Today’s university library is not what most people remember from their undergraduate experience. But then neither are most campuses. Like every other aspect of campus life, libraries have evolved over the last decades. Together we’ll explore the 21st century environment of the UI Libraries and learn how to utilize the Libraries resources for your ownContinue reading “Retirees Visit the UI Libraries”
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Hawkeyes Support Hokie Hope Day
In an email to University Librarian Nancy Baker, Dean of the Virginia Tech Libraries Eileen Hitchingham asked her colleagues across the country to wear maroon and orange in support of “Hokie Hope Day” and take a picture for the Virginia Tech Archives. “I think of the parents and families today- all in shock– but laterContinue reading “Hawkeyes Support Hokie Hope Day”
Iowa Women: From Homemakers to Activists (Event Rescheduled)
The University of Iowa Libraries is celebrating Women’s History Month by highlighting archival collections about rural women and civil rights activists from the Iowa Women’s Archives (IWA). A selection of digitized photographs, correspondence, audio recordings and other artifacts documenting the lives of Iowa women is currently featured on the University’s Iowa Digital Library . InContinue reading “Iowa Women: From Homemakers to Activists (Event Rescheduled)”
Striking Anatomical Illustrations on Display at Hardin Library
The University of Iowa Libraries and the UI History of Medicine Society will sponsor an open house of one of the finest collections of notable anatomical illustrations in the United States from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 20, in the John Martin Rare Book Room of the UI Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.Continue reading “Striking Anatomical Illustrations on Display at Hardin Library”