{"id":3354,"date":"2015-11-06T23:01:01","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T23:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/?p=3354"},"modified":"2019-01-14T21:04:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T21:04:34","slug":"news-and-announcements-from-special-collections-1172015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2015\/11\/06\/news-and-announcements-from-special-collections-1172015\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Announcements from Special Collections 11\/7\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>New Acquisitions<\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Lindset, John (ed.). <em><span id=\"0.4391303015872836\">Alice<\/span> in a World of Wonderlands<\/em>. Oak Knoll Press, 2015.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This superb three volume set arrived recently from Oak Knoll Press, which published it in cooperation with the Lewis Carroll Society of North America. The first volume includes Essays on <span id=\"0.44315406074747443\">Alice<\/span>, the second includes Back-Translations, and the third includes a massive checklist.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3354 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><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\/11\/06\/news-and-announcements-from-special-collections-1172015\/world-covers\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/world-covers-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Covers of Alice in Wonderland from around the world\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/world-covers-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/world-covers-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/world-covers-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\/11\/06\/news-and-announcements-from-special-collections-1172015\/cover-rabbit\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/cover-rabbit-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Book cover with white rabbit\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/cover-rabbit-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/cover-rabbit-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/cover-rabbit-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\/11\/06\/news-and-announcements-from-special-collections-1172015\/title-page-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/title-page1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Book title page\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/title-page1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/title-page1-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/title-page1-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Exhibitions<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Micrographia: Book Art Responses to Early Modern Scientific Books<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>November 5-December 18th, Third Floor Main Library<\/p>\n<p>Participating artists were invited to create an imaginative response \u2018just beyond the edge of sight\u2019 inspired by these enduring philosophical and scientific questions. Artists were assigned selected scientific books held in the John Martin Rare Book Room or Special Collections at the University of Iowa Libraries. On exhibit are the art works that were created alongside a selection of the scientific books used as inspiration.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-3354 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\/11\/06\/news-and-announcements-from-special-collections-1172015\/micrographia1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/micrographia1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/micrographia1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/micrographia1-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/micrographia1-115x115.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\/11\/06\/news-and-announcements-from-special-collections-1172015\/micro\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/micro-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/micro-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/micro-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/micro-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\/11\/06\/news-and-announcements-from-special-collections-1172015\/micrographia2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/micrographia2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/micrographia2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/micrographia2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/micrographia2-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Events<\/h2>\n<h4><strong>1. MICROGRAPHIA EXHIBITION RECEPTION:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/micro3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3394\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/micro3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"micro3\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/micro3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/micro3-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/micro3-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Friday, 11\/13\/15 &#8211; 3:00-5:00 pm<\/p>\n<p>Special Collections Reading Room, 3rd Floor, UI Main Library<\/p>\n<p><em>All Are Welcome<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>2. Iowa Bibliophiles Speaker Greg Prickman, &#8220;Three Nuremberg Chronicles&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/bc9b41e1-2e8b-4fd3-8f34-d2148cf84b00.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3398\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/bc9b41e1-2e8b-4fd3-8f34-d2148cf84b00-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"bc9b41e1-2e8b-4fd3-8f34-d2148cf84b00\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/bc9b41e1-2e8b-4fd3-8f34-d2148cf84b00-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/bc9b41e1-2e8b-4fd3-8f34-d2148cf84b00.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greg Prickman, the Head of Special Collections will present a rare opportunity to view three complete copies of the Nuremberg Chronicle, printed in 1493, one from Special Collections, one from the John Martin Rare Book Room, and one from the private collection of Arthur Bonfield. He will describe the provenance of the three copies and discuss why the copy-specific features of each book are important to our understanding of the book trade.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, November 11th, 2015<br \/>\nLight refreshments at 6:30PM,\u00a0Talk begins at 7:00PM<br \/>\nSpecial Collections Reading Room<br \/>\n3rd Floor Main Library,\u00a0125 W Washington St.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>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<h2><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>News and Announcements<\/h2>\n<h4>Google Books<\/h4>\n<p>The University of Iowa Libraries has been participating in the Google Books project. In the past few weeks as part of this work about 1,400 Special Collections books have been pulled, barcoded, and sent off to be scanned. Many thanks to Paula Balkenede who made this possible!<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>From the Web and Social Media<\/h2>\n<h4>1. NPR Feature<\/h4>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/birkby002a_frontjpg_slide-852a3d817bbb5d120e549b4e31ef698f697a7a3b-s800-c85.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3386\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/birkby002a_frontjpg_slide-852a3d817bbb5d120e549b4e31ef698f697a7a3b-s800-c85-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"birkby002a_frontjpg_slide-852a3d817bbb5d120e549b4e31ef698f697a7a3b-s800-c85\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/birkby002a_frontjpg_slide-852a3d817bbb5d120e549b4e31ef698f697a7a3b-s800-c85-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/10\/birkby002a_frontjpg_slide-852a3d817bbb5d120e549b4e31ef698f697a7a3b-s800-c85.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn Birkby was featured in an NPR segment last week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thesalt\/2015\/10\/29\/452600907\/food-podcasts-1-0-these-radio-pioneers-had-it-down-90-years-ago\">Food Podcasts 1.0: These Radio Pioneers Had It Down 90 Years Ago<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Birkby was a radio and newspaper columnist and her papers are held in the Iowa Women&#8217;s Archives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>2. Social Media Milestone<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/IMG_0356-e1446835660360.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3393\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/IMG_0356-e1446835660360-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0356\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/IMG_0356-e1446835660360-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/IMG_0356-e1446835660360-1024x638.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/11\/IMG_0356-e1446835660360.jpg 1520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Special Collections&#8217; new acquisition box opening videos that Margaret Gamm and Colleen Theisen have been creating have gathered over one million views in eleven months on the social media site <a href=\"http:\/\/vine.co\/uispeccoll\">Vine<\/a> and through the views that they attract as those posts are shared to <a href=\"http:\/\/uispeccoll.tumblr.com\">Tumblr<\/a>. \u00a0Please join us in recognizing their efforts to spread the word about the materials available in the UI Libraries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Acquisitions Lindset, John (ed.). Alice in a World of Wonderlands. Oak Knoll Press, 2015. This superb three volume set arrived recently from Oak Knoll Press, which published it in cooperation with the Lewis Carroll Society of North America. The first volume includes Essays on Alice, the second includes Back-Translations, and the third includes a<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2015\/11\/06\/news-and-announcements-from-special-collections-1172015\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;News and Announcements from Special Collections 11\/7\/2015&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[124,138,129,127,125,126,128,130],"syndication":[435],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3354"}],"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=3354"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3417,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3354\/revisions\/3417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3354"},{"taxonomy":"syndication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syndication?post=3354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}