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: Amy Chen promoted Codex Conquest, her book history game, at the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS). She is nowContinue reading “Special Collections News and Updates 7/1/2016”
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Historical Crushes YouTube Series
Special Collections’ Graduate Assistant Kelly Grogg, is somehow convincing our librarians to admit to their secret historical crushes…
Special Collections News & Updates 6/17/2016
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 ParkContinue reading “Special Collections News & Updates 6/17/2016”
Special Collections News & Updates 6/3/2016
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 isContinue reading “Special Collections News & Updates 6/3/2016”