National Poetry Month is held in April every year to celebrate poetry in American Culture. Hardin Library has 30 poems available throughout public spaces. This year’s poems were selected by Brett Mayfield, a Hardin Library student employee and English major. The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams so much depends upon a red wheel barrowContinue reading “April is National Poetry Month”
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Happy National Library Week!
As you may know, this week is National Library Week and today is Library Worker’s Day (April 10, 2012). In celebration, a poster has been placed on our exhibit board in appreciation of everyone that works at Hardin. In addition, we will be having a little guessing game for library patrons. At the 3rd floorContinue reading “Happy National Library Week!”
National Public Health Week
State, local and federal health officials from across the county unite this week to celebrate National Public Health Week (April 2-8), an annual health observance aimed at educating the public, policy-makers and the public health community about critical public health challenges facing the nation. To learn more go to http://www.nphw.org/tools-and-tips/themes/communicable-diseases
Happy National Doctor’s Day!
Today, March 30, is National Doctor’s Day. This is a day when for all of us to take some time to thank the hard working physicians that keep us healthy and work to heal us when we are sick and injured. If you’d like to learn more, see http://www.doctorsday.org/
Get to know Donna Hirst, Curator of the John Martin Rare Book Room
Donna Hirst was recently featured in IowaNow. Read more about Donna: http://now.uiowa.edu/2012/03/get-to-know-donna-hirst
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, February 2012
MOTONORI TAKI (1732-1801). Kokei saikyuho [Emergency remedies for the benefit of the people]. 1789. The author was a court physician famous in the annals of Japanese medicine. He was also known as Rankei Taki and Gentoku Tamba, combinations of his professional and personal names. Taki prepared this early Japanese home medical adviser at the requestContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, February 2012”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, January, 2012
Nicolaas Tulp (1593-1664). Observationes medicae. 1652. Along with other distinguished anatomists in Holland, Tulp left a rich legacy of anatomical discoveries. His name is current in the eponym”Tulp’s valve” (the ileocecal valve). This book contains the first descriptions of beri-beri and of what is probably diphtheria. Tulp described the condition we know as migraine, theContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, January, 2012”
International Open Access Week, October 24-30
It’s International Open Access Week (Oct 24-30), and we wanted to recognize University of Iowa faculty’s efforts in supporting open access. Who among your collegues supports open access? Check this year’s list of OA Authors, then thank them for publishing in an open access journal. In addition to publishing in open access journals, faculty canContinue reading “International Open Access Week, October 24-30”
4th floor and bookstacks now open
The 4th floor at Hardin is now open. The bookstacks and open study areas are accessible. Construction is still occuring in the study rooms–we do not know when they will be available to use.
Bonesetters in Europe in the 15th-17th Centuries
There’s a new exhibit at the Hardin Library, 3rd floor near the front door. The exhibit includes information about the medieval bonesetters along with some medical giants who developed the techniques used by the bonesetters: Galen, Avicenna, Hans von Gersdorff, Guido Guidi, and Johannes Schultetus. Check it out.