Upcoming Events Halloween Event in the Learning Commons This Halloween, join Special Collections and University Archives as we create a pop-up museum featuring items by American writer and artist, Edward Gorey, along with some of our more literally gory books. You’ll even be able to take a bit of our collections with you, in buttonContinue reading “News and Updates from Special Collections 10/23/2015”
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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 8/14/2015
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”