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- The Studio’s Matthew Butler selected to receive 2023 Benton Awardby Natalee Dawson on 4 Dec 2023
Matthew Butler of the Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio has been named the 2023 recipient of the Arthur Benton University Librarian’s Award for Excellence in recognition of his far-reaching contributions to digital […]
- Rita Benton Music Library receives prestigious GRAMMY Museum Grant by Anne Bassett on 28 Nov 2023
A generous grant from the GRAMMY Museum® Grant Program will help the Rita Benton Music Library at the University of Iowa to digitize and preserve some of the earliest recordings of Czech music made on American soil. The $11K award will […]
- Closure notice: The Main Library will be closed this weekend, Oct. 27-30by Natalee Dawson on 23 Oct 2023
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’ […]
- Celebrating Open Access Week 2023by Sara Scheib on 23 Oct 2023
Open Access Faculty Panel Discussion Happy Open Access Week! We’re celebrating this year’s theme “Community over Commercialization” with a faculty panel discussion on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, at noon CDT on Zoom. Panelists […]
- Open Access Faculty Panel Discussion – Community over Commercializationby Sara Scheib on 9 Oct 2023
You’re Invited Join faculty leaders from all over campus in celebrating International Open Access Week 2023 with a panel discussion on the theme of Open Access: Community over Commercialization. The UI Libraries’ Scholarly Impact […]
- Call for nominations for Libraries’ Excellence Awardby Natalee Dawson on 28 Sep 2023
The University of Iowa Libraries is seeking nominations for the Arthur Benton University Librarian’s Award for Excellence. Funded by a generous endowment, this award acknowledges a Libraries staff member’s professional contribution in […]
- Royal Society of Chemistry: Free open access publishing for UI authorsby Sara Scheib on 12 Sep 2023
The University of Iowa Libraries are pleased to announce a Read & Publish agreement with the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) for 2023 that provides continued access to all RSC journal content and supports open access publishing in RSC […]
- ‘Hey Buddy, I’m Bill’: new Main Library Gallery exhibit celebrates a local legendby Sara J. Pinkham on 31 Aug 2023
By Sara J. Pinkham, exhibition and engagement coordinator, Main Library Gallery The fall 2023 Main Library Gallery exhibition, Hey Buddy, I’m Bill, shares the story of Bill Sackter, an Iowa City legend and advocate for people with […]
- William Anthony Lecture Series welcomes Yasmeen Khanby Natalee Dawson on 10 Aug 2023
In March 2023, Conservation and Collections Care at the University of Iowa Libraries welcomed Yasmeen Khan as the featured speaker for its William Anthony Conservation Lecture for Book and Paper Conservators and Bookbinders, a celebrated […]
- Schaefer reflects on serving as chair of the UI Libraries Advancement Councilby Natalee Dawson on 10 Aug 2023
From the deep connections he’s forged as a student at the University of Iowa and working in the local community to his family’s longstanding ties to the Amana Colonies, Aaron Schaefer knows that having a strong foundation is crucial to […]
- Lost and Boundby Natalee Dawson on 10 Aug 2023
A UI team uses medical technology to reveal secrets along the spine “It was a goose bumps moment,” says Eric Ensley, curator of rare books and maps in Special Collections and Archives at the University of Iowa Libraries. An […]