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Heather Michele Moorefield-Lang , (2017),” Delivering the Message: Disseminating Information and Professional Development in the Field of Librarianship through Technology<\/strong> “, Library Hi Tech, Vol. 35 Iss 1\u00a0http:\/\/www.emeraldinsight.com\/doi\/pdfplus\/10.1108\/LHT-04-2016-0039<\/a><\/p>\n Richard Salomon<\/a><\/strong> Justin McDaniel<\/a> Jim Canary <\/p>\n via Association of College and Research Libraries: http:\/\/www.ala.org\/news\/member-news\/2017\/02\/weaver-wins-2017-acrl-wgss-significant-achievement-award<\/a><\/p>\n CHICAGO \u2013 Janet Weaver, assistant curator of the Iowa Women\u2019s Archives at the University of Iowa, is the winner of the 2017 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Women and Gender Studies Section (WGSS) Award for Significant Achievement in Woman\u2019s Studies Librarianship. The WGSS award honors a significant or one-time contribution to women\u2019s studies librarianship.<\/p>\n A plaque will be presented to Weaver at a WGSS event during the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Awards Committee was greatly impressed by Weaver\u2019s creation of the Migration is Beautiful <\/em><\/a>website, which is a project constructed from oral histories and other archival material housed at the Iowa Women\u2019s Archives,\u201d said award chair Stacy Russo, librarian and associate professor at Santa Ana College. \u201cMigration is Beautiful <\/em>was developed from the Iowa Women\u2019s Archives\u2019 Mujeres Latinas project that launched in 2005. The committee especially noted Weaver\u2019s level of collaboration with her colleagues and undergraduate students. The students selected documents for the website and also wrote vignettes. The introduction on the website reads: \u2018Migration is Beautiful<\/em> highlights the contributions Latinas and Latinos have made to Iowa history. Migration is central to understanding and interpreting the past, shaped first by Native Americans, and later by immigrants from around the world.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n The Migration is Beautiful<\/em> digital humanities project highlights the contributions of Latinas, their families, and their organizations to Iowa history. Visitors can navigate the site in multiple ways to access hundreds of digitized primary documents and audio clips from oral history interviews through historical topics, life stories, and a migration map.<\/p>\n \u201cWeaver\u2019s work has brought accessibility to primary source documents that were previously only available to visitors at the Iowa Women\u2019s Archives,\u201d continued Russo. \u201cAfter its launch in 2016, Migration is Beautiful <\/em>debuted with a travelling exhibit at the national League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) convention in Washington, D.C. In her continued emphasis on outreach, Weaver has made presentations to Latino groups around Iowa regarding the project. Her work has also been featured on Hola Iowa<\/em>, a news outlet that focuses on Latinos in the Midwest.\u201d<\/p>\n Weaver received her M.A. in Modern History from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.<\/p>\n CONGRATULATIONS JANET!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BQBpPfuDDvQ\/?taken-by=uispeccoll<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Want to stay connected? \u00a0Follow us on social media:<\/p>\n News\u00a0of Interest: Prairie Pop: NPR\u2019s Codrescu breaks down Dadaism\u2019s ongoing influence\u00a0[Little Village feature about Adrei Codrescu’s talk at UI Libraries on Saturday]\u00a0http:\/\/littlevillagemag.com\/prairie-pop-nprs-codrescu-breaks-down-dadaisms-ongoing-influence\/ \u00a0Exploring Dada: Anti-war art movement on display at UI Main Library [CR Gazette feature about Dada Exhibition and curator Tim Shipe]: \u00a0http:\/\/www.thegazette.com\/subject\/life\/arts\/exploring-dada-anti-war-art-movement-on-display-at-ui-main-library-20170204 Women’s March materials being saved for posterity [Gazette feature about IWA]:Continue reading “Special Collections News 2\/16\/2017”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":5144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"syndication":[435],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140"}],"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=5140"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5158,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140\/revisions\/5158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5140"},{"taxonomy":"syndication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syndication?post=5140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Events<\/h1>\n
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\n\u201cFrom Birch Bark to Palm Leaves: The Evolution of the Earliest Surviving Buddhist Manuscript Tradition\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
\nProfessor, Department of Asian Languages and Literature, University of Washington
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\n\u201cTracing Pali and Thai Manuscripts from Japan to Ireland: Collections, Collectors, and Connections\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/strong>
\nProfessor and Chair, Department of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
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\n<\/a>\u201cThe Tibetan Book and Its Precursors\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/strong>
\nHead of Conservation, Lilly Library, University of Indiana
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