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- Here’s what entered the public domain in 2026
by Krista Hershberger on January 5, 2026 at 3:35 pmThis year, we’re excited this includes the first four Nancy Drew novels, including works by ghost writer Mildred Wirt Benson whose materials are saved and available to the public through the Iowa Women’s Archives.
- Share your feedback through the Main Library Experience Survey
by University of Iowa Libraries on October 20, 2025 at 2:47 pmStudents, faculty, staff, alumni, and visitors are invited to complete a survey that will help make the library a more supportive and effective space for everyone’s learning, success, and holistic well-being.
- A head-to-toe conservation treatment
by University of Iowa Libraries on October 16, 2025 at 7:34 pmAs a student intern at the time in Conservation and Collections Care, I had the opportunity to do a complete treatment for this amazing anatomical flap book.
- Open Access Week 2025
by Mahrya Burnett on October 14, 2025 at 1:48 pmCelebrate International Open Access Week with the University of Iowa Libraries on Oct. 20–26. This year’s theme is “Who owns our knowledge?” and it focuses on the questions: Where has knowledge come from? How is knowledge created […]
- UI Libraries celebrates investiture of Orazem in second endowed position
by Anne Bassett on October 10, 2025 at 4:34 pmThis position, endowed by the philanthropic support of longtime Iowa legislator Jean Lloyd-Jones and her granddaughter Michal Eynon-Lynch, is charged with collecting, preserving, and sharing with a broad audience the history of Iowa women […]
- Christie Krugler reflects on role as chair of the Libraries Advancement Council
by Anne Bassett on October 10, 2025 at 4:32 pmThe University of Iowa will always hold a special place in Christie Krugler’s heart.
- Inside the UI Libraries with Patricia Gimenez
by Krista Hershberger on September 9, 2025 at 4:49 pmAs director of the Art Library, Patricia Gimenez shapes both the Art Library space and collection into a vital resource for University of Iowa students in the School of Art, Art History, and Design (SAAHD).
- Interactive exhibition features rare movable books and paper technology
by Sara J. Pinkham on September 8, 2025 at 9:11 pmThe Main Library Gallery at the University of Iowa Libraries (UI Libraries) welcomes visitors to experience a stunning exhibition of rare movable books and paper objects this fall. Free and open to the public, Paper Engineering in Art, […]
- Supplemental Instruction moves to Main Library
by University of Iowa Libraries on September 8, 2025 at 5:40 pmMost Supplemental Instruction (SI) sessions have moved from the Iowa Memorial Union (IMU) to a new location on the second floor of the Main Library. This space—the Academic Resource Center (LIB 2024)—will host the majority of SI […]
- Michelson named new curator of rare books and maps
by Elizabeth Riordan on August 22, 2025 at 8:14 pmWe are happy to introduce Laura Michelson as the new curator of rare books and maps at the University of Iowa Libraries. Laura previously served as the Maps Collection librarian, a term position funded by the Roy J. Carver Charitable […]
- Big Ten Open Books launches second collectionby University of Iowa Libraries on August 11, 2025 at 2:33 pm
In partnership with eight Big Ten-affiliated university presses, the Big Ten Academic Alliance’s Center for Library Programs has expanded the Big Ten Open Books project with the publication of the second 100-book collection. The second […]
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