{"id":3194,"date":"2015-09-25T15:19:43","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T15:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/?p=3194"},"modified":"2016-12-02T20:36:01","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T20:36:01","slug":"news-from-special-collections-919-9252015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2015\/09\/25\/news-from-special-collections-919-9252015\/","title":{"rendered":"News From Special Collections 9\/19 &#8211; 9\/25\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>From the\u00a0Web and Social Media:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/download.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3197 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/download-150x150.png\" alt=\"Slate logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/download-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/download-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/download-115x115.png 115w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/download.png 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Slate featured the Hevelin Collection Fanzine Digitization Project this week. \u00a0You can read their coverage of the UI Libraries&#8217; work digitizing 1930s-1950s science fiction fanzines <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/technology\/future_tense\/2015\/09\/the_university_of_iowa_s_plan_to_digitize_the_hevelin_collection_of_fanzines.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>New Acquisitions:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Agricola. <em>Trattenimenti sulle vernici.<\/em> Ravenna 1789.<\/p>\n<p>This book bridges several of our collection areas, covering a very broad array of topics; overall, it could be considered an early \u201chow to\u201d guide. Painting, printmaking, sculpting, cartography, conservation, cooking, gardening, rat extermination, and stain removal are all addressed, and are accompanied by an extensive bibliography.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3194 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2015\/09\/25\/news-from-special-collections-919-9252015\/spine\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/spine-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Book spine\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/spine-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/spine-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/spine-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2015\/09\/25\/news-from-special-collections-919-9252015\/title-page\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/title-page-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Book title page\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/title-page-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/title-page-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/title-page-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2015\/09\/25\/news-from-special-collections-919-9252015\/fornello\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/fornello-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Book illustration\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/fornello-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/fornello-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/fornello-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Staff Publications:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/08\/OBnINuns.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2820\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/08\/OBnINuns-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Image of Amy Chen\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/08\/OBnINuns-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/08\/OBnINuns-36x36.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/08\/OBnINuns-115x115.jpeg 115w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/08\/OBnINuns.jpeg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amy Chen led a group of current and former Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) postdoctoral fellows to write a piece for a CLIR report that is now available online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clir.org\/pubs\/reports\/pub167\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"internal-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clir.org\/pubs\/reports\/pub167\/expanding.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Changing and Expanding Libraries: Exhibitions, Institutional Repositories, and the Future of Academia<\/a>, by\u00a0Amy Chen, Sarah Pickle, and Heather Waldroup appears in<em>\u00a0The Process of Discovery: The CLIR Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and the Future of the Academy, <\/em>edited by\u00a0John C. Maclachlan, Elizabeth A. Waraksa, and Christa Williford.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Events:<\/h2>\n<p>University Archivist David McCartney assisted in the production of this documentary.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/11423656_875087552576529_3006066007393295911_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3211\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/11423656_875087552576529_3006066007393295911_n-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"11423656_875087552576529_3006066007393295911_n\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/11423656_875087552576529_3006066007393295911_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/11423656_875087552576529_3006066007393295911_n-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/11423656_875087552576529_3006066007393295911_n-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/prod3.agileticketing.net\/WebSales\/pages\/info.aspx?evtinfo=164601~4635cd47-f165-4de0-b43c-56acafd02482&amp;\">Monday September 28, 2015, 5:00 pm at FilmScene in Iowa City<\/a><\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 &#8220;Iowans Return to Freedom Summer&#8221; (Iowa PBS, 2014, 48 mins).\u00a0 In the summer of 1964, hundreds of predominantly white college students answered the call from Civil Rights leaders to volunteer for Freedom Summer. They joined with voter registration efforts, taught in freedom schools and worked in community centers in towns throughout racially segregated Mississippi. This documentary features five native Iowans sharing why they felt compelled to volunteer. <strong>Following the screening\u00a0there will be a\u00a0discussion with producer Patti Miller and historian Shel Stromquist, both of whom were among the volunteers. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Event Recap:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/NVRD-booth-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3210\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/NVRD-booth-sm-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"NVRD\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/NVRD-booth-sm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/NVRD-booth-sm-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/09\/NVRD-booth-sm-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Staff from Special Collections including the Iowa Women&#8217;s Archives participated in an event for\u00a0National Voter Registration Day in the Learning Commons on Tuesday, providing a display of historic voting and suffrage related materials. \u00a0In partnership with the League of Women Voters (LWV) of Johnson County, we registered 82 voters here in the Library, and a total of 171 overall at the four host locations (ICPL, Coralville PL, and Kirkwood). \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CelebrateNVRD\">#CelebrateN\u200bVRD\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Want to stay connected? \u00a0Follow us on social media:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uiowaspecialcollections\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2848\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/08\/facebook.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook link\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/uispeccoll\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2849\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/08\/Twitter.jpg\" alt=\"Twitter Link\" width=\"30\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/uispeccoll\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2850\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/08\/instagram.jpg\" alt=\"Instagram Link\" width=\"30\" height=\"29\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/08\/instagram.jpg 40w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/08\/instagram-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 30px) 100vw, 30px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/uispeccoll.tumblr.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2851\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/08\/tumblr.jpg\" alt=\"Tumblr link\" width=\"30\" height=\"31\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/uispeccoll\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2852\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/08\/youtube.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube link\" width=\"30\" height=\"29\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/vine.co\/uispeccoll\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2853 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/08\/vine.jpg\" alt=\"Vine link\" width=\"29\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the\u00a0Web and Social Media: Slate featured the Hevelin Collection Fanzine Digitization Project this week. \u00a0You can read their coverage of the UI Libraries&#8217; work digitizing 1930s-1950s science fiction fanzines here. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; New Acquisitions: Agricola. 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This book bridges several of our collection areas, covering a very broad array<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2015\/09\/25\/news-from-special-collections-919-9252015\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;News From Special Collections 9\/19 &#8211; 9\/25\/2015&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":3200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[164,166,42,162,167,165,161,163,168],"syndication":[435],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3194"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3212,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3194\/revisions\/3212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3194"},{"taxonomy":"syndication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syndication?post=3194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}