News: Applications are now being accepted for the Linda and Richard Kerber Fund for a grant of $1000 to support travel to Iowa City, Iowa, to conduct research in the Iowa Women’s Archives. The deadline is April 15, 2016. More information: 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. , IowaContinue reading “Special Collections Weekly Update 2/26/2016”
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Special Collections Weekly Update 2/19/2016
News: Charity Nebbe from Iowa Public Radio featured original Nancy Drew ghost writer, Mildred Wirt Benson, this week on “Talk of Iowa.” Benson’s papers are held in the Iowa Women’s Archives. http://iowapublicradio.org/post/missing-millie-benson-secret-case-ghostwriter-and-journalist February’s “Old Gold” Column from University Archivist David McCartney, “Old Dental, the Final Extraction.” http://now.uiowa.edu/2016/02/old-gold-old-dental-final-extraction Last week Special Collections participated in #colorourcollections with other institutions aroundContinue reading “Special Collections Weekly Update 2/19/2016”
Special Collections Weekly Update 2/12/2016
News Last week was the 100th anniversary of Dada. The University of Iowa Libraries is home to the International Dada Archive. Read more. Timothy Shipe, Curator of the International Dada Archive was featured in this article from Diário do Nordeste in Brazil. Read more. From the Web and Social Media Color Our Collections: Last weekContinue reading “Special Collections Weekly Update 2/12/2016”
Need Stress Relief? Color Our Collections
Last week the Internet was filled with coloring pages from Special Collections and archives around the country. Here are our contributions. Print them out, color them, and tag us on social media (Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Facebook). Or try the hashtag #colorourcollections on your favorite site to see the endless options from other institutions around theContinue reading “Need Stress Relief? Color Our Collections”
Main Library Exhibition Gallery is Now OPEN : First Exhibition “Explorer’s Legacy”
Explorer’s Legacy: James Van Allen and the Discovery of the Radiation Belts February 1 – April 8 After months of being closed for renovations the new state of the art gallery in the University of Iowa Main Library is now open. Stop by and take a look at the exhibition, including the story of the discoveryContinue reading “Main Library Exhibition Gallery is Now OPEN : First Exhibition “Explorer’s Legacy””
Special Collections Weekly Update 1/29/2016
Upcoming Events: Iowa Bibliophiles Wednesday, February 10th at 7PM in the Special Collections Reading Room. Heather Wacha will be talking about a single Medieval manuscript leaf from Special Collections, Msc 542 xMMs.Pr1 and her process identifying it. She will present her findings about this text in the 13th century manuscript edition, 16th century early printed editions, asContinue reading “Special Collections Weekly Update 1/29/2016”
Special Collections Weekly Update 1/22/2016
Staff Publications Amy Hildreth Chen Special Collections Instruction Librarian Archive Journal, Notes+Queries, “Methods to Use Digital Resources to Teach Primary Sources”: http://goo.gl/wcJuF7 Upcoming Events The U.Iowa History of Medicine Society and the Iowa Women’s Archives invite you to hear: Injections, Itches, and Institutions: The Experience of Rural Medicine in Iowa, 1910-1950 Jennifer GunnContinue reading “Special Collections Weekly Update 1/22/2016”
Special Collections Weekly Update 1/15/2016
Instruction: Spring Semester Sign Up Update from Instruction Librarian Amy Chen Special Collections librarians can support any aspect of class planning for teaching with rare books and primary source materials. We had a record-breaking 2015, so sign up early or else our rooms and librarians may already be booked for popular times. Find our class request form here. NewContinue reading “Special Collections Weekly Update 1/15/2016”
Amy Chen Honored as a “Bright Young Librarian”
Special Collections Instruction Librarian Amy Hildreth Chen was selected to be featured as a “Bright Young Librarian” by Fine Books & Collections Magazine. Please join us in congratulating her on this recognition from the wider community. You can read the feature here.