Events

black and white image of Vero Rose Smith, white woman wearing scarf in front of map of Iowa City by Christopher Hunter

Nov 23 2020

Medical Arts: Teaching Art History Through The John Martin Rare Book Room – Video of Talk by Vero Rose Smith

Posted on November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 by Sarah Andrews

Watch a recording of Vero Rose Smith’s talk on November 11, 2020
Medical Arts: Teaching Art History Through The John Martin Rare Book Room

For the past eight years, students enrolled in art history and studio arts courses explored the holdings of the John Martin Rare Book Room. Here, they pored over weeping welts, ballooning wombs, and plants tantalizingly teetering between poisonous and medicinal.

Aspiring medical professionals found an invitation into art historical thinking. Burgeoning artists found inspiration in the precision of anatomical representation achieved centuries ago, & budding historians wondered at the trajectories of language and scientific understanding.

Vero Rose Smith is an artist, curator, and educator. In the studio, Smith makes climate change personal through data-driven installations and performances. In the gallery, Vero produces community-focused exhibitions and participatory art experiences.

Recording (43 minutes)
Vero Rose Smith’s website

Mar 17 2020

Cancelled | 2020 R. Palmer Howard History of Medicine Society Dinner | April 24 | Marie Jenkins Schwartz, Enslaved Women | Cancelled

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Sarah Andrews

The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society and Hardin Library for the Health Sciences announce that the 2020 R. Palmer Howard Dinner scheduled for Friday, April 24 has been cancelled.

The event will not be rescheduled.

Mar 05 2020

CANCELLED |2020 Open House | John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library | Black Plague | March 26

Posted on March 5, 2020March 17, 2020 by Sarah Andrews

The 2020 John Martin Rare Book Room Open House has been cancelled. This event will not be rescheduled.

Please see our online exhibit: The Black Death: The Plague, 1331-1770

image of fire burning in street during plague — A street during the plague in London with a death cart a Credit: Wellcome Library, London.

Sep 12 2019

Hardin Library Open Until Midnight Friday, Dec 13 & Saturday, Dec 14

Posted on September 12, 2019December 20, 2019 by Sarah Andrews

Need some extra time to study? Hardin Library can help you out.

Free coffee starting at 5pm Friday
Reserve a group study or One Button Studio
Silent computer lab – Information Commons West, 2nd Floor
Quiet floor – 4th
24-hour study available to current students and staff
Black and white printing (.03/side) and Color printing (.15/side)

Cambus – take Pentacrest to VA Loop stop

Drive – park at the Newton Road Ramp (no free parking near library)

Aug 30 2019

September Hardin Open Workshops | Embase, EndNote, Data Management Essentials & More

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Sarah Andrews

Hardin Library is offering 11 open workshops in September. Sign up online or call 319-335-9151 to register.

September 3	APA Style
September 4	Getting Started with Hardin Library resources
September 10	Mobile resources
September 11	EndNote Desktop
September 17	Keeping Current
September 18	Open Access Policies, Publishers & Predators
September 19	PubMed
September 23	ORCID
September 24	Data Management Essentials
September 26	Embase

Aug 07 2019

Accepting Nominations through October 30 | Arthur Benton University Librarian’s Award for Excellence

Posted on August 7, 2019November 1, 2019 by Sarah Andrews

The University Libraries is seeking nominations for the Arthur Benton University Librarian’s Award for Excellence. Funded by a generous endowment, this prestigious award acknowledges a library staff member’s professional contributions in the practice of librarianship, service to the profession, scholarship, or leadership which has had a significant impact or innovation to the operations of the Libraries or the University of Iowa.

The $1,500 award may be used to support professional development activity expenses for conferences or workshops in support of research projects and publications related to services, or it may be taken as a cash award. Any member of the University of Iowa community may make a nomination, or self-nominations are also accepted. The nomination form is available at: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/admin/bentonaward/ . The due date is Wednesday, October 30.

Librarian Jennifer Deberg previously won the Benton Award.

Mar 03 2019

Get Ready for Finals @Hardin Library

Posted on March 3, 2019May 10, 2019 by Sarah Andrews

We want you to succeed, and here are some of the ways we want to help making studying at the Hardin Library easier:

Open until Midnight Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4. 24-hour study available when the library is closed.
Free coffee starting at 5pm Friday until it runs out.
Free snacks starting at 5pm Friday until they run out.
Therapy dogs 4-6pm Saturday in Room 401.
Coloring and puzzle pages.
West Commons computer lab, 2nd Floor is a silent computer lab.
Reserve a group study

photo of herbal from 1541; herb and 3 men

Mar 02 2019

Scientific Books & Their Makers : Pop Up Exhibit and Presentations | Monday, May 6 | John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library

Posted on March 2, 2019May 10, 2019 by Sarah Andrews

Students in History 4430/UICB 4930 Scientific Books and Their Makers invite you to a pop up exhibit and series of presentations. The exhibit includes interactive, artistic, literary, and scholarly elements, grounded in research in the history of science and the book in early modern Europe.

Monday, May 6
10am-12pm
John Martin Rare Book Room, 401 HLHS

How to Science: Interpretation, Organization and Language in Early Modern Scientific Texts
Kaeli Nieves-Whitmore, Elizabeth McKay, and Lucy Dunphy Barness

How to Book: Books Before Robots
Lydia Nesslar, Katerina Hazell, and Libby Walkup

How to Sex: Practicality Versus Morality
Rhiannon Bell and Heidi Parker

Jan 25 2019

William Osler: His Life and Human | History of Medicine Lecture by Robert Rakel, MD | Thursday, February 28, 5:30pm

Posted on January 25, 2019April 19, 2019 by Sarah Andrews

image of Dr. Robert Rakel, white man, glasses, suit and tie — Robert Rakel, MD
Professor Emeritus, Family & Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

On the 100th anniversary year of William Osler’s death, the University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear Robert Rakel, MD speak.

William Osler: His Life and Sense of Humor
Thursday, February 28, 2019
5:30-6:30PM
2117 Medical Education and Research Facility

Osler was the most famous physician in the world at the time of his death. This presentation will review his major accomplishments and his sense of humor–appropriate for his day, but would not be considered funny today.

Osler Pamphlet Collection at the John Martin Rare Book Room

The Principles and Practice of Medicine by Osler (standard text for 40 years)

More information / donate to the History of Medicine Society

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program please call Janna Lawrence at 319-335-9871.

Jan 10 2019

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month | Books and Display

Posted on January 10, 2019May 1, 2019 by Sarah Andrews

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. We have some materials available on the 3rd Floor:

Display and giveaways from the Rape Victim Advocacy Program
Books on rape, sexual assault, and trauma from Hardin’s collection available to check out
Guide to library resources

The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey from CDC

The University of Iowa Libraries

Need to Know

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