Newsfeed:
- OCLC posted about the UI Libraries’ social media on their blog: The University of Iowa Libraries celebrate and promote their digital collections on social media http://www.oclc.org/news/announcements/2016/CONTENTdm-news-item-March-2016.en.html
- The Space Age and the Digital Age: Linking Museum Exhibits and the College Classroom. History Department graduate student Yvonne Seale blogged about the UI Libraries’ James Van Allen exhibition http://yvonneseale.org/blog/museums-exhibitions/exploring-a-legacy/
- DH Salon Recap: “Whitman’s Letters—The Collaboration of the Walt Whitman Archive Correspondence team” from Stephanie Blalock from The Digital Scholarship and Publishing Studio. http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/studio/2016/03/01/dh-salon-recap-whitmans-letters-the-collaboration-of-the-walt-whitman-archive-correspondence-team/
- English Department professor Adam Hooks blogged about the box the Conservation lab constructed to protect the 19th century binding on our copy of Shakespeare’s second folio. http://www.adamghooks.net/2011/04/breaking-shakespeare.html
- Nicholas Meyer, director and writer for Star Trek movies, has signed on to write for the new Star Trek series. Special Collections holds his papers which will feature heavily in the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek Exhibition opening in April in the Main Library Gallery http://www.avclub.com/article/wrath-kahn-director-nicholas-meyer-boards-cbs-new–232935
Contribute:
How has Star Trek impacted your life?
We want to hear from people who have lived in Iowa about the impact of Star Trek on your lives. Tell us a brief memory, a story, or submit a statement or a photo that about your history with Star Trek and those submissions will be compiled into a zine to be distributed as part of the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek exhibition.
Please email your submissions to colleen-theisen@uiowa.edu by next Friday 3/11/2016.
(Specify if you wish to be anonymous).
Consultation and Advice sought: If anyone has experience making tribbles, please send an email to Colleen: colleen-theisen@uiowa.edu.
Upcoming Deadlines:
- DEADLINE MARCH 15, 2016: Meet the Manuscript: A Transcription and Translation Workshop http://clas.uiowa.edu/dwllc/node/1249
- DEADLINE MARCH 21, 2016: Apply to be our next Olson Graduate Assistant http://www.grad.uiowa.edu/graduate-assistant-job-postings/6409/olson-graduate-research-assistantship-at-special-collections
- DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 15, 2016: Apply for the Linda and Richard Kerber fund for financial support to research in the Iowa Women’s Archives http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa/kerber/
Upcoming Events:
- Saturday, 3/05: Mujeres Latinas: Every Woman Has a Story (11:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. , Iowa Women’s Archives, 3rd floor, Main Library) Refreshments will be served! RSVP: lib-women@uiowa.edu Questions? 319-335-5068. http://events.uiowa.edu/event/mujeres_latinas_every_woman_has_a_story
- Wednesday, 3/09: Iowa Bibliophiles: Douglas S. Russell is a Senior Judge of the Iowa District Court and will address the Bibliophiles on books by and about famous bibliophiles, their book collections and the books they have written about collecting. (7 p.m., Special Collections Reading Room). Refreshments at 6:30pm. http://events.uiowa.edu/event/iowa_bibliophiles_douglas_s_russell_book_collecting
- Thursday, 3/24: Jeannette Gabriel, We Did So Much Beyond the Home: Jewish Women and Community Life in Iowa (4 p.m., Iowa Women’s Archives). http://events.uiowa.edu/event/we_did_so_much_beyond_the_home_jewish_women_and_community_life_in_iowa
- Saturday, 3/26: Latin Paleography Workshop, Instructors: Sarah Bond, Yvonne Seale, Heather Wacha, Room 1140 Main Library. Register: https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9XZkqhyaFTrY4Wp
- Wednesday, 3/30: Felicia Rice, Doc/Undoc (lecture performance), followed by a public conversation with Guillermo Gόmez-Pẽna (5 p.m., Special Collections Reading Room). http://book.grad.uiowa.edu/events/march-2016/gomez-pena-and-rice
Instruction Update:
- In February, we supported 38 total class sessions
- Maximum of 7 sessions in the same day
This Week’s Best from Social Media:
Special Collections is very pleased to announce that The John Martin Rare Book Room from the Hardin Library for the Heath Sciences has joined the UISpecColl Tumblr for a series of guest posts.
Check out the first post here:
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