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Category Archives: Main Library
2019: The Year of Public Domain
For the first time in 20 years, artistic works copyrighted in the U.S. will enter the public domain, opening up a trove of material published during 1923 to be freely digitized, read, and used as the basis for new works. But why is this happening now? After all, shouldn’t copyrights expire and works enter intoContinue reading “2019: The Year of Public Domain”
Guest Post: Actualizing Unrestricted Knowledge Sharing for Collaborators, Partners, Allies, and Beneficiaries, Globally
During the month of Open Access week (October 22-28, 2018) we will be highlighting a number of guest posts from University of Iowa Faculty and Staff who have personal experience making their work Open Access. We appreciate their contributions. The first post is by Danielle Medgyesi, recent MS Graduate, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health
Study hall this week!
Faculty, TAs, and instructors are invited to stop by for a Study Hall session Wednesday, March 22 from 11am-3pm in 1140 LIB (Main Library). Staff from the University Libraries, Center for Teaching and Learning Commons will be on hand to answer any teaching technology and research questions as you continue to improve your courses! See youContinue reading “Study hall this week!”
Guest Post: Walt Whitman Quarterly Review – an OA Journal
During the month of Open Access week (October 24-30, 2016) we will be highlighting a number of guest posts from University of Iowa Faculty and Staff who have personal experience making work Open Access. We appreciate their contributions. The fourth guest post is by Ed Folsom, the Roy J. Carver Professor of English at TheContinue reading “Guest Post: Walt Whitman Quarterly Review – an OA Journal”
Guest Post: Leonardo Marchini on Open Access
During the month of Open Access week (October 24-30, 2016) we will be highlighting a number of guest posts from University of Iowa Faculty and Staff who have personal experience making their work Open Access. We appreciate their contributions. The third guest post is by Leonardo Marchini, DDS, MSD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Preventative andContinue reading “Guest Post: Leonardo Marchini on Open Access”
Watch the Presidential Debates!
Please join the Libraries in collaboration with the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights and the Communication Studies program in the Main Library this evening for the third & final Presidential Debate! We’ve got pizza, popcorn, buttons, and cookies and plenty of activities for anyone who might need a break from studying (or fromContinue reading “Watch the Presidential Debates!”
Guest Post: Open access journals, a valuable resource for researchers
During the month of Open Access week (October 24-30, 2016) we will be highlighting a number of guest posts from University of Iowa Faculty and Staff who have personal experience making their work Open Access. We appreciate their contributions. The second guest post is by Jose Pablo Leone, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor in the DivisionContinue reading “Guest Post: Open access journals, a valuable resource for researchers”
Guest Post: Open
During the month of Open Access week (October 24-30, 2016) we will be highlighting a number of guest posts from University of Iowa Faculty and Staff who have personal experience making their work Open Access. We appreciate their contributions. The first guest post is by Chioma M. Okeoma, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Microbiology. See herContinue reading “Guest Post: Open”
An Evening with Filmmaker Nicholas Meyer
Photo credit: Nicholas Meyer on set with Leonard Nimoy during the shooting of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. The photo is archived in the University of Iowa Libraries’ Special Collections as part of a collection donated by Nicholas Meyer. The UI Libraries is pleased to host Nicholas Meyer, who will make an appearance asContinue reading “An Evening with Filmmaker Nicholas Meyer”