Special Collections and Archives at the University of Iowa Libraries was awarded a prestigious $350,000 grant supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The funding will be used to make the Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry—the largest collection of its kind in the world—more accessible. The Sackner ArchiveContinue reading “UI Libraries Receives NEH Grant to Increase Access to World-Renowned Sackner Archive”
Monthly Archives: April 2022
Celebrating Our Student Workers
During National Student Employment Week and every day, we celebrate all of our student workers. They’re critical to nearly every aspect of Libraries’ operations and their service is greatly appreciated. Eleven members of the Libraries team recently received 2021-2022 scholarships for undergraduate students. Read what receiving a scholarship and working in the Libraries means inContinue reading “Celebrating Our Student Workers”
Spanish Language OER with Giovanni Zimotti
By Georgia Page, UI Libraries Student Specialist, Scholarly Impact, georgiab-page@uiowa.edu In early March, UI Libraries celebrated Open Education Week in order to raise awareness about open educational resources (OER) and other open education practices. However, many students and faculty on campus are not yet familiar with the positive impact that OER has on students’ academicContinue reading “Spanish Language OER with Giovanni Zimotti”