The 2010 Iowa City Book Festival (ICBF), presented by the University of Iowa Libraries, has announced its schedule for the three-day celebration of reading, writing and books July 16-18. The Festival offers activities for the entire family: best-selling authors, hands-on book arts, kids’ activities, music and festival food. For its second year, the ICBF hasContinue reading “Iowa City Book Festival Announces Line-up”
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Where do you study in the UI Libraries? Take a picture!
Take a picture and post to our Facebook page. We’ll take the top three snapshots and submit to the Iowa Library Association for Library Snapshot Day.
Lasers in the Library, Mar 25 at 7 p.m.
On May 16, 1960, working at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California, Theodore Maiman and his co-workers C. K. Asawa and I. J. D’Haenens switched on a makeshift device that they had assembled, and hoped for the best. The device was revolutionary, yet deceptively simple and elegant–its essence was a powerful coiled flash lamp surroundingContinue reading “Lasers in the Library, Mar 25 at 7 p.m.”
What is the future of the print book? Mar 10 at 4 p.m.
What is the future of the print book in a context of its digital delivery? Wide redefinition is in progress in fields as diverse as neurology of reading, digital preservation, e-book marketing, and technology of print on demand. Book Studies ForumWednesday, March 10 at 4-5:30 p.m.Main Library Second Floor Conference Room (2032) Discussion extends fromContinue reading “What is the future of the print book? Mar 10 at 4 p.m.”
“Comrades in the Labor Room,” Women’s History Month Lecture
In celebration of Women’s History Month, the University’s Council on the Status of Women, History of Medicine Society and Iowa Women’s Archives will sponsor a reception and a public lecture by University of Iowa History Professor Paula Michaels. Wednesday, March 104:30 – 6:30 p.m.Iowa Women’s Archives on the third floor of the Main Library. TheContinue reading ““Comrades in the Labor Room,” Women’s History Month Lecture”
Defectives in the Land: Disability and American Immigration Policy, 1882-1924
The chief goal of early immigration law in the late-nineteenth-century United States was the exclusion of “defective” persons and races. Douglas C. Baynton, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Iowa will share his research on the topic of disability and immigration policy at the turn of the 20th century. Tuesday, February 23, 20105:30-6:30Continue reading “Defectives in the Land: Disability and American Immigration Policy, 1882-1924”
National History Day Workshop: Feb 16
The UI Libraries welcome National History Day students from across Eastern Iowa to a research workshop. These students prepare projects around a theme and present them at an annual competition. Reference, Special Collections and Iowa Women’s Archives library staff put together a special library guide webpage for these students: http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/nhd . Students will be visiting theContinue reading “National History Day Workshop: Feb 16”
Wireside Chat with Lawrence Lessig, Feb 25
The University of Iowa Libraries will join libraries across the country for a “Wireside Chat with Lawrence Lessig” on Thursday, February 25 at 5 p.m. in the Main Library Second Floor Conference Room. The lecture by Lawrence Lessig will last 45 minutes, and will be followed by a 30 minute interactive Q & A session.Continue reading “Wireside Chat with Lawrence Lessig, Feb 25”
Kerber Recognition in Iowa Womens Archives, Dec 10
Professor Linda K. Kerber, the May Brodbeck Professor in the Liberal Arts and Sciences, was inducted into the Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame in Des Moines on August 29, 2009. Please join us as we celebrate Professor Kerber, who has devoted her life and career to the empowerment of women through a better understanding ofContinue reading “Kerber Recognition in Iowa Womens Archives, Dec 10”
Help Us Fold 1,000 Paper Cranes for Peace: Dec 3
The exhibition committee (Chiaki Sakai, Japanese Studies Librarian; Marianne Mason, Federal Documents Librarian and Duncan Stewart, Cataloging Librarian) will be hosting paper crane making session on Thursday, December 3 from 2-4 p.m. in Main Library, North Exhibition Hall, with the goal of sending a thousand paper cranes to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Japanese legend promisesContinue reading “Help Us Fold 1,000 Paper Cranes for Peace: Dec 3”