Technology & Multimedia
Digital Library Services coordinates the development and maintenance of the University's locally-created open access digital resources. DLS offers specialized expertise and a wide range of tools and services to support UI faculty, staff and community partners in the creation of digital projects.
Information Commons (Hardin Library for the Health Sciences)
The Information Commons at Hardin Library offers two networked electronic classrooms, a case-based learning/conference room, and general use computers for database searching, e-mail and word processing. It also houses the Hardin Library Simulation Center.
Laptop Computers and Wireless Network Areas
Students, faculty, and staff can more easily configure their laptop computers for accessing the University of Iowa wireless network and connecting to library resources, in most branch library locations around campus. The libraries also provide laptops for checkout and wireless cards at several locations.
NOTE: Laptop checkout in the Main Library has been moved from the second floor ITS Help Desk to the first floor, Reference and Library Instruction department. Students may now borrow laptop computers from the Main Library Information/Reference Desk. Laptops can provide access to library resources anywhere the wireless network is available.
Main Library Guided Tour
Download an .mp3 sound file and walk yourself through a voice-guided tour of the Main Library.
Main Library ITC (Instructional Technology Center) computers - 1st and 2nd Floors
The Main Library offers over 200 computers on the second floor and 28 on first floor for sign-on access to electronic resources at the University of Iowa. Several public-access computers for library catalog searches are also available.
Media Collection
The Main Library South Circulation Desk provides access to non-print material such as newspapers, videotapes, DVD and laser discs, audio cassettes, and vinyl records. Film subjects range from documentaries to feature-length and foreign language films.
last updated: June 16, 2010
