Upcoming Events Halloween Event in the Learning Commons This Halloween, join Special Collections and University Archives as we create a pop-up museum featuring items by American writer and artist, Edward Gorey, along with some of our more literally gory books. You’ll even be able to take a bit of our collections with you, in buttonContinue reading “News and Updates from Special Collections 10/23/2015”
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News From Special Collections 10/16/2015
Librarians in the Wild: ICON Science Fiction Convention October 16-18th, 2015 The ICON Science Fiction convention began 40 years ago, born from a passionate group of fans that met in a science fiction class taught here at the University of Iowa by the Hugo and Nebula award winning author Joe Haldeman, and the same group who formed a U.I.Continue reading “News From Special Collections 10/16/2015”
News From Special Collections 10/5/2015 – 10/09/2015
From the Web and Social Media Looking for a fun way to celebrate the University of Iowa’s Homecoming week? Check out our Historical Hawkeyes series, compiled by our Olson Graduate Research Assistant, Kelly Grogg. Staff Changes We are all very pleased to announce that Lindsay Moen has been hired as our LAIV in Special Collections, taking over DepartmentContinue reading “News From Special Collections 10/5/2015 – 10/09/2015”
News from Special Collections 10/6/2015
Staff Changes Our beloved Department Manager Kathy Hodson has retired after more than 16 years of dedicated service to the UI Libraries. Friday, October 2, 2015 was her last day. Please join us in wishing her the best for all of her new pursuits. New Acquisitions Brochard. Musæum selectum. Paris 1729 OneContinue reading “News from Special Collections 10/6/2015”
News From Special Collections 9/19 – 9/25/2015
From the Web and Social Media: Slate featured the Hevelin Collection Fanzine Digitization Project this week. You can read their coverage of the UI Libraries’ work digitizing 1930s-1950s science fiction fanzines here. New Acquisitions: Agricola. Trattenimenti sulle vernici. Ravenna 1789. This book bridges several of our collection areas, covering a very broad arrayContinue reading “News From Special Collections 9/19 – 9/25/2015”
News from Special Collections 9/18/2015
New Staff: Alonso Avila is a new librarian and will begin his residency at the University of Iowa Libraries by spending a year working in Special Collections & University Archives. In May 2015, he received his Master’s degree from the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).Continue reading “News from Special Collections 9/18/2015”
Special Collections Week in Review, 8/28 – 9/4, 2015
Recently on the Web and Social Media: The Hevelin Fanzine Digitization Project was featured on The Verge. The University of Iowa Libraries is digitizing science fiction fanzines from the 1930s-1950s. August Old Gold column from University Archivist David McCartney, Harrison Hall, the Residence Hall That Never Was. The planned 1,100-student high-rise,Continue reading “Special Collections Week in Review, 8/28 – 9/4, 2015”
Jillian Sparks’ Report from the SHARP Conference
What follows is one final blog post from our former Olson Graduate Assistant, Jillian Sparks, who attended the SHARP conference July 7-10, 2015 to present a poster related to her cataloging work here in Special Collections. The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP) is an international organization dedicated to bookContinue reading “Jillian Sparks’ Report from the SHARP Conference”
News from Special Collections 8/28/2015
Staff Changes: 1. Saying Farewell to Olson Graduate Assistant Jillian Sparks Jillian Sparks will complete her two years as Olson Graduate Assistant here in Special Collections this week. The Olson GA’s participate in the department as junior staff for twenty hours a week; working at the reference desk and answering email reference questions, teaching classes,Continue reading “News from Special Collections 8/28/2015”
A Farewell Blog from Emily, our High School Intern
This week I’m finishing up my summer internship at Special Collections. I’ve had so much fun here this past month and no two days have been exactly the same. I’ve done all sorts of things, from helping with reference questions and pulling materials, to listening to Oral History interviews and exploring the collections. One ofContinue reading “A Farewell Blog from Emily, our High School Intern”