{"id":3920,"date":"2016-02-19T17:14:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T17:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/?p=3920"},"modified":"2019-01-14T21:00:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T21:00:22","slug":"special-collections-weekly-update-2192016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/02\/19\/special-collections-weekly-update-2192016\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Collections Weekly Update 2\/19\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>News:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Charity Nebbe from Iowa Public Radio featured original Nancy Drew ghost writer, Mildred Wirt Benson, this week on &#8220;Talk of Iowa.&#8221;\u00a0Benson&#8217;s papers are held in the Iowa Women&#8217;s Archives. <a href=\"http:\/\/iowapublicradio.org\/post\/missing-millie-benson-secret-case-ghostwriter-and-journalist\">http:\/\/iowapublicradio.org\/post\/missing-millie-benson-secret-case-ghostwriter-and-journalist<\/a><\/li>\n<li>February&#8217;s &#8220;Old Gold&#8221; Column from University Archivist David McCartney, &#8220;Old Dental, the Final Extraction.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/now.uiowa.edu\/2016\/02\/old-gold-old-dental-final-extraction\">http:\/\/now.uiowa.edu\/2016\/02\/old-gold-old-dental-final-extraction<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Last week\u00a0Special Collections\u00a0participated in #colorourcollections with other institutions around the country. Here&#8217;s an analysis of the impact of that work. <a href=\"http:\/\/scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org\/2016\/02\/09\/what-colorourcollections-suggests\/\">http:\/\/scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org\/2016\/02\/09\/what-colorourcollections-suggests\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Digital Scholarship and Publishing Studio of the UI Libraries has a new touchscreen near its entrance in the north lobby, near the recently-completed exhibit gallery. It features content from the Iowa Digital Library, making its debut this week with images from the University Archives&#8217; Patrobas Cassius Robinson Collection. Accompanying text was authored by Universtiy Archivist, David McCartney. Check it out soon!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3932\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/02\/19\/special-collections-weekly-update-2192016\/12705207_1101535683201596_2031678550102615503_n\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3932\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3932 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/02\/12705207_1101535683201596_2031678550102615503_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Touchscreen\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/02\/12705207_1101535683201596_2031678550102615503_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/02\/12705207_1101535683201596_2031678550102615503_n.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Touchscreen outside The Studio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Upcoming Events:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday, 3\/05: Mujeres Latinas: Every Woman Has a Story\u00a0 (11:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. , Iowa Women\u2019s Archives, 3rd floor, Main Library) Refreshments will be served!\u00a0 RSVP: <a href=\"mailto:lib-women@uiowa.edu\">lib-women@uiowa.edu<\/a> Questions? <span class=\"baec5a81-e4d6-4674-97f3-e9220f0136c1\">319-335-5068.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, 3\/09: Iowa Bibliophiles: Douglas S. Russell\u00a0speaking about\u00a0famous book collectors and collecting.\u00a0He is a Senior Judge of the Iowa District Court and will address the Bibliophiles on books by and about famous bibliophiles, their book collections and the books they have written about collecting. (7pm Special Collections Reading Room). <a href=\"http:\/\/afterclass.uiowa.edu\/events\/event\/iowa_bibliophiles_douglas_s_russell_book_collecting\">http:\/\/afterclass.uiowa.edu\/events\/event\/iowa_bibliophiles_douglas_s_russell_book_collecting<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, 3\/30: Felicia Rice, &#8220;Doc\/Undoc&#8221; (lecture performance), followed by a public conversation with Guillermo G\u03ccmez-P\u1ebdna (5 p.m., Special Collections Reading Room). <a href=\"http:\/\/book.grad.uiowa.edu\/events\/march-2016\/gomez-pena-and-rice\">http:\/\/book.grad.uiowa.edu\/events\/march-2016\/gomez-pena-and-rice<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>New Acquisition:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Mentioned in our 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/01\/07\/a-look-back-on-2015-in-special-collections\/\">end of the year summary<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0<em>Orbit\u00e1<\/em> is now cataloged and ready to be used. Cuban book artists Chucho Romeu, Roberto Morales, &amp; Ernesto Sargenton created this artists\u2019 book through a cooperative effort. Despite encountering serious difficulties in the course of their partnership\u2014including a studio building collapse in 2011\u2014they finished this book in 2013 under the collective name Proyecto Locatarsis. <a href=\"http:\/\/infohawk.uiowa.edu\/F\/?func=find-b&amp;find_code=SYS&amp;local_base=UIOWA&amp;request=008167769\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">N7433.4.S166\u00a0O73 2013\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3920 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\/02\/19\/special-collections-weekly-update-2192016\/20160218_144920\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/02\/20160218_144920-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Image from Orbita\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/02\/20160218_144920-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/02\/20160218_144920-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/02\/20160218_144920-115x115.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\/02\/19\/special-collections-weekly-update-2192016\/20160218_144953_c2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/02\/20160218_144953_c2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Image from Orbita\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/02\/20160218_144953_c2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/02\/20160218_144953_c2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/02\/20160218_144953_c2-115x115.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\/02\/19\/special-collections-weekly-update-2192016\/img_3908\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/02\/IMG_3908-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Image of Orbita\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/02\/IMG_3908-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/02\/IMG_3908-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/02\/IMG_3908-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Instruction This Week:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Eight UI Class Sessions<\/li>\n<li>One visiting Class from Cornell College<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>This Week&#8217;s Best Social Media Post:<\/h4>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BB3j2SGxx2p\/<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0Event Recap:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>2\/18 Lunch with the Chefs, &#8220;Destination India.&#8221; Colleen Theisen, John Fifield, and Ellen Wrede\u00a0created\u00a0a pop up exhibition of cookbooks and miniature books that were featured at the IMU in collaboration with University Catering&#8217;s &#8220;Destination India&#8221; lunch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/02\/19\/special-collections-weekly-update-2192016\/capture-11\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3941\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3941\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/02\/Capture-1-300x170.png\" alt=\"John Fifield at Lunch with the Chefs\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/02\/Capture-1-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/02\/Capture-1-195x110.png 195w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/02\/Capture-1.png 1019w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.givetoiowa.org\/GiveToIowa\/WebObjects\/GiveToIowa.woa\/wa\/goTo?area=libraries\">Donate to the University Libraries\u2019 Special Collections Fund<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Want to stay connected? 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