On the rainy afternoon of May 2, 2024, guests gathered on the fourth floor of the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences to celebrate its first 50 years and to observe the sleek renovations that signal its future. It was also an unofficial reunion; for the first time, all four of the library’s living directors—currentContinue reading “Hardin Library for the Health Sciences celebrates 50 years with major fourth-floor renovations”
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Karen Shemanski selected for university-wide honor for human resources professionals
Karen Shemanski, senior human resources director and advisor to the Jack B. King university librarian, was the 2024 recipient of the University of Iowa Outstanding Strategic HR Business Partner of the Year award presented during the University of Iowa HR (UHR) and Business Conference held in April 2024. In nomination materials, colleagues called Shemanski’s work “trulyContinue reading “Karen Shemanski selected for university-wide honor for human resources professionals”
Staff news: Bindings Academic Year 2023–24
The University of Iowa Libraries staff are the heart of our institution, and their achievements are too numerous to count. Here, we highlight just a few of our staff’s professional milestones during the past academic year. Bradshaw named co-editor of rare materials cataloging vocabulary Jenny Bradshaw, metadata production coordinator and rare materials cataloger in theContinue reading “Staff news: Bindings Academic Year 2023–24”
Student employee spotlight: Cassandra Parsons
When Hawkeye senior Cassandra Parsons arrived on the University of Iowa from her hometown of Williamsburg, Iowa, she knew that a student job would be a key part of her time as an undergraduate. And when Parsons, an English and creative writing major and anthropology minor, started work as a student assistant at the HardinContinue reading “Student employee spotlight: Cassandra Parsons”
One Day for Iowa 2024: Support advanced student employees like Luke with the University Librarian’s Student Employee Fund
For One Day for Iowa 2024, we’re highlighting the new University Librarian’s Student Employee Fund, which will create more opportunities for advanced student employees to enhance skills, bolster career-development goals, or pursue special interests. These are students like Luke Ayers, whose job in Conservation and Collections Care at the University of Iowa Libraries has setContinue reading “One Day for Iowa 2024: Support advanced student employees like Luke with the University Librarian’s Student Employee Fund”
Student employee spotlight: Ramin Roshandel
Ramin Roshandel will never forget the first time he stepped into the University of Iowa Rita Benton Music Library. From the beginning, the PhD candidate knew that the library would become a crucial part of his time as a student of music composition pedagogy. Roshandel describes being immediately “overjoyed with the beauty of the space,”Continue reading “Student employee spotlight: Ramin Roshandel”
This photo contains Hawkeye history—now, Virginia Eichacker reflects on her aunt’s impact
This photo features the five undergraduate women who integrated Currier Residence Hall in 1946: Virginia Harper, Esther Walls, Nancy Henry, Gwen Davis, Leanne Howard, and Pat Smith. Their story lives on in the Iowa Women’s Archives and in Currier, where a mural commemorates their achievements at the university and beyond. We are especially fortunate toContinue reading “This photo contains Hawkeye history—now, Virginia Eichacker reflects on her aunt’s impact”
Chance encounter at the Main Library sparks one couple’s lifelong love story
For one Hawkeye couple, the journey of a thousand miles started at a wobbly table in the Main Library. In the late 1960s, Dr. Harold “Harry” Mihm was pursuing his MD at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille Carver College of Medicine, and Georgia Benda was an undergraduate studying special education. They beganContinue reading “Chance encounter at the Main Library sparks one couple’s lifelong love story”
Two graduate student employees receive Academic Enrichment Awards from the UI Libraries
Each year, the University of Iowa Libraries recognizes two graduate student employees for their contributions to the institution and the library or department in which they work. Recipients of an Academic Enrichment Award (AEA) are selected by a committee based on their application essays and the feedback of their supervisors, and winners receive a scholarshipContinue reading “Two graduate student employees receive Academic Enrichment Awards from the UI Libraries”
13 student library workers receive scholarships for 2023–24
Student library employees are a crucial part of what makes the University of Iowa Libraries such a valuable, accessible resource for the community on campus and beyond. We’re grateful that these dedicated students make time alongside their classes to work with us, directing users to needed resources, caring for materials, and contributing their ideas toContinue reading “13 student library workers receive scholarships for 2023–24”