{"id":5307,"date":"2017-04-20T19:26:47","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T19:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/?p=5307"},"modified":"2017-12-06T19:53:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T19:53:17","slug":"special-collections-news-updates-4202017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2017\/04\/20\/special-collections-news-updates-4202017\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Collections News &amp; Updates 4\/20\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4896 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/11\/speccollBanner-1-1024x256.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/11\/speccollBanner-1-1024x256.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/11\/speccollBanner-1-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/11\/speccollBanner-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1>Newsfeed:<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Tom Brokaw&#8217;s &#8216;stuff&#8217; in Iowa is a window into his life. \u00a0<\/em>Kyle Munson, Des Moines Register.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/local\/columnists\/kyle-munson\/2017\/04\/10\/tom-brokaws-stuff-iowa-window-into-his-life\/99805406\/\">http:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/local\/columnists\/kyle-munson\/2017\/04\/10\/tom-brokaws-stuff-iowa-window-into-his-life\/99805406\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Upcoming Events:<\/h1>\n<h3>Final\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/events.uiowa.edu\/event\/mellon_sawyer_lecture_-_marina_rustow_erik_kwakkel_katherine_tachau#.WO_HekXyu70\">Mellon Sawyer Lecture\u00a0Friday, April 28. 8:30AM-2:30PM<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/eurasianmss.lib.uiowa.edu\/people\/#Marina-Rustow\">Marina Rustow<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/eurasianmss.lib.uiowa.edu\/people\/#Marina-Rustow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5309\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/29718cb50b9ddf65bd9b4ec624e42af4e3b1b32e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/29718cb50b9ddf65bd9b4ec624e42af4e3b1b32e.jpg 525w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/29718cb50b9ddf65bd9b4ec624e42af4e3b1b32e-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eurasianmss.lib.uiowa.edu\/lectures\/#Marina-Rustow-Lecture\"><i>\u201cFatimid State Documents, Serial Recyclers and the Cairo Geniza\u201d<\/i><\/a><\/b><br \/>\nKhedouri A. Zilkha Professor\u00a0of Jewish Civilization in the\u00a0Near East, Princeton\u00a0University<br \/>\n<b>8:30\u201310:00am<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/eurasianmss.lib.uiowa.edu\/people\/#Erik-Kwakkel\">Erik Kwakkel<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eurasianmss.lib.uiowa.edu\/lectures\/#Erik-Kwakkel-Lecture\"><i>\u201cAristotle and the Medieval University: The Birth of a New Book Format\u201d<\/i><\/a><\/b><br \/>\nUniversity Lecturer, Universiteit Leiden<br \/>\n<b>10:30 a.m.\u2013noon<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/eurasianmss.lib.uiowa.edu\/people\/#Katherine-Tachau\">Katherine Tachau<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eurasianmss.lib.uiowa.edu\/lectures\/#Katherine-Tachau-Lecture\"><i>\u201cPiece-work and Medieval University Book Production: The Pecia\u201d<\/i><\/a><\/b><br \/>\nProfessor of History, University of Iowa<br \/>\n<b>1\u20132:30 p.m.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>April Iowa Bibliophiles Recap<\/h1>\n<p>Instruction Librarian Amy Chen presented about her game, <em>Codex Conquest: The Game of Book History <\/em>at the April Meeting 4\/12\/2017.\u00a0The Iowa Bibliophiles, including a group of students from Scattergood Friends School, tested the game in three groups.<\/p>\n<p>Amy Chen will be a guest all next week at Columbia University presenting about the game and play testing. More information:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cul.columbia.edu\/rbml\/2017\/03\/07\/codex-conquest\/\">https:\/\/blogs.cul.columbia.edu\/rbml\/2017\/03\/07\/codex-conquest\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow along on the game&#8217;s website for all the updates: <a href=\"http:\/\/codexconquest.lib.uiowa.edu\/\">http:\/\/codexconquest.lib.uiowa.edu\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5307 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\/2017\/04\/20\/special-collections-news-updates-4202017\/loveangel\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/loveangel-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/loveangel-150x150.jpg 150w, 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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\/2017\/04\/20\/special-collections-news-updates-4202017\/game2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/game2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/game2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/game2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/game2-115x115.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\/2017\/04\/20\/special-collections-news-updates-4202017\/gane3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/gane3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/gane3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/gane3-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/gane3-115x115.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\/2017\/04\/20\/special-collections-news-updates-4202017\/purcellscattergood\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/purcellscattergood-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/purcellscattergood-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/purcellscattergood-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/purcellscattergood-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\/2017\/04\/20\/special-collections-news-updates-4202017\/cards\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/cards-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/cards-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/cards-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/cards-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h1>Congratulations:<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5345\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/Elizabeth-Riordan-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/Elizabeth-Riordan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/Elizabeth-Riordan-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2017\/04\/Elizabeth-Riordan-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Elizabeth Riordan is one of the winners of the library student employee scholarship. Congratulations, Elizabeth! Liz is a graduate student in the School of Library and Information Science and has worked in Special Collections all of the 2016-2017 academic year. Elizabeth welcomes the chance to work in the archives where every person and item has a story.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>From the Web and Social Media:<\/h1>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BS6ipekDR9u\/?taken-by=uispeccoll<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pzdlc5xQxJ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2017\/04\/18\/historically-yours-podcast-episode-2-heroic-deeds-with-liz-riordan\/\">Historically Yours Podcast Episode 2: Heroic Deeds with Liz Riordan<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Historically Yours Podcast Episode 2: Heroic Deeds with Liz Riordan&#8221; &#8212; News &amp; Announcements\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2017\/04\/18\/historically-yours-podcast-episode-2-heroic-deeds-with-liz-riordan\/embed\/#?secret=cL2mgWpY2P#?secret=pzdlc5xQxJ\" data-secret=\"pzdlc5xQxJ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SO. MANY. BIBLES. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UISpecColl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UISpecColl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/biblionerd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#biblionerd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PedagogyFTW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PedagogyFTW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/COCtG9gxdR\">pic.twitter.com\/COCtG9gxdR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam G. Hooks (@adamghooks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adamghooks\/status\/852556729577590784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givetoiowa.org\/GiveToIowa\/WebObjects\/GiveToIowa.woa\/wa\/goTo?area=libraries\">Donate to the University Libraries\u2019 Special Collections Fund<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Want to stay connected? \u00a0Follow us on social media:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/uiowaspecialcollections\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2848 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/08\/facebook.jpg\" alt=\"facebook\" width=\"33\" height=\"33\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/uispeccoll\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4447 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2016\/05\/instagram-logo-796x404-e1463157305165.jpg\" alt=\"Instagram logo\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/uispeccoll.tumblr.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2851 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/08\/tumblr-e1463157511494.jpg\" alt=\"tumblr\" width=\"30\" height=\"31\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/uispeccoll\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2852\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/08\/youtube.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube link\" width=\"30\" height=\"29\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/uispeccoll\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2849 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/08\/Twitter.jpg\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"34\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsfeed: Tom Brokaw&#8217;s &#8216;stuff&#8217; in Iowa is a window into his life. \u00a0Kyle Munson, Des Moines Register.\u00a0http:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/local\/columnists\/kyle-munson\/2017\/04\/10\/tom-brokaws-stuff-iowa-window-into-his-life\/99805406\/ &nbsp; Upcoming Events: Final\u00a0Mellon Sawyer Lecture\u00a0Friday, April 28. 8:30AM-2:30PM Marina Rustow \u201cFatimid State Documents, Serial Recyclers and the Cairo Geniza\u201d Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor\u00a0of Jewish Civilization in the\u00a0Near East, Princeton\u00a0University 8:30\u201310:00am Erik Kwakkel \u201cAristotle and the Medieval University:<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2017\/04\/20\/special-collections-news-updates-4202017\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Special Collections News &amp; Updates 4\/20\/2017&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":5347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"syndication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5307"}],"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=5307"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5719,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5307\/revisions\/5719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5307"},{"taxonomy":"syndication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syndication?post=5307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}