“This is at once a celebration of the literary riches and resources of Iowa City and a spur to action. We look forward to working with our new partners in the Creative Cities network — to forging dynamic relationships with writers, artists and others committed to the life of discovery. This is a great dayContinue reading “City of Digital Literature”

  DLS is pleased to announce a new digital collection in the Iowa Digital Library featuring the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council. As one who worked closely with these video presentations, SLIS Digital Librarianship Fellow Chris Ehrman provides some background on the collection: The Iowa City Foreign Relations Council Presentations is a collection of 71Continue reading “Home-grown global awareness”

As Iowa City braces itself for more flooding, library staff who aren’t busy with volunteer sandbagging for the city have been working on flood-proofing library basements, securing stored holdings and clearing away debris. Alas, these measures are insufficient in the case of the Music and Art Libraries, situated near the banks of the Iowa River.Continue reading “Preparing for the deluge”

Looking at the “today in history” webpage from the Associated Press, I saw that today in 1854, the territories of Nebraska and Kansas were established.  There have certainly been jokes made at the expense of our Midwestern neighbors, but instead, a shout out to them on their birthday.  Below is a cartoon by Ding DarlingContinue reading “Happy birthday. Love, Iowa”

Scheduled to launch in the fall, the UI Women’s P.E. digital collection has quickly become a favorite work-in-progress around the DLS offices, allowing those of us spending the summer in the library to enjoy vicariously the biking, camping and canoeing activities of students past. The synchronized swimmers of the Seals swim team series provide additional inspiration as weContinue reading “Synchronized scanning”

  An impending collision, June 3, 1905 The impending cataclysm, June 6, 1922 Good luck old man!, June 11, 1926 Those ticklish moments before the parachute opens, June 7, 1928 Question: how to tackle him to ensure an easy conquest?, June 5, 1929  They say the hardest part is to make a good landing, JuneContinue reading “Unhappy graduation”

As the Iowa Digital Library approaches the 100,000-item mark, we’re celebrating this milestonetemp by highlighting some of our favorite items from the collections. Title: The president and the portrait: a featured presentation of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Fine Arts Festival, Iowa Memorial Union, State University of Iowa, June 10-Aug. 5., 1964 Creator: unknown Collection: Art FestivalContinue reading “IDL staff pick: “The president and the portrait” program, 1964″

As the Iowa Digital Library approaches the 100,000-item mark, we’re celebrating this milestonetemp by highlighting some of our favorite items from the collections. Title: The Brownie Scouts in the Circus Creator: Mildred Wirt Benson Collection: Mildred Wirt Benson Digital Collection Ghosts, kidnappers, thieves, and blackmailers abound in the novels of Nancy Drew author and UIContinue reading “IDL staff pick: The Brownie Scouts in the Circus, 1949”

As the Iowa Digital Library approaches the 100,000-item mark, we’re celebrating this milestonetemp by highlighting some of our favorite items from the collections. Title: Close Hall, The University of Iowa, 1900s Creator: unknown Collection: Iowa City Town and Campus Scenes My staff pick is Close Hall which served as the YMCA/YWCA in the early partContinue reading “IDL staff pick: Close Hall, The University of Iowa, 1900s”

As the Iowa Digital Library approaches the 100,000-item mark, we’re celebrating this milestonetemp by highlighting some of our favorite items from the collections. Title: Hattie Jacobs’ postcard collection, 1908-1910 Creator: unknown Collection: Noble Photographs Digital Collection I am fond of old postcards because I like to read other people’s mail. A few from the NobleContinue reading “IDL staff pick: Hattie Jacobs’ postcard collection, 1908-1910”