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Dec 27 2022

Winter Interim Hours @Hardin Library | December 17 – January 6

Posted on December 27, 2022December 28, 2022 by Sarah Andrews

The Hardin Library will have shorter hours and some closings during the period from Saturday, December 17 – Friday, January 6.

The 24-hour study is available whenever the library is closed.

Saturday, Dec 17 – Sunday, Dec 18 CLOSED
Monday, Dec 19-Friday, Dec 23 Open 7:30am-6pm
Saturday, Dec 24-Tuesday, Dec 27 CLOSED for holidays
Wednesday, Dec 28-Friday, Dec 30 Open 7:30am-6pm
Saturday, Dec 31-Monday, Jan 2 CLOSED for holidays
Tuesday, Jan 3-Friday, Jan 6 Open 7:30am-6pm
Saturday, Jan 7 Open 10am-6pm *regular hours resume*
Complete hours  
   
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Image by Jörg Vieli from Pixabay
Posted in ServicesTagged closings, holiday hours for Hardin library, interim hours
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Dec 21 2022

Hardin Library Closed Thursday Dec 22 & Friday Dec 23 Due To Predicted Storm | Remote Services Available 7:30am-6pm

Posted on December 21, 2022December 21, 2022 by Sarah Andrews

The Hardin Library will be physically closed on Thursday, December 22, and Friday, December 23 due to the predicted blizzard and hazardous weather.  All University of Iowa Library campus facilities will be closed and all in-person services will be suspended on Thursday and Friday.

Chat and email help are available from 7:30am-6pm on Thursday and Friday.  

The 24-hour study will be available for University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, fellows, and residents with an Iowa OneCard or UIHC badge.

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Image by Hans from Pixabay
Posted in Building, ServicesTagged blizzard
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Dec 19 2022

Hardin Interlibrary Loan Closed For Holidays December 24-January 2

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Sarah Andrews

The Hardin Library Interlibrary Loan Department will be closed beginning Friday evening, December 23 through Monday, January 2.  The Main Library Interlibrary Loan Department will also be closed at this time.

You may place requests in the online system, and they will be processed starting Tuesday, January 3. 

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Campus in the snow.
Posted in ServicesTagged holiday closing, interlibrary loan
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Dec 12 2022

Closed Monday, January 16 for Dr. Martin Luther King Day

Posted on December 12, 2022January 25, 2023 by Sarah Andrews

The Hardin Library will be closed on Monday, January 16 for the Martin Luther King Day holiday.

The 24-hour study area will be available to affiliates.

Celebration of Human Rights week activities

Iowa City Day of Service activities

Community-based service projects to participate in

Posted in EventsTagged MLK day 2023
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Dec 08 2022

Collecting Food & Basic Hygiene Products for Food Pantry @Iowa through Dec 16

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Sarah Andrews

Hardin Library is collecting canned and dry food and basic hygiene products for The Food Pantry @Iowa.  Donate through Friday, December 16.  says food pantry at iowa with outlines of food products like carrots

Bring your donations to the 3rd floor desk by the main entrance.  All donations will be given to the food pantry for distribution.

The Food Pantry is available to all University of Iowa students, as well as faculty, staff, residents, and fellows with a University of Iowa ID.

Food Pantry information, including location and distribution hours

Food donation items requested

Hygiene products requested

Canned food requested

Donate via Amazon Wish List

Donate through UI Center for Advancement (tax-deductible)

If you are interested in donating perishable goods such as fresh produce, eggs, and milk, please email   studorg-foodpantry@uiowa.edu to make arrangements.

If you are food insecure and would like a list of local resources, please email sarah-andrews@uiowa.edu for a list of local free meal options and other food pantries.

Posted in EventsTagged charity, food donations, food pantry
Dec 06 2022

Get Ready For Finals! | Coffee, Cocoa, Snacks | Later Hours Fri Dec 9 & Sat Dec 10 | Dinosaur Game | Food Pantry Drive

Posted on December 6, 2022 by Sarah Andrews

All of us at Hardin want you to be successful this semester.  We are helping you get ready for finals!

  • Later hours! Hardin Library will be open until 9pm on Friday, December 9 and Saturday, December 10.  The 24-hour study will be available when the library is closed.

  • Free coffee, hot cocoa, and snacks.  Beginning Friday, December 9 at 9am while supplies last!

  • Find our stuffed dinosaur!  Be the first person to find our stuffed plush dinosaur December 9-14 and win a prize!

plus green dinosaur picture

Donate food or basic hygiene items for The University of Iowa Food Pantry when you stop by!  We have a collection cart by the 3rd floor entrance.

Posted in Events, ServicesTagged finals week
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Nov 23 2022

Popular Pharmacy Handbook of Medieval Europe | November Book of the Month from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library

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

by Damien Ihrig, Curator, John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library

MESUË THE YOUNGER (fl. ca. 1200?). Canones universales. First Giunta edition. Printed in Venice by Luca-Antonio Giunta, 1527. 388 leaves. 32 cm tall.

Mesue’s works were an immediate hit. Some of the most famous western physicians of the time, including Petrus de Abano and Mondino dei Luzzi, wrote commentaries on Mesue’s work. Canones, in particular, was very influential. It was printed more times in the 15th century than works from several other influential authors, including Ibn Sina and Pliny the Elder.

Canones contains the whole of the Pseudo-Mesuë’s writings, consisting of three works: one on purgatives (laxatives); an antidotarium, or apothecary’s manual, which was the most popular handbook of drugs in medieval Europe; and an incomplete manual of special therapeutics. The first work, De simplicibus, is a book of so-called “simples.” These were substances from nature thought to have medicinal properties, or “virtues,” a term used throughout our many herbal medicine works. De simplicibus specifically listed forty-nine purgatives – substances used to purge bodily fluids and rebalance one’s “humors.”

The second work, Antidotarium sive Grabadin medicamentorum, or simply the Grabadin, was a major work of pharmaceutical compounds. It greatly expanded the drug treatments available to European practitioners. It was based on Arabic pharmaceutical tradition, which had as its foundation Greek tradition. It became the standard for European pharmacopoeia and was the foundation for centuries of pharmaceutical medicine.

This edition of 1527 (we also have a 1502 edition) would have functioned as a Physician’s Desk Reference, guiding practitioners in their use of pharmaceutical treatments. Along with Canones, it contains medical and pharmacological works by other authors such as de Abano and dei Luzzi, as well as Abulcasis (Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn ʻAbbās al-Zahrāwī), Saladino Ferro, Gentile da Foligno, Christophorus de Honestis, Francesco di Piedimonte, Matthaeus Platearius, and Niccolò da Salerno.

image of spine of book book cover

This book has clearly lived an eventful life.  The leather covering has experienced quite a bit of trauma. The pretty blind-tooled cover shows a large tear, deep scratches, insect damage, evidence of mold, and major loss along the lower spine. As horrible as all this may look, it provides us with a lot of information we would not have had available with a completely untouched binding.

For those interested in historical bindings, there is a wealth of information. The exposed spine shows us the sewing and materials used to create the binding. I have written before about manuscript or printer’s waste – the recycling of manuscript and printed material in the construction of new books. The exposed spine on Canones shows evidence for both! Take a close look at the spine and you will see hand lettering on parchment and what looks like a print of a small decorative frame used as a spine liner. 

Diving into the book, many of the pages are heavily annotated, including several manicules. And much like those of modern students, the annotations peter out before the end of the book. The more things change… annotated text image

Taking a look at the paper, most of it is in really good shape. It has a lovely creamy color and supple texture. Every so often throughout the book is a leaf with heavy foxing (rusty-looking discoloration). It is clear that at least one batch of paper used to print the book was of substandard quality and contains acidic particles eating away at the paper. Hopefully, most of the damage has already been done.

Finally, about three-quarters of the way through the book, a section has been rather violently ripped out. The photo above shows the uneven and rough stubs left over from this assault. Did someone find something they disliked and angrily remove it? Was it a section with valuable information that a student or practitioner decided to take for themselves? The missing section mainly deals with the pleasant-sounding “putrid fever.” Was it a library book and, lacking a sharp knife, someone coughed loudly while ripping out the pages? We will never know, but it is fun to think about! image of pages ripped out

Contact me to “waste” time this book: damien-ihrig@uiowa.edu or 319-335-9154 to arrange a visit in person or over Zoom.

For more information about the author of this book, read the November newsletter.

 

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 contact our office in advance at damien-ihrig@uiowa.edu or 319-335-9154

 

 

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Posted in History of Medicine, John Martin Rare Book RoomTagged Antidotarium sive Grabadin medicamentorum, Canones, De simplicibus, history of medicine, John Mesue, Masawayh al-Mardini, Meuse the younger, Pseudo-Meuse, rare books
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Nov 21 2022

Thanksgiving Break Hours @Hardin Library

Posted on November 21, 2022November 23, 2022 by Sarah Andrews

Hardin Library will have shorter hours during the week of the Thanksgiving holiday.  The 24-hour study will be available to UIHC and University of Iowa affiliates whenever the library is closed.

Friday, November 18 7:30am-6pm regular hours
Saturday, November 19 10am-6pm regular hours
Sunday, November 20 Noon-9pm regular hours
Monday, November 21-Wednesday, November 23 7:30am-6pm shortened hours
Thursday, November 24 CLOSED  Thanksgiving holiday
Friday, November 25 CLOSED University holiday
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Saturday, November 26 10am-2pm shortened hours
Sunday, November 27 Noon-9pm regular hours resume
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Image by Hannah Edgman @Pixabay.com

 

UI Indigenous Land Acknowledgement

The University of Iowa is located on the homelands of the Ojibwe/Anishinaabe (Chippewa), Báxoǰe (Iowa), Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo), Omāēqnomenēwak (Menominee), Myaamiaki (Miami), Nutachi (Missouri), Umoⁿhoⁿ (Omaha), Wahzhazhe (Osage), Jiwere (Otoe), Odawaa (Ottawa), Póⁿka (Ponca), Bodéwadmi/Neshnabé (Potawatomi), Meskwaki/Nemahahaki/Sakiwaki (Sac and Fox), Dakota/Lakota/Nakoda, Sahnish/Nuxbaaga/Nuweta (Three Affiliated Tribes) and Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Nations. The following tribal nations, Umoⁿhoⁿ (Omaha Tribe of Nebraska and Iowa), Póⁿka (Ponca Tribe of Nebraska), Meskwaki (Sac and Fox of the Mississippi in Iowa), and Ho-Chunk (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska) Nations continue to thrive in the State of Iowa and we continue to acknowledge them. As an academic institution, it is our responsibility to acknowledge the sovereignty and the traditional territories of these tribal nations, and the treaties that were used to remove these tribal nations, and the histories of dispossession that have allowed for the growth of this institution since 1847. Consistent with the University’s commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, understanding the historical and current experiences of Native peoples will help inform the work we do; collectively as a university to engage in building relationships through academic scholarship, collaborative partnerships, community service, enrollment and retention efforts acknowledging our past, our present and future Native Nations.

Posted in Building, ServicesTagged Thanksgiving 2023 hours
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Nov 17 2022

WHO COVID-19 Research Database

Posted on November 17, 2022November 21, 2022 by Sarah Andrews
WHO COVID-19 Research Database 
 
“The global literature cited in the WHO COVID-19 Research Database is updated daily (Tuesday through Saturday) from searches of bibliographic databases, hand searching, and the addition of other expert-referred scientific articles. This database represents a comprehensive multilingual source of current literature on the topic. While it may not be exhaustive, new research is added regularly.”
 
This free database does not integrate with our subscription vertification/add on products.  We recommend that you use it on campus or log on the VPN if off campus.
 
The WHO COVID-19 Research Database includes citations from some databases the UI Libraries do not subscribe to.
The focus of this database is science, and it includes many pre-print articles that are not yet peer-reviewed.
This database also includes citations for traditional medicine.
 
English user guide
French user guide
Spanish user guide
 
If you find an article you want to read, click on full-text.  If we subscribe or the article is available for free, you should be able to access it.  If the article is not available, you may request it via Interlibrary Loan. 
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“The WHO Global COVID-19 Database is a composite of other databases and citations captured directly from publishers’ websites. Citations have NOT been standardized across the various sources and there may be variations in journal titles, author names, and other fields. While some citations have been enhanced with MeSH and other keywords, this is a work in progress. ”  MeSH subject headings are only available for MEDLINE-indexed publications.  We do not recommend using MeSH terms right now.
Posted in ResourcesTagged COVI-19 literature, WHO COVID-19 database
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Nov 16 2022

Jonathan Reeder | Researcher in Ancient Mental Health | History of Medicine | Video Available

Posted on November 16, 2022November 23, 2022 by Sarah Andrews

 

photo of Jonathan Reeder, white man, blue shirt, green background
Jonathan Reeder, PhD

Jonathan Reeder is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Iowa. He teaches courses in ancient medicine and a variety of others concerning the ancient world. His research centers on the interface between medicine and philosophy in Greek and Latin literature.  Currently his focus is on ancient approaches to mental health and the reception of Greco-Roman psychology.  Dr. Reeder holds a B.A. in Communication Arts from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Classics from Florida State University.

 
Dr. Reeder presented at Hardin on Tuesday, October 18 at 5:30pm.
 Video of talk available: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui:29997

Mental Health and the Weight of the Past: How Early Modern Physicians Read Greek Psychology

This talk begins with a brief survey of the history of scientific discourse on mental health, then focuses on the intellectual and professional dilemma faced by early modern physicians: either repeat Greek psychology and suppress one’s own originality or challenge the giants of Greek medicine along with their scientific and cultural weight. The lecture tells the story of how some authors of the John Martin Rare Book Room collection grappled with the authority of the past against the backdrop of an area of medicine which is of great concern in our own time.
Posted in History of Medicine, John Martin Rare Book Room, LecturesTagged ancient mental health, classics, greco-roman psychology, history of medicine

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