{"id":3673,"date":"2024-04-04T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/?p=3673"},"modified":"2024-04-08T14:02:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T19:02:13","slug":"50-years-hardin-library-for-the-health-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/2024\/04\/04\/50-years-hardin-library-for-the-health-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"In pictures: 50 years of Hardin Library for the Health Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(Exhibit curated by Damien Ihrig, curator for the John Martin Rare Book Room, and Helen Spielbauer, creative coordinator, Hardin Library)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

50 years ago this fall, the University of Iowa opened the Health Sciences Library, later named in 1988 after Dr. Robert C. Hardin. A former physician and professor of internal medicine, Dr. Hardin served as the dean of the College of Medicine and vice president of health affairs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The state-of-the-art facility replaced the out-of-date and overcrowded medical library in the Medical Laboratories building and served all the health sciences colleges, as well as the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The library was designed as a dedicated resource for the health and information needs of UI faculty, staff, and students. Beyond traditional offerings like physical collections, interlibrary loans, and copying services, it included a 24-hour study area, early mainframe searching, numerous study spaces, and the John Martin Rare Book Room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guided by the principles of delivering high-quality library services, access to cutting-edge information resources, and providing secure and comfortable study and social spaces, Hardin Library and its dedicated staff strive to meet users’ evolving needs. The commitment is evident in the ongoing updates and renovations, including 2024 enhancements to the fourth floor and the John Martin Rare Book Room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please join us in a look back at 50 years of the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences as we look forward to the next 50!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The building<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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The medical library in the Medical Laboratories Building, c. 1938<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A hallway crowded with collection materials in the medical library in the Medical Laboratories building, c. 1967<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Early artist’s concept art of the new Health Sciences Library, 1968<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The west side of the newly constructed Health Sciences Library, 1974\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The south side of the newly constructed Health Sciences Library, 1974<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Spaces<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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The interior of the library shortly after completion, c. 1974<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Current journals, c. 1977<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“Life” mural on the walls of the galleria space that cuts through the middle of the library, completed in 1976 by Donna L. Friedman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Circulation desk, c. 2003<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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New fourth floor study area, 2024\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Third Floor study area, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Technology<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Texas Instruments Silent 700 computer terminal – used in the 1970s and early 1980s to perform Medline citation searches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hardin Library website, 2005\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Anatomage Table – advanced 3D anatomy visualization system, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

John Martin Rare Book Room<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Illustrations from Leonahart Fuch’s De historia stiplum commentari insignes, 1542 (FOLIO QK41. F7 1542)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Items in the John Martin Rare Book Room, 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Donna Hirst, John Martin Rare Book Room curator (2010-2020), shows library staff an illustration from Albinus’s Tabule sceleti et musculorum corporis humani, 1747 (FOLIO QM21. A38 1747), 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Undated photograph of Dr. John Martin speaking in the Rare Book Room\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

See the full poster exhibit on display at the Hardin Library.
The poster is also available in Iowa Research Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More information about Robert C. Hardin, MD\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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