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Jul 01 2016

Special Collections News and Updates 7/1/2016

Posted on July 1, 2016January 14, 2019 by Colleen Theisen

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Newsfeed:

  • 50 years of Star Trek on Display: http://www.thegazette.com/subject/life/people-places/50-years-of-star-trek-on-display-20160617
  • Old Capitol Museum celebrates 40 years on National Historic Registry: http://now.uiowa.edu/2016/06/old-cap-landmark
  • Bringing Special Collections into Today: Recent library renovations focus on openness: https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/bringing-special-collections-today/

 

Instruction Update:

 

Codex Conquest logoAmy Chen promoted Codex Conquest, her book history game, at the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS). She is now collecting names and emails of librarians, faculty, and anyone else who might be interested in following the development of the game. Email amy-chen@uiowa.edu if you would like to be added to the listserv. Amy also hopes that she will shortly have a web landing page for the project, so stay tuned!

 

 

  

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Summer is the best time to get your class visit on the schedule for Fall 2016! Request your fall sessions now through our form:  http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/forms/speccoll_class/.

 

 

 

 

 

From the Web and Social Media:

Graduate Assistant Kelly Grogg’s video series, Historical Crushes finishes with this fifth and final episode.

Check out the whole series on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyuiKePcOFhuwhjH90wHSZs5fj_aWwEXI

 


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Jun 29 2016

Historical Crushes YouTube Series

Posted on June 29, 2016January 29, 2021 by Colleen Theisen

Special Collections’ Graduate Assistant Kelly Grogg, is somehow convincing our librarians to admit to their secret historical crushes…

 

Posted in Collection ConnectionTagged beatrix potter, comedy, edwin ford piper, historical crushes, iris murdoch, mary shelley, spock, steve smith, thomas rescum sterns, youtube
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Jun 17 2016

Special Collections News & Updates 6/17/2016

Posted on June 17, 2016December 2, 2016 by Colleen Theisen

Newsfeed:

  • Library Field Responds to Orlando http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2016/06/public-services/library-field-responds-to-orlando-tragedy/#_
  • Statement on the Orlando Shooting from SAA President Dennis Meissner https://offtherecord.archivists.org/2016/06/15/statement-on-the-orlando-shooting/
  • University of Iowa moving forward with $60M art museum http://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/education/university-of-iowa/2016/06/06/university-iowa-moving-forward-60m-art-museum/85498698/
  • Engineering the Bike – New Exhibit in the Engineering Library http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/eng/engineering-the-bike-new-exhibit/
  • Conservation Lab Box Making Day http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/preservation/2016/06/10/box-making-day/
  • Special Collections Instruction Year in Review 2015-2016 https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2016/06/07/special-collections-instruction-year-in-review-2015-2016/

Shakespeare Events This Weekend:

Pericles in City Park from the Riverside Theater. Info: http://daily-iowan.com/2016/06/16/shakespeare-at-sea-opens-riverside-in-the-park/

King Lear on the lawn at Salisbury House in Des Moines from Repertory Theater of Iowa. Info: http://rtiowa.com/king-lear/

 

Big News From the University of Iowa Center for the Book:

The University of Iowa Center for the Book has been testing the numbers from historic records that indicated early paper making shops could make 2000 sheets a day. After several attempts, this year, they matched that output:

(See their gallery of images here: https://www.facebook.com/University-of-Iowa-Center-for-the-Book-118780728163253/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1127314790643170)

They did it! 2000 sheets in one day! Congrats to all who participated!

A post shared by UICB (@uictrbook) on Jun 10, 2016 at 4:11pm PDT

 

Instruction Update:

Amy Chen will be out of the office for two weeks to attend two conferences between Monday, June 13 and Friday, June 24. During this time, John Fifield will be answering the instruction request form. A reminder that instruction requests should always be directed to the form, not to an individual, for cases like this when Amy will be out of town. When Amy returns, the instruction request form will return to her.

 

50 Years of Star Trek Exhibition Continues Until August 5th

The tribbles multiplied this week, but they are contained. Don’t worry, we’ve got everything under control.

Tribble count: 93 tribbles. #uiowatrek pic.twitter.com/AeiAaA98v0

— Special Collections (@UISpecColl) June 16, 2016

 

From the Web & Social Media

Historical Crushes video series continues:

 

New episode of Staxpeditions:

Coming Soon:

Migration is Beautiful Title ImagePreparations are underway to launch the Iowa Women’s Archives’ Migration is Beautiful website and accompanying 8×8-foot popup exhibit of Iowa Latina/o history at the national LULAC convention in Washington DC in July. Thanks to the Friends of the University of Iowa Libraries for making the physical exhibit possible!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Posted in ExhibitionsTagged center for the book, chancery papermaking, historical crushes, migration is beautiful, orlando, shakespeare, star trek, staxpeditions, tribbles
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Jun 03 2016

Special Collections News & Updates 6/3/2016

Posted on June 3, 2016January 14, 2019 by Colleen Theisen

Newsfeed:

  • A look back at the “Meet the Manuscript” workshop: https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2016/06/03/meet-the-manuscript/
  • Riverside Theater will return to City Park for Pericles June 17-July 10: http://www.riversidetheatre.org/returningtothepark
  • Salisbury House in Des Moines presents King Lear for “Shakespeare on the Lawn” June 16-19: https://www.facebook.com/events/1003846929670155/# 

Instruction Update:

It may seem early, but we’re already booking classes for Fall! Right now is the best time to let us know when you want to schedule sessions  – just fill out our instruction request form: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/forms/speccoll_class/  – Amy Chen, Instruction Librarian

 

New video series Historical Crushes

Have you found love in the archives? Do you have a historical crush? Special Collections’ Graduate Assistant Kelly Grogg has debuted the first episode of a five episode series. A new episode will be posted every Thursday in June.

 

Special Collections Librarians on Snapchat this Summer

Follow Department Liaison Lindsay Moen and Outreach & Engagement Librarian Colleen Theisen this summer for behind the scenes snaps of exhibitions, collection items, and the day to day workings of Special Collections.

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