Curator of Science Fiction and Popular Culture, Peter Balestrieri is featured in the Cover Story of the May/June issue of Archival Outlook from the Society of American Archivists. “Archivists are artists,” Balestrieri remarks, reflecting on his punk rock gig with the Violent Femmes and how a life with music and libraries intertwined eventually led him toContinue reading “Special Collections Curator Peter Balestrieri Featured in “Archival Outlook””
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Special Collections Weekly Update 5/13/2016
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 madeContinue reading “Special Collections Weekly Update 5/13/2016”
Special Collections Weekly Update 5/6/2016
Important Announcements: The Iowa Women’s Archives will be closed May 16-27th for painting. Newsfeed: Talk of Iowa: Brinton Films Make Second Debut in 100 Years at World’s Longest Running Movie Theater featuring Greg Prickman, Head of Special Collections in an interview with Charity Nebbe. Kalona Times: More than a century later, silent film collection again shown inContinue reading “Special Collections Weekly Update 5/6/2016”
Special Collections Weekly Updates 4/29/2016
Newsfeed: Daily Iowan: Star Trek Lands in the Main Library by Bill Cooney Daily Iowan TV: Star Trek Exhibit by Zhao Li CBS Fox 2: Brinton Extravaganza Will Celebrate Silent Film Collection by Steffi Lee. How I Teach by Dr. Adam Hooks, English Department, University of Iowa. ACRL Library Marketing & Outreach Group interview with Outreach & EngagementContinue reading “Special Collections Weekly Updates 4/29/2016”
Special Collections News 4/25/2016
Newsfeed: Blog post: Prickman honored with Arthur Benton University Librarian’s Award for Excellence https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2016/04/20/prickman-honored-with-arthur-benton-university-librarians-award-for-excellence/ Blog post: Special Collections’ Student Worker Wins UI Libraries’ Scholarship https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2016/04/21/special-collections-student-worker-wins-ui-libraries-scholarship/ Clear Creek Amana High School student Jack Butler shared this past/present photo essay he created using images from the University Archives from the Iowa Ditital Library: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bjLQVIw-5T64AFC_NJvQDM_Geq4zG2KZbatq-T8J2xU/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=1000#slide=id.p Daily Iowan: New Library System ComingContinue reading “Special Collections News 4/25/2016”
Special Collections’ Student Worker Wins UI Libraries’ Scholarship
University of Iowa Libraries’ staff this year donated to a new Libraries’ Student Employee Scholarship fund to support competitive scholarships open to students working in the University of Iowa library system. Special Collections’ own Stacy Garrard was awarded one of the two scholarships. Stacy is a freshman majoring in Speech and Hearing Sciences and worksContinue reading “Special Collections’ Student Worker Wins UI Libraries’ Scholarship”
3rd Annual Shakespeare Livestream Event Friday 4/22/2016
THIRD Annual Shakespeare Livestream Tune in live April 22, 10:30am-1:30pm CST [Central time in the USA is GMT -5:00] We’re back! Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday week by joining us – live on the internet! – for our THIRD annual Shakespeare’s 400th Death Anniversary & Birthday Week Commemoration Livestream, featuring University of Iowa Shakespeare professor Adam Hooks,Continue reading “3rd Annual Shakespeare Livestream Event Friday 4/22/2016”
Prickman honored with Arthur Benton University Librarian’s Award for Excellence
[Reposting from UI Libraries] Greg Prickman, head of Special Collections at the University of Iowa Libraries, was honored March 31 with the 2015 Arthur Benton University Librarian’s Award for Excellence. The Arthur Benton University Librarian’s Award for Excellence recognizes a member of the UI Libraries’ professional staff who has demonstrated outstanding commitment and leadership inContinue reading “Prickman honored with Arthur Benton University Librarian’s Award for Excellence”
Special Collections Update 4/8/2016
Newsfeed: Blog post: Updates on History of the Book: The Game by Amy Chen. https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2016/04/04/updates-on-history-of-the-book-the-game/ Blog post: Felicia Rice and Guillermo Gómez-Peña Artwork Doc/Undoc on Display. https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2016/04/05/felicia-rice-and-guillermo-gomez-pena-artwork-docundoc-on-display/ Iconic artist Corita Kent profiled on CBS Sunday morning: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/corita-kent-an-overshadowed-pop-art-icon/Kent was born in 1918 in Fort Dodge, Iowa. You can learn more about her in the Iowa Women’s Archives, whereContinue reading “Special Collections Update 4/8/2016”
Felicia Rice and Guillermo Gómez-Peña Artwork Doc/Undoc on Display
Last week Special Collections the Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professors Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Felicia Rice stopped by Special Collections for a performance and their collaborative work Doc/Undoc is now on display. Rice performed “DOC/UNDOC: Collaboration and Metamorphosis,” followed by a conversation with Guillermo Gómez-Peña on March 31st. Gómez-Peña is a performance artist whose live art, video, radio,Continue reading “Felicia Rice and Guillermo Gómez-Peña Artwork Doc/Undoc on Display”