- Celebrating Women and Sport
by Katherine Walden on February 2, 2018 at 9:51 pmOne of our graduate student workers spent last semester processing additions to IWA’s University of Iowa Department of Physical Education for Women collection. The new material included everything from Women as Leaders conference records […]
- Sam Watson, MLIS | Outreach Specialist | National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region
by Sarah Andrews on January 16, 2018 at 11:53 pmMeet Sam Watson, Outreach Specialist for the National Library of Medicine-Greater Midwest Region. As a late comer to the library field, I’m still grooming my information professional pedigree. I bring with me an academic librarian […]
- UI awarded $3.6M NIH Grant for “All of Us” personal medicine initiative
by Sarah Andrews on November 29, 2017 at 8:47 pmOriginally published in IowaNow online. UI to lead national campaign educating Americans, health care professionals about precision medicine $3.6 million NIH grant will make the UI a national hub for creating and distributing educational […]
- November 2017 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room | Ars moriendi = The Art of Dying
by Sarah Andrews on November 27, 2017 at 7:13 pmArs moriendi. [Cologne, Heinrich Quentell, c. 1495] Although the author of Ars moriendi is not known, the book is believed to have been written in Southern Germany at the time of the Council of Constance (1414-1418). Ars moriendi, or The […]
- Major, Chirugia Infusoria | Blood Transfusion | September 2017 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
by Sarah Andrews on September 18, 2017 at 4:02 pmJOHANN DANIEL MAJOR (1634-1693). Chirurgia infusoria. Kiel: Sumptibus Joh. Lüdervvald, Impremebat Joach. Reumannus, 1667. Major, a native of Breslau, Germany, received his second medical degree at Padua in 1660. He practiced medicine at […]
- Abu al-Qasim | August 2017 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
by Sarah Andrews on August 11, 2017 at 8:59 pmABU AL-QASIM (d. 1013?). Liber theoricae necnon practicae Alsaharavii. [Augsburg: Impensis Sigismundi Grimm, & Marci Vuirsung, 1519]. Abu al-Qasim (or Abulcasis, or Albucasis, as he is variously known), a native of Cordova in Moorish […]
- ANDRÉ DU LAURENS | July 2017 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
by Sarah Andrews on July 23, 2017 at 9:47 pmANDRÉ DU LAURENS (1558-1609). De mirabili strumas sanandi vi solis Galliae regi-bus christianissimis divinitus concessa liber unus. Paris: Apud Marcum Orry, 1609. Du Laurens taught at Montpellier until 1598 when he was called to Paris as […]
- Meet Mirko von Elstermann, Biomedical Sciences Librarian
by Sarah Andrews on June 30, 2017 at 8:42 pmMirko von Elstermann began working at Hardin Library for the Health Sciences on May 31, 2017 as the Biomedical Sciences Librarian. Mirko von Elstermann grew up in Western Germany’s Cologne area. Before moving to Iowa he was living in […]
- Fabricius, De visione, voce, auditu | June 2017 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
by Sarah Andrews on June 21, 2017 at 4:19 pmHIERONYMUS FABRICUS ab Aquapendente (ca. 1533-1619). De visione, voce, auditu. 3 parts in 1 volume. Venice: Per Franciscum Bolzettam, 1600. One of the great Paduan anatomists and teachers, pupil of Fallopius, teacher of Harvey, and […]
- Building a School of Music
by Katie Buehner on March 17, 2017 at 7:27 pmStarting on March 31, 2017, the School of Music will host three Collage concerts celebrating the opening of the Voxman Music Building at 93. E. Burlington St. “Coming Home” is the theme of the year, especially for the many alumni who […]
- The Rita Benton Music Library: A Year in Review
by Katie Buehner on December 13, 2016 at 3:43 pm2016 was a momentous year for the Rita Benton Music Library at the University of Iowa, largely defined by the move into a beautiful, new facility in the Voxman Music Building eight. Here is our review of the year’s events at the Library, […]