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Janet Weaver in front of Migration is Beautiful display
Jul 22 2016

Special Collections News & Updates 7/22/2016

Posted on July 22, 2016December 2, 2016 by Colleen Theisen

Newsfeed:

  • Update on the Music Library Move: http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/rbml/2016/07/22/were-moving/
  • Pomerantz Business Library’s 2015-2016 Infographic:  http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/2016/07/14/pomerantz-business-library-a-look-back-at-fy-2016/

Migration is Beautiful Website Premieres at the 2016 National LULAC Convention

Janet Weaver in front of Migration is Beautiful display

July 12th was the kickoff for the 2016 National LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) convention. Janet, assistant curator for the Iowa Women’s Archives, attended the conference to promote “Migration is Beautiful,” a new website featuring vignettes, oral history interview clips, memoirs, letters, and  photographs from the IWA’s Mujeres Latinas Project.

The new website highlights the experiences and contributions Latinas and Latinos have made to the state of Iowa. It also hosts an interactive map that shows the migration of Latinos through Iowa during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Read more on the Iowa Women’s Archives Tumblr:  http://iowawomensarchives.tumblr.com/post/147700561076/july-12th-was-the-kickoff-for-the-2016-national

 

Hevelin Collection Transcription “Soft” Launch:

Early fanzinesUPDATE: transcription of the Hevelin Fanzines has begun! This afternoon 1,000 pages of scanned zines were opened up to a select group of fans for transcription. This “soft launch” of the transcription phase will give us an idea of how quickly transcription will go, and reveal any unexpected challenges we have not foreseen. All of the zines were published between the years 1930-1950, and represent a variety of content, creators, and printing techniques. We are now one step closer to our final goal: a text-searchable database which will offer unprecedented access to this massive and fascinating collection. Onward!

From Hevelin Tumblr: http://hevelincollection.tumblr.com/post/147607267899/update-transcription-of-the-hevelin-fanzines-has

 

 

New Spring/Summer issue of the UI Libraries’ Newsletter, Bindings

whitmanRead it online now: http://www.pageturnpro.com/Libraries-at-the-University-of-Iowa/73547-University-of-Iowa-Libraries-Bindings-Magazine-SpringSummer-2016/index.html#1

Or download it here: http://ir.uiowa.edu/lib_bindings/28/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instruction Update:

Image of teachingFall is approaching – remember, we book classes on a first come, first serve basis.

If you want to get the date and time you want, please book your sessions through our form: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/forms/speccoll_class/.

We do not accept class requests sent to personal emails of special collections librarians.

 

Current Exhibitions:

The two exhibitions will run through August 24, 2016.

Visiting Exhibition: Geographies: The Midwest Examined from The Midwest Guild of Book Workers

Geographies exhibition title card with example book

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Collection of Wood and Rocks

Our graduate student worker Ellen Wrede put together a curious collection of stones, wood, and oddities from the natural world found in Special Collections.

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1960’s Online Exhibition from the University Archives is Now Online

1960's exhibit front pageA new digital exhibition curated by University Archivist David McCartney is now online highlighting over 150 entries pulled from 30 different collections in the University of Iowa Archives such as “Sutdent Life, ” “Pop Culture,” ” Politics & Protest,” ” and “Civil Rights.” Video and audio clips from the time give a tour of the sights and sounds.

 

Browse the exhibition:  http://dsps.lib.uiowa.edu/sixties/

 

 

Big Ten Network Filming:

Last week we had a film crew visit from the Big Ten Network to make a one minute film about Special Collections outreach. As video producers it was an enormous opportunity to watch a major network’s team in action. We’ll post about the segment in the coming months when it is released. Stay tuned.

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18 people processing papers
Jul 15 2016

Special Collections News & Updates 7/15/2016

Posted on July 15, 2016January 14, 2019 by Colleen Theisen

Newsfeed:

  • UI Librarians Serving the Iowa Library Association: http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/news/2016/07/11/ui-librarians-serving-the-iowa-library-association/
  • 1960’s Exhibition featured in the University of Iowa Alumni Magazine: http://www.iowalum.com/magazine/digital/july16.cfm
  • YouTube Series If Books Could Talk finishes final episode: https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2016/07/12/youtube-series-if-books-could-talk-finishes-final-episode/
  • How an Obsolete Copy Machine Started a Revolution from National Geographic (a mention of our literary zine collections): http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/06/mimeo-mimeograph-revolution-literature-beat-poetry-activism/

Staff Publications:

Amy Chen interviewed Tirtza Even—a professor, video artist, and documentary film maker—for Archive Journal’s Notes and Queries section. The interview focuses on Even’s work to promote her Natural Life project, which shares the stories of five juveniles sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Read the article here: http://www.archivejournal.net/issue/5/notes-queries/natural-life-archive/

 

1960’s Online Exhibition from the University Archives is Now Online!

1960's exhibit front page

A new digital exhibition curated by University Archivist David McCartney is now online highlighting over 150 entries pulled from 30 different collections in the University of Iowa Archives such as “Sutdent Life, ” “Pop Culture,” ” Politics & Protest,” ” and “Civil Rights.” Video and audio clips from the time give a tour of the sights and sounds.

Browse the exhibition: http://dsps.lib.uiowa.edu/sixties/

Read about it in the Alumni Magazine: http://www.iowalum.com/magazine/digital/july16.cfm

 

UI Libraries South Entrance is a Poké Stop:

Pokemon Stop imageStop by the UI Libraries south doors, or near James Sanborn’s Iacto sculpture on the north side courtyard between the UI Main Library and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication to find Poké Stops near the UI Main Library.

If you aren’t up to date on this week’s cultural phenomenon, here is an intro: http://lifehacker.com/what-is-pokemon-go-and-why-is-everyone-talking-about-it-1783420761 

 

 

From our Social Media: A Manuscript Collection Processing Party

18 people processing papersAin’t no party like a collection processing party!  The University of Iowa Special Collections had our first Processing Party, organized by Processing Coordinator Jacque Roethler and Student Specialist Ella von Holtum.

18 staff members and student employees got together for one hour to help process a portion of a MASSIVE collection of papers. We did an initial sort of separating out the correspondence, and we accomplished 28 boxes! Definitely a do again! What would have taken 20+ hours only took one.

 

 

 

Read more: http://uispeccoll.tumblr.com/post/147396688845/aint-no-party-like-a-collection-processing-party

 

 


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Book tabs made from recycled manuscripts
Feb 26 2016

Special Collections Weekly Update 2/26/2016

Posted on February 26, 2016January 14, 2019 by Colleen Theisen

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. , Iowa Women’s Archives, 3rd floor, Main Library) Refreshments will be served!  RSVP: lib-women@uiowa.edu Questions? 319-335-5068. http://events.uiowa.edu/event/mujeres_latinas_every_woman_has_a_story
  • Wednesday, 3/09: Iowa Bibliophiles: Douglas S. Russell is a Senior Judge of the Iowa District Court and will address the Bibliophiles on books by and about famous bibliophiles, their book collections and the books they have written about collecting. (7 p.m., Special Collections Reading Room). Refreshments at 6:30pm. http://events.uiowa.edu/event/iowa_bibliophiles_douglas_s_russell_book_collecting
  • Thursday, 3/24:  Jeannette Gabriel, We Did So Much Beyond the Home: Jewish Women and Community Life in Iowa (4 p.m., Iowa Women’s Archives).  http://events.uiowa.edu/event/we_did_so_much_beyond_the_home_jewish_women_and_community_life_in_iowa
  • Wednesday, 3/30: Felicia Rice, Doc/Undoc (lecture performance), followed by a public conversation with Guillermo Gόmez-Pẽna (5 p.m., Special Collections Reading Room).  http://book.grad.uiowa.edu/events/march-2016/gomez-pena-and-rice

New Acquisition:

Not everything we bring into Special Collections is a purchase or a gift; sometimes it’s a transfer. We transferred this book from the storage annex due to its heavy wooden board binding, and the high quality of the facsimiles inside. Come take a look, it’s available now!

  • Tibulli Carmina, Sapphus epistula Ovidiana; codex guelferbytanus 82.6 Aug. phototypice editus. Praefatus est Fridericus Leo.  Lugduni Batavorum, A. W. Sijthoff, 1910.  x-Collection FOLIO Z114 .T5  

Pages of the book Book cover

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instruction This Week:

  • Eight UI Class Sessions
  • One visiting class from Cornell College
  • One visiting class from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

If you are an instructor, please remember to book your class visit at least two weeks in advance of your potential visit date by filling out the following form: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/forms/speccoll_class/

 

Coming Soon: “Uptight and Laid-back: Iowa City in the 1960s”

This will be groovy! Coming in March is our virtual exhibit, “Uptight and Laid-back: Iowa City in the 1960s.” Photos, documents, and other material gathered from over 30 collections in the University Archives. Oral history interview highlights, moving image clips, momentous speeches, and more. Watch for more announcements. “Be there or be square!”

Students protesting in the 1960's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Week’s Best Social Media Post:

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