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Image of Peter Balestrieri in Archival Outlook
May 27 2016

Special Collections News & Updates 5/27/2016

Posted on May 27, 2016January 14, 2019 by Colleen Theisen

Important Announcements:

  • Special Collections and the Iowa Women’s Archives’ Reading Rooms will be closed May 30th for the Memorial Day holiday.

 

Newsfeed:

  • Old Gold: The course catalog, or UI’s ‘wish book’: Archived publications serve as important university resource:  http://now.uiowa.edu/2016/05/old-gold-course-catalog-or-uis-wish-book by University Archivist David McCartney
  • ‘Star Trek’ filmmaker loves making voyage home http://now.uiowa.edu/2016/05/%E2%80%98star-trek%E2%80%99-filmmaker-loves-making-voyage-home
  • ‘Star Trek’ filmmaker on UI: ‘This is the place that shaped me’ http://www.iowalum.com/blog/2016/05/20/star-trek-filmmaker-on-ui-this-is-the-place-that-shaped-me/
  • Iowa Women’s Archives curator Kären Mason is featured speaking about Nancy Drew author Mildred Wirt Benson in the trailer for this documentary, “River to River: Iowa’s Forgotten Highway 6: http://docublogger.typepad.com/highway6/2016/05/take-a-peek-at-the-award-winning-river-to-river-trailer.html

 

Image of Peter Balestrieri in Archival OutlookCurator of Science Fiction and Popular Culture, Peter Balestrieri is featured in the Cover Story of the May/June issue of Archival Outlook from the Society of American Archivists.

“Archivists are artists,” Balestrieri remarks, reflecting on his punk rock gig with the Violent Femmes and how a life with music and libraries intertwined eventually led him to Special Collections.

Read the whole feature here on pages 8-9 and 26.

 

Event Recap:

The UI Libraries hosted Nicholas Meyer, who made an appearance as a guest speaker in conjunction with the Main Library Gallery exhibition 50 Years of Star Trek.

Meyer, who is an alumnus of the University of Iowa, directed the movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) and contributed to the shooting script for that film (uncredited). He wrote portions of the screenplay for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) and went on to direct Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), for which he also co-wrote the screenplay.

Storify of Tweets from the event.

Video from his talk is available here:

 

 

 

New Staxpeditions:

English Department Shakespeare Professor Adam Hooks joined us for an episode of Staxpeditions. Can you guess where his favorite call number range might lead?

 

 

 

New Acquisition:

Helen Hiebert’s Interluceo arrived recently, at the request of several UICB faculty members. Interluceo is a collaborative work, blending Helen’s paper and watermarks with papercut illustrations by Beatrice Coron and a binding by Claudia Cohen. It’s a beautiful example of how the talents of multiple artists can come together to tell a fascinating story using the form of the book itself. Photos and video really don’t do it justice! – Margaret Gamm

 

https://vine.co/v/iQnrbbDzgTB

 

 

 


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book tied with string
May 13 2016

Special Collections Weekly Update 5/13/2016

Posted on May 13, 2016January 14, 2019 by Colleen Theisen

Important Announcements:

The Iowa Women’s Archives will be closed May 16-27th for painting.

 

Newsfeed:

  • Iowa City Press-Citizen, UI Libraries celebrates Star Trek’s 50th anniversary by Zach Berg
  • USA Today, UI Libraries celebrates Star Trek’s 50th anniversary by Zach Berg
  • The University of Iowa School of Library and Information Science and the Center for the Book made a video advertising their dual program called BLIS. Special Collections staff members Peter Balestrieri and Lindsay Moen, both graduates of SLIS, are featured in the video along with Andrea Kohashi, a former Olson Graduate Assistant, and many other familiar faces from around the UI Library system. You can even get a peek into one of our class sessions in action!

 

Upcoming Events:

Nicholas Meyer on set with Leonard Nimoy
Nicholas Meyer on set with Leonard Nimoy

Nicholas Meyer

Friday, May 20 at 6:30pm to 8:00pm, University of Iowa Main Library, Shambaugh Auditorium 125 West Washington St. Iowa City

Meyer will deliver a brief talk, titled The Last Man To Understand Anything.

There will be a Q&A session afterward.

Free and Open to the Public

More details on the University Calendar.

 

New Acquisitions:

The feminin’ monarchi’, or, The histori of bee’s, 1634. The music is half upside down so the singers can gather around.

 

https://vine.co/v/i27jrixlpZv

 

A Parting Shot:

These poor vellum books have been expanding due to poor humidity levels. Time to wrap them with some twine to keep them from jumping off the shelf! #uiowa #specialcollections #libraries #vellumbooks #wrappedbooks #twine #bookspines #conservation

A post shared by U. of Iowa Special Collections (@uispeccoll) on May 8, 2016 at 1:57pm PDT

 


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Nicholas Meyer on set with Leonard Nimoy
May 06 2016

Special Collections Weekly Update 5/6/2016

Posted on May 6, 2016January 14, 2019 by Colleen Theisen

Important Announcements:

The Iowa Women’s Archives will be closed May 16-27th for painting.

 

Newsfeed:

  • Talk of Iowa: Brinton Films Make Second Debut in 100 Years at World’s Longest Running Movie Theater featuring Greg Prickman, Head of Special Collections in an interview with Charity Nebbe.
  • Kalona Times: More than a century later, silent film collection again shown in State Theater By Dan Ehl
  • The Discovery of “Manly Health and Training”: Walt Whitman’s Long-Lost Guide to Getting the Body You’ve Always Wanted by Stephanie Blalock from the Digital Scholarship and Publishing Studio.

 

Congratulations to our Graduates!

Kelly Grogg, Laurel Rhame, Ella von Holtum and Amanda Rasmussen, graduate student employees from Special Collections and the Iowa Women’s Archives, presented their posters last week as part of their Masters in Library Science. Both Amanda and Ella received ‘distinguished poster’ awards. Congratulations to Kelly, Laura, Ella, Amanda, and to all of the students graduating this month from the School of Library and Information Science.

Laurel Rhame
Kelly Grogg
Amanda Rasmussen
Ella von Holtum

 

Heather WachaCongratulations also to Heather Wacha who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation in history this morning.

 

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Events:

1. Iowa Bibliophiles Book Club Meeting

thumbnail2Wednesday, May 11th, Snacks at 6:30pm, Discussion from 7-8pm in the Special Collections Reading Room, 3rd Floor Main Library.

Find a copy of “The Millionaire and the Bard: Henry Folger’s Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeare’s First Folio” and join us for a book club.

RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/597571477057785/

 

2. Stong Minded Men Make Music For Strong Minded Women: A Fundraiser for the Iowa Women’s Archives

CaptureThursday, May 12, 6:30PM at The Mill

Music performances featuring Tom Mason and Homebrewed.
Suggested donation: $10 a the door, $20 with a “Strong Minded” t-shirt
Students $5 (or $15 with “Strong Minded” t-shirt)

Proceeds will go to the Iowa Women’s Archives
Donations can also be made at: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa/giving

RSVP on Facebook or the University Calendar.

 

3. Nicholas Meyer

Nicholas Meyer on set with Leonard Nimoy during the shooting of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. The photo is archived in the University of Iowa Libraries' Special Collections as part of a collection donated by Nicholas Meyer.
Nicholas Meyer on set with Leonard Nimoy

Friday, May 20 at 6:30pm to 8:00pmUniversity of Iowa Main Library, Shambaugh Auditorium 125 West Washington St. Iowa City

Meyer will deliver a brief talk, titled The Last Man To Understand Anything.

There will be a Q&A session afterward.

Free and Open to the Public

More details on the University Calendar.

 

Event Recap:

1. Making Tribbles at “Break from Busyness” in the UI Main Library Learning Commons:

The Break From Busyness was an event in the Learning Commons everyday giving students a chance to do something creative to take a break from studying for final exams. Colleen Theisen was there with tribbles the students could stuff and stitch to add to the 50 Years of Star Trek exhibition. Students making a tribble received an “I’m a tribble maker” button and an entry to win the life size Captain Kirk cutout that is slowly being overcome by tribbles in the front case of the exhibition. Watch for more tribble making opportunities throughout the summer months!

 

2. Peter Balestrieri’s Report from the DemiCon Science Fiction Convention:

It was my pleasure to attend the 27th DemiCon Science Fiction Convention in Des Moines last week. The UI Libraries had a table in the hotel lobby that was seen by everyone in attendance. I gave out our coveted retro robot and rocket ship squeeze toys and dozens of our self-made zines that advertise our Star Trek and Doctor Who collections, along with a zine explaining the Hevelin Fanzine Digitization Project. I also spoke on a panel (one that fans called the “best panel in years”) on Victorian Horror with Artist Guest of Honor, Alan M. Clark. Finally, I delivered our annual, “State of the Hevelin Collection,” presentation to people who knew Rusty Hevelin and loved him. All the news regarding digitization of fanzines and the progress made cataloging pulp magazines and books from the collection was very well-received. All in all, it was another great opportunity to reach out to the people of Iowa to let them know what we do in Special Collections (and have some fun).

 

Special Collections' Table at Demicon
Special Collections' table
Zombie costumes from Demicon
Zombie cosplay

 

Social Media & Online Community:

New Acquisition Vine Videos Pass 1.5 Million Views

Acquisitions & Collections Management Librarian Margaret Gamm’s 6 second Vine videos opening new acquisitions have been viewed over 1.5 million times total. Congratulations to Margaret Gamm and Colleen Theisen on their continuing work to deliver information about our holdings in online communities.

Seen below is Deep in the Yellow Woods from 2015.  It is a carousel format book hand sewn by the artist, Lois Morrison, and featuring a fantasy poem also written by the artist and is one of 20 copies.

https://vine.co/v/iUYlxuOj7hq

 

This Week’s New Video:

This week we posted a new episode of Staxpeditions exploring the F850 call number range requested by our follower Dana Gerber-Margie.

 


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