Oct 26, 2009
The School of Library and Information Science and Professor Padmini Srinivasan have invited Dr. Edward Fox from Virginia Tech University to speak about the future of electronic theses and dissertation. Also on
Thursday, October 29
2:00-3:15 p.m.
Second Floor Conference Room 2032, Main Library
Dr. Edward A. Fox holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from Cornell University, and a B.S. from M.I.T. Since 1983 he has been at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI&SU or Virginia Tech), where he serves as Professor of Computer Science. He directs the Digital Library Research Laboratory and the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. He has been (co)PI on over 100 research and development projects. In addition to his courses at Virginia Tech, Dr. Fox has taught over 72 tutorials in more than 25 countries. He has given more than 60 keynote/banquet/international invited/distinguished speaker presentations, about 145 refereed conference/workshop papers, and over 250 additional presentations.
In the 1980s he was project director for the Virginia Disc series of CD-ROMs as well as for VPI&SU work on interactive digital video. He was editor for the Morgan Kaufmann Publishers book series on Multimedia Information and Systems. He also serves on the editorial boards of Information Processing and Management, Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, Journal of Universal Computer Science, and Multimedia Tools and Applications. He served as Chairman of the IEEE-CS Technical Committee on Digital Libraries. He has co-authored/edited 13 books, 95 journal/magazine articles, 41 book chapters, and many reports. These are in the areas of digital libraries, information storage and retrieval, hypertext/hypermedia/multimedia, computing education, computational linguistics, CD-ROM and optical disc technology, electronic publishing, and expert systems.
Professor Fox’s visit is supported by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to the School of Library and Information Sciences to train digital librarians for the 21st Century. If you have questions please contact Vicki MacLeod at 335-5707.
Oct 14, 2009
Did you know that access to some scholarly journals can cost as much as buying a new car . . . every year? That is a price that UI Libraries cannot afford, but it is a research tool that YOU can’t afford to work without. So what do we do? Open Access: it means more readers, more recognition and more impact for new ideas.
We invite you to join us to hear Molly Kleinman, Special Assistant to the Dean of Libraries at the University of Michigan and a copyright specialist, talk about it: “Open Access or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Internet” at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 20th in the Bijou at the Iowa Memorial Union.
This event is part of UI Libraries’ celebration of Open Access Week, October 19-23, 2009. Also that week, we’ll be posting more useful information about open access including our UI colleagues own experiences with open access.
For more information about scholarly communication and your role in creating a
sustainable system, check the Libraries website (www.lib.uiowa.edu/scholarly).
Co-sponsors of this event include the University of Iowa Libraries, Department of Communication Studies, Graduate Student Senate, the UI Center for Human Rights, College of Public Health, Widernet, Executive Council of Graduate and Professional Students, and the Project on the Rhetoric of Inquiry (POROI).
Sep 13, 2009
September 17th marks the 222nd anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. May we recommend pausing for a good cup of coffee or latte, maybe, to contemplate the significance of that document? Java House (Washington St.) and T-Spoons will shine a light on individual rights established by the Constitution for the whole week of September 13-19, 2009.
Java House will feature the “Bill of Rights” by designating each brew station for one of the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
T-Spoon’s has created a special latte that is the “perfect Union” of white chocolate, cherry and blueberry. Like a flag in a cup!
Want your very own copy of the Constitution? Thanks to Representative Dave Loebsack, you can pick up a pocket-sized copy at the North Circulation Desk of the Main Library all week.
On a more serious level, although the U.S. Constitution is a fairly short document, it is the defining outline of the United States government. The Constitution is the highest law in the land and all other laws must comply with its mandates.
If you want to learn the basics of U.S. Constitutional research take a look at this research guide: http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/us_constitution
Sep 10, 2009
Lecture by Dr. N. Peggy Burke, CLAS Alumni Fellow 2009, sponsored by the Dept. of Health & Sport Studies and the Iowa Women’s Archives. A reception will follow the lecture.
Friday, September 11
3:30 – 5 p.m.
Pomerantz Career Center, Auditorium C20
N. Peggy Burke (Ph.D. ‘65, Physical Education) has spent a life in service to the principles of women’s and human rights, civic engagement, and social consciousness that defined her academic career. She served on the CLAS faculty for more than 30 years, and since 1957 has been actively involved in the promotion of women in sport, receiving numerous honors for these efforts.
Her papers are held by the Iowa Women’s Archives: http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa/findingaids/html/BurkePeggy.htm
Sep 09, 2009
The University of Iowa Libraries will offer two introductory workshops on RefWorks. RefWorks is a web-based service that enables you to save bibliographic citations from the library catalog and other library databases. Both workshops will be held in Information Arcade Classroom 1 (1st floor north, Main Library).
Thursday, Sept 17, noon-1:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept 18, noon-1:30 p.m.
In this workshop you will learn to:
* Create a RefWorks account and access it from on- and off-campus
* Create, edit, and delete citations in RefWorks
* Organize your citations and share them with colleagues at UIowa and beyond
* Use RefWorks to easily create and format bibliographies
Librarians will show you how to use RefWorks, and then give you the opportunity to practice with it at the end of the workshop. No registration is required, but seating is limited, so latecomers may be turned away. For additional RefWorks training options, including workshops held at the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, see http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/find/refworks/workshops.html.
Jul 21, 2009
The decennial census has been called the statistical national family portrait that is taken every ten years. The next snapshot is scheduled for April 1, 2010 and there will be big changes in the process. The constitutionally mandated census counts heads, families, housing facts, and social, demographic and economic characteristics. The results may alter the boundaries of legislative districts, the apportionment of legislators within a district and allocated government funding.
On August 21, 2009, The University of Iowa Libraries’ will sponsor a workshop covering the important changes that researchers and information providers must know about the 2010 census. Participants will go on virtual tours of resources and have hands-on practice with web-based information sources.
Two speakers will present different perspectives on the upcoming 2010 census: Matthew Milbrodt, Information Services Specialist, Bureau of Census, Kansas City Regional Office, and Beth Henning, Coordinator, State Data Center Program, State Library of Iowa.
When: Friday, August 21, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Where: Information Arcade, Classroom 1, Main Library, University of Iowa Libraries’
map of campus and parking options (note: the closest parking ramp is at the University Capitol Centre)
Cost: No-Fee, but registration is required to accommodate space planning.
The number of workstations is limited so, please submit your registration by August 17th to reserve your place. Questions? Contact Marianne Mason by e-mail or by phone (319) 335-5538.
Jul 20, 2009
“The Inner Workings of the UI Libraries Conservation Lab” will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m., July 22, at the University of Iowa Main Library Conservation Lab.
The program is part of the “Wednesday Night at the Lab” series offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the UI. The course fee is $5 for Osher Institute members and $20 for non-members.
Attendees will observe the cleaning and repair of flood-damaged items from the African American Museum of Iowa, the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library, and the Johnson County Historical Society. Each participant can experience the patience and skill required to be a conservator by stitching a pamphlet and making a protective enclosure.
Register online at http://www.olliatiowa.org, or contact Linsey Abbott at 319-384-4221 or coa-osher@uiowa.edu for more information.
May 11, 2009
The open house and exhibit, “De Partu Hominis; Six Centuries of Obstetrics,” will feature rare books on childbirth from the 15th through the 20th centuries. Visitors can view and page through early atlases and manuals used by midwives and physicians featuring illustrations and descriptions of birthing chairs, forceps, caesarean section, the development of anesthesia, and complications of labor and delivery.
Among the dozens of works to be displayed include William Hunter’s striking 1774 atlas, The anatomy of the human gravid uterus, Oliver Wendell Holmes’ controversial 1842 treatise, The contagiousness of puerperal fever, and De formato foetu, a set of plates rendered in the Baroque style, published in 1626.
Thursday, May 14 from 4:30 to 7:30
John Martin Rare Book Room, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
The exhibit is part of a series of public lectures and presentation sponsored by the University of Iowa History of Medicine Society. The John Martin Rare Book Room is located on the fourth floor of the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. For additional information, please contact Ed Holtum, Curator at 335-9154.
May 11, 2009
Space is still available in the Energy Workshop scheduled for May 19th.
The University of Iowa Libraries’ will sponsor a 3-hour hands-on workshop in using U.S. Department of Energy databases and will be taught by Tim Byrne, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, DOE, Oak Ridge, TN. Participants will learn to navigate DOE databases, develop query formulation, and database-specific search techniques. Participants will become familiar with major web sites and learn to use databases through individual and federated searching.
Tuesday, May 19
10 a.m – 1 p.m.
Information Arcade Classroom 1, Main Library
These are .gov resources freely accessible to anyone with an Internet connection.
To register, click here: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/govpubs/us/energy_wkshop.html . Registration deadline is May 15. For more information, contact Marianne Mason or by phone at 319-335-5538.
May 05, 2009
To help students prepare for finals, the UI Libraries has put together a Finals Stimulus Package: FREE POP!
Main Library, North Exhibition Hall
Sunday, May 10 – Tuesday, May 12 @ 11 p.m. (while supplies last)
Lichtenberger Engineering, Mathematical Sciences and Physics Libraries
Monday, May 11 (while supplies last)
Biological Sciences, Pomerantz Business, Geoscience and Psychology Libraries
Tuesday, May 12 (while supplies last)
Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
Thursday, May 14 (while supplies last)
The UI Libraries received the Diet Coke, Coke and Sprite from an anonymous donor.