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”
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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”
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”
News from Special Collections 8/21/2015
News and Announcements: 1. Plat Books The Map Collection sent out a call to the Auditors of Iowa Counties for current plat books to update our collection. So far, over 40 counties (of 99) have donated current and back issues of plat books for our collection! Thanks Iowa! Plat books are atlases, drawn toContinue reading “News from Special Collections 8/21/2015”
News from Special Collections 8/14/2015
News: 1. New Hours: Responding to library use patterns, we will be shifting our evening hours when the fall semester begins. On August 25th, we will be open until 7 PM on Tuesdays and we will no longer open on Thursday nights. Our new hours are: Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays: 8:30 AM – 5 PM Tuesdays:Continue reading “News from Special Collections 8/14/2015”
News From Special Collections 8/7/2015
Summer 2015 New Staff and Staff Changes: Amy Hildreth Chen is the new Special Collections Librarian in charge of the Instruction Program. Previously, she was a 2013-2015 Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Postdoctoral Fellow in the Division of Special Collections at the University of Alabama, where she oversaw instruction, exhibitions, and social media.Continue reading “News From Special Collections 8/7/2015”
What the Hectograph?!?!
This past weekend, the Zine Librarian (un)Conference happened here in Iowa City! Amongst the lively discussions and seminars was a Historical Zine Making Technologies Workshop demonstrating and using obsolescent printing techniques including hectography, spirit duplication, and mimeography. You may be asking yourself, at this point, what the heck a hectograph is…and we’re here to showContinue reading “What the Hectograph?!?!”
Rusty, Rustebar, Rust E. Barron
The James L. “Rusty” Hevelin Collection of Pulps, Fanzines, and Science Fiction Books in the Special Collections of the University of Iowa Library is a manifestation of fandom, a subculture of shared interest, networking, and activity that grows up around almost any subject. Fandom demands more of its participants than merely liking something; they mustContinue reading “Rusty, Rustebar, Rust E. Barron”