Newsfeed: Blog post: Norwalk High School Artists Connect with History to Inspire New Creative Work by Heather Wacha. Read more. Blog post: March 30: Felicia Rice “Doc/Undoc” performance followed by a public conversation with Guillermo Gómez-Peña. Read more. Old Gold: The View From Above: UI archivist shares websites that feature aerial photos of campus, state by David McCartney.Continue reading “Special Collections Weekly Update 3/25/2016”
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News From Special Collections 10/16/2015
Librarians in the Wild: ICON Science Fiction Convention October 16-18th, 2015 The ICON Science Fiction convention began 40 years ago, born from a passionate group of fans that met in a science fiction class taught here at the University of Iowa by the Hugo and Nebula award winning author Joe Haldeman, and the same group who formed a U.I.Continue reading “News From Special Collections 10/16/2015”
News from Special Collections 8/28/2015
Staff Changes: 1. Saying Farewell to Olson Graduate Assistant Jillian Sparks Jillian Sparks will complete her two years as Olson Graduate Assistant here in Special Collections this week. The Olson GA’s participate in the department as junior staff for twenty hours a week; working at the reference desk and answering email reference questions, teaching classes,Continue reading “News from Special Collections 8/28/2015”
Unboxing the Hevelin Science Fiction Collection on Tumblr
The time has come! The James L. “Rusty” Hevelin Collection of Pulps, Fanzines, and Science Fiction Books is being unboxed and processed. Special Collections & University Archives is pleased to welcome long-time student worker and avid researcher Peter Balestrieri who is joining our staff as a Processing Librarian and taking on the task of making the collection ready for researchers. Continue reading “Unboxing the Hevelin Science Fiction Collection on Tumblr”