Spring Break means shorter hours at the library, but the 24 hour study will be open to anyone with a current UIHC Badge of Iowa One Card.
| Friday, March 15 | 7:30am-6pm |
| Saturday, March 16 | 10am-2pm |
| Sunday, March 17 | Noon-4pm |
| Monday, March 18-Friday, March 22 | 7:30am-6pm |
| Saturday, March 23 | 10am-2pm |
| Sunday, March 24 | Noon-Midnight regular hours resume |
In honor of Pi Day, Hardin Library will be serving pie bites beginning at 9am – until they are gone.
Stop by and enjoy!
Hardin Library printing and public computers are provided by ITS.
Color printing is available from ALL public computers. Simply select ITC-Color as your printer and release the job from the print release station on 3rd Floor or in the Information Commons West.
Color printing is 15 cents per side. Black and white printing is 3 cents per side. We are quite a bargain!
Using Google Scholar off campus requires changing some settings in order to view full-text articles.
Access Google Scholar from Hardin’s A-Z database list or directly at http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/GoogleSch.
Then change settings as below:
Go to Settings
Click on Library Links
Make sure The University of Iowa – ViewIt@UILink has a check mark next to it and SAVE that setting
Then look for the ViewIt@UILink link in the results to get to University of Iowa subscribed content.
Explore the “Cite” and “Cited by” features
Do you need to use a book checked out to someone else? The UI Libraries’ new default option for getting a copy of a book that is in use is to request it through interlibrary loan, rather than recall it from the person who has it checked out.
The Libraries’ interlibrary loan* service will get a copy of the needed material from another library, at no charge to you. On average, it takes 6.5 days to get a book through interlibrary loan. In contrast, when a book is recalled from another user, that user is given at least a week to return it, and sometimes longer, depending on when they had checked the book out. This change also means that materials you have checked out are less likely to be recalled from you.
If you have never requested a book or journal article through interlibrary loan, you will need to fill out a registration form the first time. There is no limit on the number of interlibrary loan requests UI faculty, staff, students, or residents can make, and requests can be for any use, including entertainment.
Books may still be recalled by UI Libraries staff when they are needed for course reserves.
If you have questions about interlibrary loan or any other UI Libraries service or policy, contact Hardin staff at 319-335-9151.
*What are Interlibrary Loans?
Interlibrary loans are materials borrowed from another library for use by a user or loaned to another library for their patron’s use.
The lending library does not know which user has requested the materials.
Open Education Week #OEWeek is a week-long event highlight the impact of Open Education, and Open Educational Resources (OER) on teaching and learning.
Open education is the practice of allowing the sharing of learning objects, case studies, materials, and other resources unburdened by cost and copyright.
Liberated: Faculty Perspectives on OER | Monday, March 4, 1-2:30pm, 2032 Main Library
Talk with Nicole Allen from SPARC | Friday, March 8, 1-2pm, E105 Adler Journalism Building
For more information see:
Open Education Resources Program at UI Libraries and grants program
The University of Iowa Libraries work to offset increases in the costs of information resources each year along with a flat budget (0 percent increase in funding). Our strategy is to minimize the impact of inflation by continuously monitoring the use of the collection to identify and eliminate journals, databases, and ebooks that:
In the past, these processes–along with reducing spending on printed books–have enabled The Libraries to counter rising costs. However, in 2020, subscription costs will increase 5 to 7 percent, and we are finding it difficult to identify further spending reductions. The UI Libraries must identify $600,000 in subscriptions to cancel. Health sciences areas will cut $175,000 and other areas will cut the remaining $425,000. Subscriptions managed by the Law Library are not included in this process.
We need your feedback in order to make the best possible decisions.
Faculty and staff should complete the feedback form by Friday, March 1, 2019 to make a case to keep journal titles or database subscriptions.
Updates and more information about the process is available online.
Due to predicted record low temperatures, the Hardin Library will be closing early on Tuesday, January 29 and Wednesday, January 30.
Hardin Library Hours
Monday, January 28 7:30am-Midnight
Tuesday, January 30 7:30am-6pm
Wednesday, January 31 7:30am-6pm
Thursday, February 1 7:30-Midnight **regular hours resume**
The 24 hour study will remain open at all times if you have a valid Iowa One Card or UIHC Badge.
You can now borrow DVDs for 14 days!
You find DVDs in InfoHawk+, and request DVDs after signing in to InfoHawk+.
Areas of Expertise:
Outside the library:
I’m a big fan of the National Park system and each year hike and camp at a different national park. My goal is to see all 59 parks and so far I have been to 33. I can’t go more than three days without having a book to read. History is my favorite non-fiction topic to read. My wife and I have a cat named Aurora we think is part Maine Coon. I enjoy travel outside of the United States as well and recently visited Europe.
