The Main Library will be closed from Friday, Oct. 27, at 5 p.m. to Monday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 a.m. because of a water outage throughout the building due to an ENGIE utility construction project.  

You’re encouraged to use the Libraries’ online delivery service to request books in InfoHawk+ before Friday to have them sent to your office, home, or another campus library.  

In addition, the Art Library, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, Lichtenberger Engineering Library, Marvin A. Pomerantz Business Library, Rita Benton Music Library, and Sciences Library have open hours on Sunday, Oct. 29. The Hardin Library is also open on Saturday, Oct. 28, from 10 a.m.–6 p.m.  

Thank you for your patience and understanding. 

Nearly 10,000 works of art from the UIMA’s permanent collections

100 years of photos documenting the UI’s pioneering program for women

Colorful ephemera used to advertise American goods & services in the late 1800s

52,000 images telling the stories of the UI’s students, staff and faculty

11,000 historic photos of the UI campus, hospital, and surrounding community

More than 100 years of UI history, showing the continuity and change of life on campus

Colorful ephemera used to advertise American goods and services in the late 1800s

Image, texts, and multimedia by Iowa artists and writers

11,000 images of the UI campus and its surrounding community, ca. 1830s-1980s

52,000 images telling the stories of the UI’s students, staff and faculty

Photos, clipping, scrapbooks and more documenting the experience of African American women

Documenting the lives and contributions of Latinas and their families to Iowa history

Historic images and texts on the experience of Iowa’s African American women

Materials on the lives and work of activists and IWA founders Louise Noun and Mary Louise Smith

Scrapbook depicting African American student life at the UI in the 1920s

Nearly 10,000 works of art from the UIMA’s permanent collections

10,000+ images of the UI campus and its surrounding community, ca. 1830s-1980s

Send an e-card to a friend with selections from the Iowa Digital Library

A public art project featuring recycled cards from the UI’s retired card catalog

Art and writings by the artist and UI alumna

Digitized artifacts from the collections of the UIMA

Images depicting Iowa women’s lives during the early 20th century

19th-century letters & diaries documenting the lives of early settlers in Iowa & elsewhere

Help with historical research by transcribing letters, diaries and cookbooks

Artifacts documenting the life of the football star and war hero

Papers, photos and more documenting the lives of Iowa women

20th century life on and around the UI campus

50,000 images telling the story of the UI’s students, staff and faculty

Greet your book-loving friends with these reading-themed eCards from IDL