. Paul, MN, BA English Literature and Writing, ’05 Graduate Education: University of Iowa, MA Library and Information Science, ’13. Future Plans: I will begin working at Iowa City Public Library at the reference desk and teaching some basic tech classes this summer. WhyContinue reading “Graduate Student Spotlight: Jen Eilers”

Graduate Student Spotlight : Jim Kelly

  Name:  Jim Kelly Hometown: Des Moines, IA Undergraduate Education.:  B.A. in Government and International Relations, University of Notre Dame Graduate Education:  M.A. in Library and Information Science, University of Iowa Future Plans:  I hope to work in public service/reference in library or information services in either an academic library or special library (public or private sector). Why I’mContinue reading “Graduate Student Spotlight : Jim Kelly”