{"id":3046,"date":"2015-08-28T19:23:06","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T19:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/?p=3046"},"modified":"2019-01-14T21:07:41","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T21:07:41","slug":"news-from-special-collections-8282015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2015\/08\/28\/news-from-special-collections-8282015\/","title":{"rendered":"News from Special Collections 8\/28\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Staff Changes:<\/h2>\n

1. Saying Farewell to Olson Graduate Assistant Jillian Sparks<\/h4>\n

\"Jillian\"<\/a>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, planning events, writing about collection items for social media, and assisting with a myriad of other duties that come up in day to day life here in Special Collections. Above and beyond those duties Jillian worked on a project adding copy specific notes about types of bindings, marginalia, and provenance information to our catalog records for the earliest English language books in the collection and prepared an exhibition about her work that can still be seen in the cases outside Special Collection on the 3rd floor of the Main Library, or online here<\/a>. Jillian recently completed her Masters of Library Science here at the University of Iowa along with a certificate in book studies\u00a0from The Center for the Book, and is seeking employment in the field. Her contributions to this department over the past two years cannot be measured. It was an honor and a privilege to work with such a talented librarian.<\/p>\n

Upcoming Events:<\/h2>\n

1.\u00a0Special Guest Lecture,\u00a0Alison Altstatt, University of Northern Iowa<\/h4>\n

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\u201cRe-membering the Wilton Processional: a Manuscript Lost and Found\u201d<\/p>\n

Friday, September 4, 2015<\/p>\n

1:30PM-2:30PM<\/p>\n

2032\u00a0Main Library, 125 W. Washington, Iowa City, IA<\/p>\n

This talk\u00a0concerns a notated leaf of an English medieval manuscript held in the Special Collections of the University of Iowa Libraries. Musical, textual and codicological evidence supports the identification of the leaf as a fragment of a processional from Wilton Abbey, an important center for women\u2019s Latin learning from its tenth-century foundation to its sixteenth-century dissolution. The recovery of the University of Iowa leaf, along with more than thirty others, provides a window into the abbey\u2019s musico-poetic tradition, its processional liturgies, and its dramatic rituals.<\/p>\n

2. Iowa Bibliophiles First Meeting for 2015-2016, Wednesday September 9th<\/h4>\n

\"calligraphy\"<\/a>The first Iowa Bibliophiles meeting of the 2015-2016 season will feature University of Iowa Center for the Book calligraphy instructor Cheryl Jacobsen speaking about calligraphic hands featured in Medieval manuscripts held in Special Collections.<\/p>\n

6:00PM – Stop by to view a repeat showing of the livestream video of Alison Altstatt’s September 4th talk<\/p>\n

6:30PM – Refreshments served<\/p>\n

7PM – Cheryl Jacobsen’s talk<\/p>\n

Special Collections Reading Room, 3rd Floor Main Library, 125 W. Washington, Iowa City, IA<\/p>\n

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the sponsoring department or contact person listed in advance of the event.<\/em><\/p>\n

Recently on the Web and Social Media:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1. Olson Graduate Assistant Kelly Grogg’s IFLA Conference Report<\/h4>\n

\"Image<\/a>As we reported earlier this month<\/a>, Kelly Grogg recently received a scholarship and attended the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) in Capetown, South Africa. She wrote a blog post, “IFLA: Putting Action into the Philosophy of Libraries<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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2. Jillian Sparks’ Last Social Media Post<\/h4>\n

\"Close<\/a>Jillian wrote a farewell Tumblr post about the History of Hydraulics collection that you can see here<\/a>. \u00a0You can also view all of the posts she made for our Tumblr in her time in Special Collections here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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3. U. Iowa Curriculum Featuring Special Collections Materials Featured in “In the Library with the Lead Pipe” Article<\/h4>\n

\"Image<\/a>Archives Alive!: librarian-faculty collaboration and an alternative to the five-page paper<\/a><\/h4>\n

Tom Keegan, Head of the\u00a0Digital Scholarship and Publishing Studio in the UI Libraries, and former Undergraduate Services Librarian Kelly McElroy published an article about Archives Alive!, the primary source based curriculum for the Rhetoric Department that has students transcribing, analyzing, and interpreting historic documents from Special Collections in DIY History<\/a>, the University of Iowa Libraries volunteer-based document transcription site. The curriculum was originally developed in partnership with a campus curriculum development project,\u00a0Iowa Digital Engagement and Learning (IDEAL).<\/p>\n

4. “Weekly Squint” On Tumblr<\/h4>\n

Several \u00a0libraries on Tumblr this week featured a\u00a0“Weekly Squint”<\/a> which includes a close up view of a collection item. The Huntington Library Tumblr <\/a>began the “Weekly Squint” feature on Tumblr and invited other libraries and institutions to participate. Our post was a close up view of the Columbian Press in the 3rd Floor hallway.<\/p>\n