The University of Iowa Libraries is pleased to announce the two winners of Creative Scholarship Innovation Awards, aimed at supporting significant digital humanities projects with the potential for national recognition. The award will fund hardware, software, and personnel; additionally, awardees will be paired with a team of librarians and technologists who will work as collaborators toContinue reading “The Libraries announce the 2010 Creative Scholarship Innovation Award winners”
Author Archives: Nicole Saylor
Iowa Poetry Prize added to UI Press collection
Iowa Poetry Prize award winners through the year 2000 are now available online at http://ir.uiowa.edu/uipress/. This University of Iowa Press series is the latest addition in a collaborative effort between the Press and the University of Iowa Libraries to provide access to digital versions of books published by the Press. So far, we’ve made 91 titles, including many outContinue reading “Iowa Poetry Prize added to UI Press collection”
Boynton project wins national award
Congratulations to Political Science Professor Bob Boynton. His New Media in Political Discourse project was selected by Center for Research Libraries to receive the 2010 Primary Source Award for research. CRL gives out just three Primary Source Awards annually, one each for teaching, research, and access. Boynton studies the use of new media in politicalContinue reading “Boynton project wins national award”
Walt Whitman Quarterly Review goes digital
The Walt Whitman Quarterly Review (WWQR), a literary quarterly sponsored by the University of Iowa Graduate College and the Department of English, is now available online at http://ir.uiowa.edu/wwqr/. The official journal of the Walt Whitman Studies Association is edited at Iowa by editor Ed Folsom and managing editor Blake Bronson-Bartlett. Less than a month afterContinue reading “Walt Whitman Quarterly Review goes digital”
Digital Humanities Project Development Workshops
Arts and humanities researchers interested in collaborating with campus technologists and librarians to develop innovative technology project proposals for the upcoming Arts & Humanities Initiative (AHI) grant cycle are encouraged to attend one of two workshops. While project consultations are geared toward AHI applicants, any researcher interested in getting a digital project off the groundContinue reading “Digital Humanities Project Development Workshops”
Fighting the evils of bit rot
This fun video from Digital Preservation Europe (DPE) was passed along this morning by our Preservation Librarian, Nancy Kraft. Who knew that the topic of digital preservation could be so entertaining? Enjoy! –Nicole Saylor, Head Digital Library Services
From trio to septet
Today the Digital Library Services staff page was updated. Wow. The department has grown from three full-time staff to seven in the past year. The latest addition to our staff is Anne Shelley, a special projects librarian devoted to music and fine arts digital collection building. She started on July 1 and will spearhead workContinue reading “From trio to septet”
Mastering the meeting
In Digital Library Services, we are currently coordinating or consulting on more than 40 digital projects in various states of production. To ensure that these projects actually come to fruition during all parties’ lifetimes we must take a project-based approach to our work. This means insisting on project planning, setting target dates, and establishing checkpoints.Continue reading “Mastering the meeting”
Ding Darling collection now bigger, better
This week marks the 101st anniversary of the publication of Jay Norwood ‘Ding’ Darling’s first cartoon for the Des Moines Register. To commemorate, UI Libraries has launched The Editorial Cartoons of J.N. ‘Ding’ Darling Digital Collection. The expanded collection now includes more than 10,000 Darling cartoons, a robust Web site contextualizing the collection, and audioContinue reading “Ding Darling collection now bigger, better”
Redesigns improve access, aesthetics
If you haven’t noticed already, two of Iowa’s largest digital libraries—Iowa Digital Library (IDL) and Iowa Heritage Digital Collections (IHDC)—have updated looks. The changes, put in place in July, are not just cosmetic; the improvements aim to increase access to a trove of unique documents from and about Iowa. First, a point of clarification. EverContinue reading “Redesigns improve access, aesthetics”