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May 04 2022

Medical Library Association Spring 2022 Hardin Staff Activities

Posted on May 4, 2022 by Sarah Andrews

Hardin Librarians are active in the Medical Library Association.  The annual conference is in New Orleans, May 3-6, 2022.

Jennifer Deberg, a 2022 RTI (Research Training Institute) Fellow is presenting a poster:
Exploring DNP (Doctorate Nurse Practitioner) Student Information Literacy Competence for Evidence-Based Practice

Hardin Library Director Janna Lawrence will be attending the in-person Board meeting on Tuesday, May 3.  Ms. Lawrence is also co-facilitator of a session, “Staying Ahead of the Future: Developing Your Library’s Collection Philosophy and Policy,” which is part of an in-conference symposium called “The Big Not-So-Easy: a Symposium on 21st Century Health Sciences Collection Development and Resource Sharing.”

Heather Healy and Jennifer Deberg recently taught a CE (continuing education) course for librarians for the Medical Librarian Association on Librarians and Systematic Review Teams: Negotiating Roles and Recognition.

 

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Lips on top of newspapers with text There's a poem in this place & list of sponsors
Apr 27 2022

National Poetry Month Selections From Hardin Library Student Employees

Posted on April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 by Sarah Andrews

April is National Poetry Month, and these are poems selected by our student employees.

Lips on top of newspapers with text There's a poem in this place & list of sponsorsSelections by Josh Hart

stonewall to standing rock by Julian Talamantez Brolaski (entire poem)

who by the time it arrived
had made its plan heretofore
stonewall   it had not a penny
thats not true it had several pennies

I Invite My Parents to a Dinner Party by Chen Chen (entire poem)

In the invitation, I tell them for the
      seventeenth time

(the fourth in writing), that I am gay.

First Light by Chen Chen (entire poem)

I like to say we left at first light
        with Chairman Mao himself chasing us in a police car,
my father fighting him off with firecrackers,
        even though Mao was already over a decade
dead, & my mother says all my father did
        during the Cultural Revolution was teach math,

Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas (entire poem)

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close
       of day;

Rage, rage against the dying of the
       light.

Selections by Aiyana Bolar

You Are So Articulate With Your Hands by Joshua Bennett (full poem)

she says & it’s the first time
the word doesn’t hurt. I respond
by citing something age-inappropriate
from Aristotle, drawing mostly
from his idea that hands are what make
       us

Poem for July 4, 1994 by Sonia Sanchez (full poem)

For President Václav Havel

It is essential that Summer be grafted
        to

bones marrow earth clouds blood the
eyes of our ancestors.
It is essential to smell the beginning
words where Washington, Madison,
       Hamilton,

Adams, Jefferson assembled amid cries
       of:

                      “The people lack of
                    information”
                          “We grow more and
                            more skeptical”

                          “This Constitution is a
                          triple-headed monster”

                        “Blacks are property”

It is essential to remember how cold
        the sun

how warm the snow snapping
around the ragged feet of soldiers and
        slaves.

It is essential to string the sky
with the saliva of Slavs and 
Germans and Anglos and French
and Italians and Scandinavians,
and Spaniards and Mexicans and Poles
and Africans and Native Americans.
It is essential that we always repeat:
                           we the people,
                           we the people,
                           we the people.

The Idea of Ancestry by Etheridge Knight (full poem)

1

Taped to the wall of my cell are 47 pictures: 47 black
faces: my father, mother, grandmothers (1 dead), grand-
fathers (both dead), brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts,
cousins (1st and 2nd), nieces, and nephews. They stare
across the space at me sprawling on my bunk. I know
their dark eyes, they know mine. I know their style,
they know mine. I am all of them, they are all of me;
they are farmers, I am a thief, I am me, they are thee.

I have at one time or another been in love with my mother,
1 grandmother, 2 sisters, 2 aunts (1 went to the asylum),
and 5 cousins. I am now in love with a 7-yr-old niece
(she sends me letters in large block print, and
her picture is the only one that smiles at me).

I have the same name as 1 grandfather, 3 cousins, 3 nephews,
and 1 uncle. The uncle disappeared when he was 15, just took
off and caught a freight (they say). He’s discussed each year
when the family has a reunion, he causes uneasiness in
the clan, he is an empty space. My father’s mother, who is 93
and who keeps the Family Bible with everbody’s birth dates
(and death dates) in it, always mentions him. There is no
place in her Bible for “whereabouts unknown.”

My Father Is a Retired Magician by Ntozake Shange (entire poem)

(for ifa, p.t., & bisa)

my father is a retired magician
which accounts for my irregular
       behavior

everythin comes outta magic hats
or bottles wit no bottoms & parakeets
are as easy to get as a couple a rabbits
or 3 fifty cent pieces/ 1958

[untitled] by Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta (entire poem)

once, while on a coke binge,
and away from my mother,
my father drove his car
across the sand
and into the pacific ocean.
before he had done that,
he had given away
all of his possessions,
and eaten
a steak dinner.
he survived.

Selections by Bushra Moghram

This Bridge Across by Christopher Gilbert (entire poem)
A moment comes to me
and it’s a lot like the dead
who get in the way sometimes
hanging around, with their ranks
growing bigger by the second
and the game of tag they play
claiming whoever happens by.

“The world is a beautiful place” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (entire poem)

The world is a beautiful place 
                                                           to be born into 
if you don’t mind happiness 
                                             not always being 
                                                                        so very much fun 
       if you don’t mind a touch of hell
                                                       now and then
                just when everything is fine
                                                             because even in heaven
                                they don’t sing 
                                                        all the time


Selections by Ian Russell

 

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Villanelle by Otto Leland Bohanan (entire poem)
How dreary the winds shriek and whine:
    The trembling shadows grow chill. 
O soul of my soul, wert thou mine!

Death of an Old Seaman by Langston Hughes (entire poem)
We buried him high on a windy hill,
But his soul went out to sea.

Comparison by Paul Laurence Dunbar (entire poem)
The sky of brightest gray seems dark
    To one whose sky was ever white.
To one who never knew a spark,
    Thro’ all his life, of love or light,
    The grayest cloud seems over-bright.

It’s a Long Way by William Stanley Braithwaite (entire poem)
It’s a long way the sea-winds blow
    Over the sea-plains blue,—
But longer far has my heart to go
    Before its dreams come true.

Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost (entire poem)
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.

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Mar 24 2022

Staff Highlight: Michelle Dralle

Posted on March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 by Sarah Andrews

Name: Michelle Dralle

photo of Michelle Dralle
Michelle Dralle

Your role at Hardin: I am a Library Assistant IV working in Collections, Access Services, and just recently, returned to help in Interlibrary Loan.

Years you’ve worked in a library and years you’ve worked at Hardin: My library career started in high school in the late ’70s as a volunteer at my hometown library in Allison, Iowa, under the direction of librarian Mabel Bauman. I started working at UI Libraries in 1983 and have worked at Hardin on and off as a student and staff since 1983. I’ve also worked at the UI Law Library, VA Library, Math Library, and the Iowa City Public Library (24 years).

One thing you enjoy about working at Hardin: I’ve worn many hats during my library career. Anything from dealing with the bomb-sniffing dog in 2007 during an active bomb threat at Hardin, working at the storage facility (lovingly referred to as the “barn”), to working on the lighting/HVAC project at Hardin. The best experience during my library career has been working with the many students and other individuals that have crossed my path and continue to keep in touch with me decades later.

A fun fact about yourself: I have no peripheral vision, so if you don’t like the answer I give and you roll your eyes at me as you stand next to me, I most likely won’t see it. My door is always open at Hardin, so stop in and say hello.

 

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Mar 05 2022

What Do You Wish We Had @Hardin? | Submit your ideas and suggestions

Posted on March 5, 2022March 9, 2022 by Sarah Andrews
black and white genie bottle with something coming out of spout Do you have an idea for a new service, workshop, want a change in the physical space in the library?
Do you want something changed on our website?

We want to know!

Please submit feedback online

You can receive follow-up communication if you add your email to the form.  Anonymous comments are also welcome.

 

Posted in Hardin Library Staff, Services
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Feb 23 2022

Work Day in the Life of John Martin Rare Book Room Curator Damien Ihrig

Posted on February 23, 2022February 23, 2022 by Sarah Andrews

A day in Damien’s work life at Hardin Library involves some or all of the following:

  • Email, email, email
  • A few meetings with local, state, or regional colleagues
  • Working with the collection to prepare items for conservation care, digitization, reshelving, shifting shelves, or updating database entries.
  • Class prep
  • Working with a donor interested in gifting books to the JMRBR or Hardin
  • Processing gift books
  • Research on a book or topic
  • Writing (usually for the JMRBR or Hardin newsletters)
  • Updating the JMRBR website
  • Project or exhibit prep
  • Professional development (usually a virtual webinar)
  • Working with a researcher interested in JMRBR materials
  • Consulting with a clinical researcher about their project
  • Working on a systematic or other review
  • A reference desk shift

Damien Ihrig, white man in front of bookcases of rare books
Damien Ihrig

 

Interested in visiting the John Martin Rare Book room for research or fun? In-person or Zoom appointments are available. Want to host a class here? Need help with your historical medical research? Contact Damien by email or phone (319-335-9154). 

Posted in Hardin Library Staff, John Martin Rare Book RoomTagged John Martin Rare Book Room
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Dec 02 2021

Linda Lococo | Longest Serving Staff Member | Retired December 1, 2021

Posted on December 2, 2021December 2, 2021 by Sarah Andrews

Linda Lococo, Hardin Library’s longest serving staff member, retired on December 1 with 43 years of service.

Linda worked in Hardin’s Interlibrary Loan Department, borrowing materials from other libraries for University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students as well as fulfilling materials requested from libraries around the world.

Linda’s favorite part of her job was the detective work required to find articles when very little or incorrect information was provided by users.  When Linda first started in interlibrary loan, she typed up requests on paper forms and then used print indexes to find holdings of libraries to send the requests to.  Now, most of this work is automated, but we still manually scan print materials at a large scanner.

Linda is looking forward to having more time with her husband Joe, a retired nurse, and the rest of her family.  She has lots of home projects lined up to work on and more time for reading!

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picture of Alex Hsieh, Asian male in suit
Jun 24 2021

Libraries Graduate Student Scholarship Winner | Alex Hsieh from Hardin Library

Posted on June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 by Sarah Andrews

Alex Hsieh, College of Dentistry Student, has won a University of Iowa Libraries graduate student scholarship.  Alex works at the Hardin Library.

“Making sure our library patrons feel cared for has been a goal of mine while working at Hardin Library, and that is a philosophy I will carry into my career as a dentist.  In both situations, a patron/patient who feels comfortable and welcome will get the most out of their visit and will more likely come back again!”

Read more about Alex, and our other scholarship winner Sara Jensen in Bindings.

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Scholarships for library student employees are funded by donations.

Give a gift to the Libraries

 

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says MLA medical library association
Jun 21 2021

Workshop The Workshop | MLA Conference Presentation

Posted on June 21, 2021June 23, 2021 by Sarah Andrews

Hardin staff presented a paper, “Workshop the Workshop: Continuous Quality Improvement Strategies for an Instruction Series,” at the year’s virtual Medical Library Association, May 24-28.

Authors were Heather Healy, Jen DeBerg, Riley Samuelson, Matt Regan, Damien Ihrig, Chris Childs, Jess Elliott, and Janna Lawrence.

says MLA Medical Library Association

Posted in Hardin Library Staff
image of Linda Walton, white woman, in front of book case
Jun 21 2021

Walton and Lawrence Named Medical Library Association Fellows

Posted on June 21, 2021June 23, 2021 by Sarah Andrews

Janna C. Lawrence, MLS, AHIP Distinguished
Hardin Library Director
Janna Lawrence, Hardin Director, and Linda Walton, Associate University Librarian and former Hardin Director, were named Fellows of the Medical Library Association.

 

image of Linda Walton, white woman, in front of book case
Linda Walton
Associate University Librarian
Fellowship recognizes “sustained and outstanding contributions to health sciences librarianship.” 
Posted in Hardin Library StaffTagged Fellows Medical Library Association
Jun 17 2021

Director Janna Lawrence Elected to Medical Library Association Board

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Sarah Andrews

Hardin Library Director Janna Lawrence was elected to Board of Directors of the Medical Library Association.  Her three-year term began at the May 2021 Medical Library Association Conference.

Janna C. Lawrence, MLS, AHIP Distinguished
Hardin Library Director
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