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May 13 2016

Special Collections Weekly Update 5/13/2016

Posted on May 13, 2016January 14, 2019 by Colleen Theisen

Important Announcements:

The Iowa Women’s Archives will be closed May 16-27th for painting.

 

Newsfeed:

  • Iowa City Press-Citizen, UI Libraries celebrates Star Trek’s 50th anniversary by Zach Berg
  • USA Today, UI Libraries celebrates Star Trek’s 50th anniversary by Zach Berg
  • The University of Iowa School of Library and Information Science and the Center for the Book made a video advertising their dual program called BLIS. Special Collections staff members Peter Balestrieri and Lindsay Moen, both graduates of SLIS, are featured in the video along with Andrea Kohashi, a former Olson Graduate Assistant, and many other familiar faces from around the UI Library system. You can even get a peek into one of our class sessions in action!

 

Upcoming Events:

Nicholas Meyer on set with Leonard Nimoy
Nicholas Meyer on set with Leonard Nimoy

Nicholas Meyer

Friday, May 20 at 6:30pm to 8:00pm, University of Iowa Main Library, Shambaugh Auditorium 125 West Washington St. Iowa City

Meyer will deliver a brief talk, titled The Last Man To Understand Anything.

There will be a Q&A session afterward.

Free and Open to the Public

More details on the University Calendar.

 

New Acquisitions:

The feminin’ monarchi’, or, The histori of bee’s, 1634. The music is half upside down so the singers can gather around.

 

https://vine.co/v/i27jrixlpZv

 

A Parting Shot:

These poor vellum books have been expanding due to poor humidity levels. Time to wrap them with some twine to keep them from jumping off the shelf! #uiowa #specialcollections #libraries #vellumbooks #wrappedbooks #twine #bookspines #conservation

A post shared by U. of Iowa Special Collections (@uispeccoll) on May 8, 2016 at 1:57pm PDT

 


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