Hardin Library is offering a wide variety of workshops this summer! Learn something new.
Hardin Open Workshops Schedule and Sign Up
Summer workshops include:
UGO BENZI (1376-1439). Expositio super libros Tegni Galeni. Venice: Bonetus Locatellus, for Octavianus Scotus, 1498
Benzi, also know as Hugo of Siena, initially studied philosophy and medicine at the University of Siena. He completed his doctorate at Pavia in 1396 where he remained on the faculty until 1399.
During his subsequent academic career, he held major teaching positions at Bologna, Padua, Florence, Perugia, and Ferrara. Benzi enjoyed a great reputation as a physician and teacher of anatomy, medicine, and philosophy. One of the best interpreters of the ancient medical writers, he wrote commentaries on Hippocrates, Galen, Avicenna, and others.
In Expositio super libros Tegni Galeni, he presents his observations on Galen’s Tegni or Ars medica, a leading medical text of the Renaissance. Benzi’s work indicates that although illnesses were classified in relation to major body parts or organs, there were no concepts of localization or specificity as assumed since the early nineteenth century. Illness was described primarily in terms of the “complexion of the humors” rather than of any specific disease. Hence there was no diagnosis in the modern sense. Nor were the elaborate drugs prescribed of any value other than palliative, although the suggested regiment of the “non-naturals” (personal hygiene) was often sensible. (Richard Harrison Shryock, The American Historical Review, Volume 58, Issue 1, October 1952, Pages 92–94, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/58.1.92)
Complete Latin text available online from Iowa Digital Library
Interim hours begin on Saturday, May 11 through Sunday, May 26. The 24-hour study is available whenever the library is closed.
Complete hours available online
| Saturday | 10am-2pm |
| Sunday | Noon-4pm |
| Monday-Thursday | 7:30am-9pm |
| Friday | 7:30am-6pm |
by Linda Walton, Associate University Librarian
The UI Libraries has published a finalized list of cancelled subscriptions to journals, databases, and e-books. These cancellation decisions were made after considering feedback from the campus community. Some titles were retained as a result of feedback.
Titles cancelled were low use, or carried a high cost per use, or duplicated content available in other sources.
We will continue to monitor requests for titles and we will also watch for changes in subscription costs in the future. Both variables will inform decisions in the future.
The Libraries saved $600,000 and met its budgetary goal for this year.
Information about cancellation project and decision process
| Kayla Hodgson is receiving a Master of Arts in Library and Information Science in May, 2019. After graduating, Kayla will start as the new Youth and Teen Services Assistant Librarian at the North Liberty Community Library. Kayla enjoyed the people she worked with at the Hardin Library. |
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Adaeze Emecheta is receiving a Doctor of Pharmacy degree as well as a Master of Public Health degree. Adaeze plans to work in the pharmaceutical industry or in a contract research organization.
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| Katie Wampole is receiving a Master of Arts in Library and Information Science in May, 2019. Katie is currently applying for positions that deal with health information and resources in healthcare and library settings. |
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Francis Bass is receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Creative Writing with honors. Francis will be moving to Philadelphia where he plans to find a job for pay and continue to purse a career as a professional writer. After spending a lot of time at both the UI Libraries and the Iowa City Public Library, Francis enjoyed seeing a library from the other side. |
| Carly Garcia is graduating with a Bachelor of Arts with distinction degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders, as well as honors, and a minor in American Sign Language. Carly will be attending graduate school for speech-language pathology at The Ohio State University. |
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Lauren Hudson is receiving a Bachelors of Business Administration in Economics and a Certificate in Human Rights, Pre-Law. Lauren will be attending law school to pursue a career in international human rights law at either The University of Colorado Boulder, The University of Denver, or The University of California Irvine. “I feel proud about the work I do in promoting community engagement with health information and health literacy” in my work at Hardin Library. “I believe health to be a human right for all people.” |
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Jacob (Jake) Edwards will receive a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English, with honors. Jake is currently teaching at Scattergood Friends School and Farm and plans to attend graduate school in the future. Jake is a two-time winner of the UI Libraries Student Employee Scholarship. Jake loves Hardin Library because he is surrounded by dedicated students. |
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Because the UI Libraries subscribes to Nature Methods, Nature Protocols, and Springer Protocols, we now have access to Springer Nature Experiments at no extra charge.
Springer Nature Experiments combines search results from the above and Protocols Exchange. UI users have access to all full-text available in the tool.
If you have questions about using this tool, or need help conducting effective searches, please contact your liasion librarian.
All annual loans due in June, 2019 may now be renewed for another year.
You may renew your loans:
You may return books to any University of Iowa Library.
You may return books to Hardin Library via campus mail. Please include a campus mail book return form with each book.
University of Iowa History of Medicine Society Presentations and Events 2019-2020
All events open to the public.
Thursday, September 26, 5:30-6:30pm, 2117 MERF
Harold Adams, Professor, Neurology, University of Iowa
Stroke and the American Presidency
Thursday, October 24, 5:30-6:30pm, Kelch Conference Room, CBRB
Leslie Schwalm, Profssor, History; Chair, Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies, University of Iowa
Black Bodies, Medical Sciences and the Age of Emancipation
Thursday, November 21, 5:30-6:30pm, 2117 MERF
Dinesh Gyawali, Assistant Professor, Physiology, Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA
Ayurvedic Medicine
Thursday, January 23, 5:30-6:30pm, 2117 MERF
Marygrace Elson, Clinical Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa
History of the Induction of Labor
Thursday, February 27, 5:30-6:30pm, 2117 MERF
James Bass, Freelance Editor/Writer
History of the University of Iowa Psychiatry Department
Thursday, March 26, 4:00-7:00pm, 401 HLHS
Open House in the John Martin Rare Book Room
Friday, April 24, 6:00-9:00pm, History of Medicine Society Banquet
Marie Jenkins Schwartz, Emeritus Professor, History, University of Rhode Island
Enslaved Women, Slaveholders, and Doctors: A Peculiar Medical Entanglement
Lou Barker is the recipient of the Dale M. and Mary Gail Bentz Libraries Student Employee Scholarship.
“I came to the UI for violin performance–the chamber music program here is really inclusive and brings in a lot of amazing artists. Working at the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences desk helps me work on my people skills….
Working in the library has given me the skill of a greater sense of self; it has increased my self confidence. As a violin performance major, it’s important to have the skills to adapt, communicate, and feel secure in a place that feels somewhat out of my element.”
Jacob (Jake) Edwards is a receipient of the UI Libraries Student Employee Scholarship.
“Although most of my own course work is in the humanities and not the sciences, my library skills have been instrumental to my personal scholarship. My work at the library has allowed me to surround myself with books and people who love them….These skills will help me as a high school English teacher.”
Donate online to the Library Student Employee Scholarship Fund
