{"id":3741,"date":"2016-01-15T21:18:39","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T21:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/?p=3741"},"modified":"2016-12-02T20:35:59","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T20:35:59","slug":"special-collections-weekly-update-1152016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/01\/15\/special-collections-weekly-update-1152016\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Collections Weekly Update 1\/15\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Instruction: Spring\u00a0Semester Sign Up<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Update from Instruction Librarian Amy Chen<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2015\/12\/04\/news-and-updates-from-special-collections-1242015\/img_5801\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3511\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3511\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/12\/IMG_5801-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Students looking at a book\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/12\/IMG_5801-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/12\/IMG_5801-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/12\/IMG_5801-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/12\/IMG_5801-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/12\/IMG_5801-115x115.jpg 115w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/12\/IMG_5801.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Special Collections librarians can support any aspect of class planning for teaching with rare books and primary source materials.<\/p>\n<p>We had a record-breaking 2015, so sign up early\u00a0or else our rooms and librarians may already be booked for popular times. Find our\u00a0class<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/forms\/speccoll_class\/\">request form\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">New Acquisitions<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Update from Acquisitions &amp; Collections Management Librarian Margaret Gamm<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/01\/15\/special-collections-weekly-update-1152016\/graffiti\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3745\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3745 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/graffiti-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Pick Yourself Up From off the Ground by Cuba\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/graffiti-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/graffiti-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/graffiti-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/01\/15\/special-collections-weekly-update-1152016\/graffitiimage\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3758\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3758 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/graffitiimage-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Pick Yourself Up From off the Ground by Cuba\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/graffitiimage-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/graffitiimage-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/graffitiimage-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Pick Yourself Up From off the Ground<\/em> by Cuba. One of a kind artist&#8217;s book with acrylic graffiti paintings, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">From the University Archives<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Update from University Archivist David McCartney<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">A video paging through a 100+ year old scrapbook from a woman from the class of 1915 who attended the very first Homecoming football game.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paging through a 100+ Year Old Scrapbook From a Class of 1915 Student\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-eAWQaqL2O0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Staff Awards<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/01\/13\/instruction-librarian-amy-chen-profiled-as-a-bright-young-librarian\/amychen_dec2015\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3728\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3728\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/AmyChen_Dec2015-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait image of Amy Chen\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/AmyChen_Dec2015-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/AmyChen_Dec2015-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/AmyChen_Dec2015-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Special Collections Instruction Librarian Amy Chen was selected to be featured as a &#8220;Bright Young Librarian&#8221; by Fine Books &amp; Collections Magazine. Read the feature <a href=\"http:\/\/www.finebooksmagazine.com\/fine_books_blog\/2016\/01\/bright-young-librarians-amy-hildreth-chen.phtml\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">From the Web and Social Media<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>In Case You Missed It:\u00a0A Compilation of Recent Links &amp;\u00a0Posts\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Blog post reporting on a research trip to Special Collections:<em> Marbled Paper Connections<\/em>\u00a0by Emily Pazar. \u00a0See it\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/decorativeartstrust.org\/marbled-paper.shtml\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Article about the Brinton early film collection: 100<em> Years Later, New Audiences Discover Legendary Outside<\/em>r. \u00a0See it <a href=\"http:\/\/littlevillagemag.com\/100-years-later-new-audiences-discover-legendary-outsider\/\">here.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Center for the Book\/Special Collections commercial <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2015\/08\/14\/news-from-special-collections-8142015\/\">that we filmed last August<\/a> is finished and\u00a0will\u00a0air on the Big Ten Network. \u00a0Article:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/btn.com\/2016\/01\/14\/btn-livebig-iowas-center-for-the-book-borrows-pages-from-the-past\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0 Video below:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2015-16 LiveBIG: Iowa center brings books to life\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zGRn08F2oMQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Exhibitions<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8220;The Humanity in History&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">January 8th-March 1st, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Grogg, graduate student in the School of Library and Information Science and Special Collections senior Olson Graduate Assistant, has completed her capstone exhibition. It is on display now in the cases outside Special Collections on the 3rd floor.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Every person featured in this exhibit has contributed to make the world a better place.\u00a0 They may not have ever reached the level of recognition they deserved, but despite their humble beginnings and oncoming obstacles, they contributed to the world in a way that cannot be measured in a &#8216;neatly packaged, sanitized parable&#8217;.\u00a0 These are the people who create history.&#8221; \u00a0&#8211; Kelly Grogg \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/sc\/about\/exhibitions\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3741 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\/2016\/01\/15\/special-collections-weekly-update-1152016\/img_3915\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/IMG_3915-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Image of a handwritten journal\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/IMG_3915-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/IMG_3915-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/IMG_3915-115x115.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\/2016\/01\/15\/special-collections-weekly-update-1152016\/img_3916\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/IMG_3916-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Image of an engraved plate with a portrait on it\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/IMG_3916-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/IMG_3916-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/IMG_3916-115x115.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\/2016\/01\/15\/special-collections-weekly-update-1152016\/cyojn6fusaan5k2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/CYOjN6FUsAAN5k2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Image of the title card for the exhibition\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/CYOjN6FUsAAN5k2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/CYOjN6FUsAAN5k2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/01\/CYOjN6FUsAAN5k2-115x115.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<p>Want to stay connected? 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