After email, searching for information is the second most popular activity on the Internet. Search has become central means to discover products, services, information and entertainment on the Web. Kaushal Kurapati, Director of Search Relevance & Quality at Ask.com will present “Search Engine Internals” in the Department of Computer Science Colloquim Series on Friday, MarchContinue reading “Ask.com Director to Speak about Relevance in Web Searching”

Frank LaMere, a Winnebago activist, will discuss “The People, Empowerment, and Change” at 10 a.m. Friday, March 9 in the Shambaugh Auditorium in the Main Library on the University of Iowa campus. The lecture is sponsored by Opportunity of Iowa and Support Service Programs and is free and open to the public. LaMere has hadContinue reading “Former Peacemaker of the Year to Speak in Shambaugh”

Nadine Strossen, President of the American Civil Liberties Union, will present a keynote address “Defending the F-Word: Freedom!” of the Obscenity: An Interdisciplinary Discussion symposium on Saturday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m. in Shambaugh Auditorium of the Main Library. A reception and exhibit opening, “Making No Compromise with the Public Taste,” will follow her remarksContinue reading “Defending the F-word: Freedom!”

A new online collection from the University of Iowa Libraries features digitized photographs, clippings, newsletters, and other historical materials documenting the experience of African American women in Iowa during the 20th century. The “African American Women in Iowa Digital Collection,” on the web at http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/aawiowa, is a collaborative project coordinated by the Digital Library ServicesContinue reading “Historic African American Artifacts Featured in UI Libraries’ Online Exhibit”

UI Libraries Conservator Gary Frost was recently quoted in Forbes.com. Jonathan Enfield, a lecturer at the University of Chicago, wrote “Stop Worrying About Copyrights” for the December 1, 2006 Special Report: Books. “To the fear mongerers among the literati, the Internet is a threat to the paperbound book. It’s an electronic playground where copyrighted materialContinue reading “Frost Quoted in Forbes Magazine”

The latest edition of The University of Iowa Faculty & Staff newsletter fyi contains a photo feature on historic children’s books held in Special Collections. Click on the link to see some nice photographs of these materials, which are always available to view in person in the Special Collections reading room, and they can alsoContinue reading “Children’s Books Featured in fyi”

Kathy Skhal, Clinical Education Librarian at the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences will be co-presenting a poster with Helen Damon-Moore, Ph.D. and Dee Dee Stafford, M.D., Ph.D. at the Medical Education Celebration Day on Thursday, November 30. The poster session is scheduled from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the MERF Atrium. The posterContinue reading “Skhal Presents Poster at Medical Education Celebration Day”

A $225,000 gift from the estate of Clarice E. Krieg, who worked at the University of Iowa Libraries as a cataloguer in the 1920s and 1930s, will assist the UI Libraries in purchasing books and reference materials far into the future. A 1932 graduate of the UI, Krieg died in 2004, having lived most recentlyContinue reading “UI Libraries to Benefit from $225,000 Gift from Former Employee”

Carlette Washington-Hoagland, Assessment and Staff Development Coordinator at the University of Iowa Libraries, is among 20 librarians selected for the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Leadership and Career Development Program. The selected librarians represent a diverse combination of library experience, cultural backgrounds and research interest areas. Washington-Hoagland was selected from a very competitive applicant pool.Continue reading “Washington-Hoagland Selected for ARL Leadership Program”

To celebrate the School of Music’s 100th Anniversary, the staff at the Rita Benton Music Library invite you to join them for a party on Friday, November 3rd at 12 p.m. This fall students and faculty from the School of Music performed a series of mini recitals in the library. For the finale this weekContinue reading “Let Them Eat Cake … at Music Library”