A brown-bag lunch discussion of the short story “The Yellow Wall-Paper” will take place from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, in Room 2032 of the University of Iowa Main Library. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a 19th century writer, was discouraged from pursuing a career to preserve her health and wrote the story as aContinue reading “The Yellow Wall-Paper Brown-Bag Discussion: Dec 2”
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National History Day Workshop: Nov 19
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: Nov 19”
Iowa Doctors and the Germ Theory of Disease, Nov 18
The History of Medicine Society has invited Matt Schaefer, Archivist at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library to speak on the topic, “Iowa Doctors and the Germ Theory of Disease.” Wednesday, November 185:30 – 6:30 p.m.Main Library, Second Floor Conference Room (2032) The widely accepted notion that microorganisms are the cause of many diseases was very controversial whenContinue reading “Iowa Doctors and the Germ Theory of Disease, Nov 18”
Memories of a Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivor: Nov 17
“Memories of a Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivor” screening with introduction by Prof. Stephen VlastosTuesday, November 17, 20093:30-5:00 pmMain Library 2nd Floor Conference Room Ms. Yoshiko Kajimoto was a student directed to work in an airplane parts factory 2.3 kilometers from the epicenter of where the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.Continue reading “Memories of a Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivor: Nov 17”
Electronic Theses and Dissertations: A Worldwide Initiative Oct 29
The School of Library and Information Science and Professor Padmini Srinivasan have invited Dr. Edward Fox from Virginia Tech University to speak about the future of electronic theses and dissertation. Also on Thursday, October 292:00-3:15 p.m.Second Floor Conference Room 2032, Main Library Dr. Edward A. Fox holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from CornellContinue reading “Electronic Theses and Dissertations: A Worldwide Initiative Oct 29”
Open Access or: How I learned to stop worrying . . . ” – Oct 20
Did you know that access to some scholarly journals can cost as much as buying a new car . . . every year? That is a price that UI Libraries cannot afford, but it is a research tool that YOU can’t afford to work without. So what do we do? Open Access: it means moreContinue reading “Open Access or: How I learned to stop worrying . . . ” – Oct 20″
Looking at Life through the Large End of a Telescope: Sept 11
Lecture by Dr. N. Peggy Burke, CLAS Alumni Fellow 2009, sponsored by the Dept. of Health & Sport Studies and the Iowa Women’s Archives. A reception will follow the lecture. Friday, September 113:30 – 5 p.m.Pomerantz Career Center, Auditorium C20 N. Peggy Burke (Ph.D. ‘65, Physical Education) has spent a life in service to theContinue reading “Looking at Life through the Large End of a Telescope: Sept 11”
Osher Institute offers inside look at Libraries Conservation Lab – July 22
“The Inner Workings of the UI Libraries Conservation Lab” will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m., July 22, at the University of Iowa Main Library Conservation Lab. The program is part of the “Wednesday Night at the Lab” series offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the UI. The course fee is $5Continue reading “Osher Institute offers inside look at Libraries Conservation Lab – July 22”
Open House and Exhibit in Martin Rare Book Room – May 14
The open house and exhibit, “De Partu Hominis; Six Centuries of Obstetrics,” will feature rare books on childbirth from the 15th through the 20th centuries. Visitors can view and page through early atlases and manuals used by midwives and physicians featuring illustrations and descriptions of birthing chairs, forceps, caesarean section, the development of anesthesia, andContinue reading “Open House and Exhibit in Martin Rare Book Room – May 14”
Finals Stimulus Package @ your library
To help students prepare for finals, the UI Libraries has put together a Finals Stimulus Package: FREE POP! Main Library, North Exhibition Hall Sunday, May 10 – Tuesday, May 12 @ 11 p.m. (while supplies last) Lichtenberger Engineering, Mathematical Sciences and Physics Libraries Monday, May 11 (while supplies last) Biological Sciences, Pomerantz Business, Geoscience andContinue reading “Finals Stimulus Package @ your library”