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Heidi Wiren Bartlett and Colleen Theisen play History of the Book: The Game.
Apr 04 2016

Updates on History of the Book: The Game

Posted on April 4, 2016January 14, 2019 by Colleen Theisen

By Amy Chen

Amy Chen hosted the fifth play test for the History of the Book: The Game. Four library staff played this time: Heidi Wiren Bartlett, the Digital Scholarship and Publishing Studio Designer; Colleen Theisen, Outreach Librarian for Special Collections; Kelly Grogg, senior Olson Graduate Assistant for Special Collections; and Laura Hampton, Digital Project Librarian for Special Collections. Greg Prickman, head of Special Collections, sat in on the play test.

While the game is likely going to have a name change at some point in the future, you can continue to follow its development on Twitter by following Amy at @amyhildrethchen or the hashtag #hotb. In the next few weeks, following a short period for a few minor revisions, the game will be available for broader play testing either during the work day or for at-home check out. If you are interested in “checking out” the game, please contact Amy.

Heidi Wiren Bartlett and Colleen Theisen play History of the Book: The Game.
Heidi Wiren Bartlett and Colleen Theisen play History of the Book: The Game.
Posted in Educational, News, Staff NewsTagged Amy Chen, history of the book: the game, hotb, play test
Recipe book cover
Mar 18 2016

Special Collections Weekly Update 3/18/2016

Posted on March 18, 2016January 14, 2019 by Colleen Theisen

Newsfeed:

  • Blog post: The History of the Book: The Game to be used in Fall 2016 curricula by Amy Chen.
  • Blog post: In Plain Sight: Autograph Collections Yield Unrealized Riches by Jacque Roethler.
  • Blog post: Rescuing Photographic Negatives by Nancy Kraft.
  • “Equity at Iowa” a collaborative project between English professor Judith Pascoe and UI Libraries staff: http://equityatiowa.tumblr.com/
  • This week, “Talk of Iowa” played an encore of “Treasured Ink: Is Cursive a Thing of the Past” featuring Greg Prickman http://iowapublicradio.org/post/encore-treasured-ink-cursive-thing-past
  • On March 10, Tim Shipe gave a gallery talk at the Des Moines Arts Center in connection with the exhibition “Arts and Letters.” Three works from U of I Libraries Special Collections, including Salvador Dali’s illustrations of Alice in Wonderland, are on display in the exhibition, which continues through May 1st. http://www.desmoinesartcenter.org/exhibitions/arts-letters

Upcoming Events:

Jewish Women in Iowa Event Poster

 

 

 

 

  • 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
  • Saturday, 3/26: Latin Paleography Workshop, Instructors: Sarah Bond, Yvonne Seale, Heather Wacha, Room 1140 Main Library. Register: https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9XZkqhyaFTrY4Wp
  • Wednesday, 3/30: Felicia Rice, Doc/Undoc (lecture performance), followed by a public conversation with Guillermo Gόmez-Pẽna (5 PM, Special Collections Reading Room). http://book.grad.uiowa.edu/events/march-2016/gomez-pena-and-rice
  • Wednesday, 3/30: Historic Foodies Meeting (6:00-8:00 PM, Iowa City Public Library, Meeting Room B).
  • Wednesday, 4/13: Iowa Bibliophiles, Jane Murphy and Mark Brookfield, 36 year partners in Murphy-Brookfield Books, will talk about the enormous changes brought on by Internet bookselling in the last 20+ years. (Refreshments 6:30 PM, Talk 7:00 PM, Special Collections Reading Room).

Upcoming Deadlines:

  • DEADLINE MARCH 21, 2016: Apply to be our next Olson Graduate Assistant http://www.grad.uiowa.edu/graduate-assistant-job-postings/6409/olson-graduate-research-assistantship-at-special-collections
  • DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 15, 2016: Apply for the Linda and Richard Kerber fund for financial support to research in the Iowa Women’s Archives http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa/kerber/

New Acquisition:

This week’s new acquisition arrived with a large donation of community cookbooks from the collection of Dorothy Mallinger. Since I was very confused about what to do with a plethora of rhubarb last year, these five dessert recipes should come in handy as the weather warms up. – Margaret Gamm

Recipe book cover
Rhubarb recipe
Rhubarb recipe
Rhubarb recipe

Instruction:

  • Amy Chen continues to develop The History of the Book: The Game. Read more, or follow the hashtag #hotb on Twitter.
  • Members of University of Iowa Collections Coalition from museums and libraries around campus, including Colleen Theisen from Special Collections, are teaching a week long spring break seminar on the continuing role of physical collections.
Tiffany Adrain, fossil curator
Students examining historic clothing and dolls
Students investigating mystery objects
Students learning to look like a history detective
Students visiting the State Historical Society

Social Media:

  • The Hevelin Collection Tumblr posted this gloriously purple hectograph fanzine from the Rusty Hevelin Science Fiction Collection.
http://hevelincollection.tumblr.com/post/141217061614/this-issue-of-fanfare-is-a-lovely-example-of-pink

 


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