Carmelita Pickett, collection development officer at Texas A&M University Libraries, has been named associate university librarian for the University of Iowa, effective October 13. Pickett joined the university libraries at TAMU in 2003 as an Africana studies librarian. In 2009, she became the director of collection development operations and acquisitions services, where she provides leadershipContinue reading “University of Iowa Libraries names Carmelita Pickett Associate University Librarian”
Category Archives: University Librarian
UI Librarian, Jennifer DeBerg, Receives Arthur Benton Award
Jennifer DeBerg is recipient of the Arthur Benton Excellence in Reference Services Professional Development Award. This award is given biennially to a University Libraries’ professional staff member who has demonstrated outstanding commitment in providing reference service for the university community. The honor includes a $1,000 stipend to be used for professional development activities related toContinue reading “UI Librarian, Jennifer DeBerg, Receives Arthur Benton Award”
Learning Commons @ your library
In the fall of 2013, University of Iowa students will discover a tech-infused, 24-hour, comfy study space and one-stop academic help center…with good coffee. Designed with significant student input, the new Learning Commons will provide an “intellectual hub” with room for 500-plus students. The 37,000-square-foot facility in the Main Library is the product of aContinue reading “Learning Commons @ your library”
Furniture is Here!
Many of Main Library staff on the first floor will be moving to renovated space on the fifth to make room for Learning Commons. The fifth floor space has been under construction since early spring and today the furniture is being moved in. The movers will be using the southeast elevator (D) to transport the furniture upstairs.Continue reading “Furniture is Here!”
Jennifer DeBerg wins Arthur Benton Excellence in Reference Services Professional Development Award
Jennifer DeBerg, Clinical Education Librarian at Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, was awarded the Arthur Benton Excellence in Reference Services Professional Development Award for 2012. Jennifer received kudos from nursing students, research colleagues, faculty and staff in her nomination letter The award is given biennially to a University Libraries professional staff member who hasContinue reading “Jennifer DeBerg wins Arthur Benton Excellence in Reference Services Professional Development Award”
Books are on the Move…
As we prepare to renovate the Main Library – to build the Learning Commons on the first floor and create staff space on the fifth floor, we will be moving books and shelving in the building. We will be shifting the entire collection in the Main Library. A stream of books from the Z callContinue reading “Books are on the Move…”
On the Move in the Main Library
If you’ve been in the Main Library recently, you’ve noticed some activity. We’re getting ready for beginning of construction that will transform the first floor of the Main Library into a learning commons. There have been movers pushing carts of books around and now student employees are dismantling bookshelves on the east side of the second floor and theContinue reading “On the Move in the Main Library”
Welcome to the University of Iowa Libraries
During these first couple weeks of the semester, everything will be new again, whether you are a returning student or this is your first day at the University of Iowa. You’ll be learning new information, meeting new friends, finding new resources. And the UI Libraries can be one place for you escape all the newContinue reading “Welcome to the University of Iowa Libraries”
Persson Recognized as Person with Heart & Soul
UI Librarian Dottie Persson was profiled along with dozens of other community members in the Iowa City Press-Citizen’s Heart & Soul publication. She is one who gives all she has to the community. Dottie’s giving nature is not news to the hundreds of students, faculty and staff members she has worked with during her years at theContinue reading “Persson Recognized as Person with Heart & Soul”
Orange for Open Access
The University of Iowa Libraries joins thousands of other academic research libraries worldwide in celebration of Open Access Week, which is now in its fourth year. To draw attention to this important issue facing faculty, students and librarians, we’re turning our website orange in recognition of Open Access. We see this as an opportunity forContinue reading “Orange for Open Access”