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Jan 5 2009

Special Collections on Display at Old Capitol Museum

Old Capitol Museum will present an exhibition of handmade artist books from Tuesday, Jan. 6, to Sunday, Feb. 1, in the museum’s second-floor rotunda.

The exhibit, The Book in Time and Place, was organized by the University of Iowa Center for the Book in conjunction with the first College Book Art Association biennial conference, which will be hosted by the Center for the Book in Iowa City Thursday–Saturday, Jan. 8–10.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. Regular hours at Old Capitol Museum are 10 a.m.–3 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday; 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Thursday and Saturday; and 1–5 p.m., Sunday. Old Capitol is closed Mondays and national holidays.

Curated by UI Libraries’ assistant conservator Kristin Baum and Center for the Book lecturers Sara Langworthy and Julia Leonard, The Book in Time and Place features 30 artist books from the UI Libraries Special Collections dating from the 1960s to the present.

Dec 16 2008

Grant to Digitize Wallace Papers

We are pleased to announce that the National Historical Publications and Records Committee (NHPRC) of the National Archives has awarded The University of Iowa Libraries $32,700 in funding to digitize the microfilm edition of the Henry A. Wallace (1888-1965) Papers to create an open-access online collection.

The 67 reels of microfilm contain approximately 67,000 frames depicting correspondence (letters, telegrams and postcards), appointment books and memoranda. Wallace was the 33rd vice president of the United States, Progressive Party candidate for President in 1948 and an Iowa native.

Official NHPRC announcement at http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2009/nr09-20.html

Dec 15 2008

Art Library Requests

Winter Interim Notice:  delivery requests will continue as usual except for the week of December 22 when requests received after midnight of the 22nd will be processed on December 29.

The art library staff office will be closed on December 24-28.

For more information about how to request Art Library materials while the library is closed, check the library website.

Dec 15 2008

Music Library Services Over Interim

The Rita Benton Music Library (RBML) will be moving to the Main Library over the Winter Break. To accommodate the move, RBML staff and services to the public will be suspended from Saturday, December 20, 2008 through Thursday, January 15, 2009 .

Once settled, our reference and print collections will be housed on the second floor (southwest corner) of the Main Library.  Staff, music course reserves, and all other materials will be housed on the 5th floor in the study lounge at the south end of the building.

Please use Interlibrary Loan or in the case of urgent needs, contact us at lib-mus@uiowa.edu or ruthann-mctyre@uiowa.edu

Thank you for your patience.  We look forward to returning to normal operations in our temporary home in the new year.  Please feel free to contact Ruthann McTyre, music librarian, with your questions.

Dec 9 2008

EBSCOhost Text Only Interface Discontinuation

When the new version EBSCOhost 2.0, fully ADA compliant, was implemented before the start of classes in the fall, the Text Only interface was still available. But it will be fully retired this spring. 

If you are still using the old interface and have created personal links to either EBSCOhost or any of the individual databases contained within it, now may be a good time to make the switch.  The new version of EBSCOhost can be found at the following address:  http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/ebscohost

If you use the Text Only interface for accessing EBSCOhost via a handheld device, you will find EBSCOhost 2.0 equally effective. For those who continue to use the Text Only interface to minimize connectivity speed issues based on your local network providers, EBSCOhost 2.0 provides a superior alternative to Text Only.

Dec 8 2008

Koffel Recognized by College of Pharmacy

 

Jonathan Koffel, education and outreach librarian, recently received special recognition from the UI College of Pharmacy for his teaching and outreach efforts.  The award was based on votes and comments from Pharmacy students and was awarded at the College’s annual reception held to honor scholarship recipients and Teacher of the Year award winners.  

 

Jonathan is the Library’s liaison to the College of Pharmacy and holds an adjunct faculty appointment within the College.  He teaches information use skills to students in the Pharmacy Practice Lab course sequence, creates customized resource guides on pharmacy topics, and selects pharmacy-related materials for the library’s collection.

Nov 30 2008

Louise Noun: Centenary Celebration – Dec 3

Louise Rosenfield Noun, social activist, art collector, author, philanthropist and co-founder of the Iowa Women’s Archives, was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1908. Noun became widely recognized for her leadership and commitment to a number of organizations and causes.

Please join us in a celebration of her life with cake and conversation.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Iowa Women’s Archives
Third Floor, Main Library

She served as president of the Iowa Civil Liberties Union and the Des Moines chapters of the League of Women Voters and the National Organization for Women. Noun established the Chrysalis Foundation in 1989 to provide financial assistance to Iowa women. She wrote several books, including Strong-Minded Women: The Emergence of the Woman-Suffrage Movement in Iowa; More Strong-Minded Women: Iowa Feminists Tell Their Stories; Iowa Women in the WPA; Journey to Autonomy: A Memoir; and Leader and Pariah: Annie Savery and the Campaign for Women’s Rights in Iowa, 1868-1891.

Louise Noun realized a long-term goal in 1992 with the establishment of the Louise Noun-Mary Louise Smith Iowa Women’s Archives at the University of Iowa Libraries. The Iowa Women’s Archives, which opened in October 1992, is devoted to preserving the history of women by acquiring and making available primary source material that documents the lives of Iowa women.  

Learn more about Louise Noun through the IWA Founder’s digital collection.

Nov 19 2008

Chemistry and Music Collections Moving

Beginning Monday, the chemistry materials which are currently housed on the second floor of the Main Library will move to the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. The move should be completed within two days and will likely affect the use of some elevators in these two buildings and may pose some temporary inconvenience.

The Music Library collection will move to the Main Library at the beginning of January, over the winter break. This move will likely take two weeks to complete. The books will be going to the second floor in the Main Library, where the chemistry materials have been located.  The rest of the collection (recordings, etc) will be moved to the 5th floor study lounge. The music library staff will also move to the 5th floor with that collection. Again, this will likely pose some inconvenience during those couple of weeks. 

We expect to complete both moves by the beginning of the spring semester and specifically scheduled them during University breaks to minimize disruption to library users.

For questions about the chemistry materials, please contact Leo Clougherty, Head of the Science and Math Libraries. For questions about the music materials, please contact Ruthann McTyre, Head of the Rita Benton Music Library.