The Iowa City Book Festival
The festival is a day-long celebration of books, reading, and writing presented by the University of Iowa Libraries on Saturday, July 18.
It will be held in Gibson Square outside the Main Library’s south entrance.
See all of the activities that you will be able to participate in as well as volunteer opportunities and book vendor registrations at this website.
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Hardin News - June 14, 2009 Author: rlittere Tags: Uncategorized
Alltop
Alltop is a website which is described as an “online magazine rack” of popular topics.
Hardin Library has created a list of medical journals and magazines to assist in finding exactly what you need.
You can find the link to Hardin Library’s list right here
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Hardin News - June 14, 2009 Author: rlittere Tags: New Resources
Calculate your parking charges online or from your smart phone
You can now calculate your parking charges before you exit the ramp by using this application: http://m.uiowa.edu/home/parking/
This is provided by Information Technology Services as part of UI’s Mobile Beta project.
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Hardin News - June 12, 2009 Author: Sarah Andrews Tags: Uncategorized
Remember, Reimagine, Rebuild: flood anniversary June 15
The University of Iowa will commemorate 2008’s flood on Monday, June 15, at the Old Capitol Museum.
Old Capitol Museum will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the event.
A formal program begins at 12:15 p.m. on the museum’s west steps.
The event is free and open to the public.
List of activities and more information can be located at this link
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Hardin News - June 8, 2009 Author: rlittere Tags: News flood
Icon not available Wednesday 6:30am-1:00
Icon will be down for an upgrade. For information about all ITS outages, see the Help Desk Alerts page.
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Hardin News - May 26, 2009 Author: Sarah Andrews Tags: Uncategorized
Follow us on Twitter
Hardin Library is now sending tweets on Twitter. If you want to follow us, our name on Twitter is HardinLHS. (http://twitter.com/hardinlhs)
If you are interested in twittering yourself, stop by the Information Commons on Fridays from 10am-Noon or contact us for help.
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Hardin News - May 22, 2009 Author: Sarah Andrews Tags: Miscellaneous Services Twitter
Hardin Student-Workers 2009 Graduates
Of Hardin Library’s student employees, five will be graduating this year!
Alexa Groff is graduating with a BA in English. She plans to attend grad school at the University of Iowa in order to get her MAT degree.
Adnan Fazal graduated with a MHA Health Administration Degree. He has already moved to Marshalltown where he is the manager of Iowa Home Care.
Elizabeth Nummela received her MA in Library and Information Science. She is currently seeking a librarian position.
Janice Kim graduated with a BS in Psychology and is returning home to Korea.
Matt Walleser graduated with a BA in History and a BA in Inter...
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Hardin News - May 12, 2009 Author: Mary Cullen Tags: News
John Martin Rare Book Room Open House
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society and the University Libraries invites you to an
Open House in the John Martin Rare Book Room
-De Partu Hominis-
Obstetrics Books From Six Centuries
A “hands-on” look at obstetrics texts and atlases from the 16th through the 20th centuries
Thursday, May 14; 4:30- 7:30pm
John Martin Rare Book Room
4th Floor, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
This event is open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
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Hardin News - May 11, 2009 Author: Mary Cullen Tags: Rare Book Room
FREE Coffee and Pop!
Need a Study Break?
Come Play Nintendo Wii! -Or- Watch the NBA Playoffs!
8pm- MIDNIGHT
Friday, May 8th & Saturday, May 9th
Information Commons East
**FREE Coffee and Pop Provided!
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Hardin News - May 8, 2009 Author: Mary Cullen Tags: Information Commons News
RVAP volunteers NEEDED
Rape Victim Advocacy Program (RVAP) Advocate Training begins on June 1st to prepare area volunteers to help victim/survivors of sexual assault.
Advocates provide support, information and referral over the phone, as well as respond to calls for supporting a survivor at the hospital or law enforcement.
Volunteer Advocates take calls from home, and scheduling is flexible. Please contact Katryn Duarte at RVAP, volunteer-coordinator-rvap@uiowa.edu or 335.6001, if interested in applying.
If you would like to more learn about RVAP, please visit: http://www.uiowa.edu/~rvap/
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Hardin News - May 6, 2009 Author: Mary Cullen Tags: News
NCBI BioSystems Database now available
The NCBI BioSystem, a new pathways database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosystems/) is now public.
The database can be searched directly or accessed via links from databases such as Entrez Gene, Protein, PubChem Compound, and more.
Ready to get started? A quick start guide is available: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Structure/biosystems/docs/biosystems_how_to.html
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Hardin News - May 4, 2009 Author: Sarah Andrews Tags: Electronic Resources New Resources BioSystem NCBI
Partnering for Patient Empowerment Through Community Awareness (PPECA) Article
Rhonda Reimer, the Special Project Coordinator of the Pella Regional Health Center in Pella, IA and Chris Childs, from the Hardin Library recently collaborated on an article for the Focus On Patient Safety, the official newsletter of the National Patient Safety Foundation. The article, entitled “Hospital Uses PPECA “Train the Trainer” Program to Help Community Groups Empower Patients,” discusses the PPECA presentation made at the hospital and how the staff took the knowledge gained and created their own community outreach program on patient safety.
You can read this article by going to http://npsf.org/paf/n...
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Hardin News - April 30, 2009 Author: cachilds Tags: Uncategorized
Rescheduled Event: A “More Perfect” Nation
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society
invites you to hear:
Kathryn Gaskill, UI honors candidate in History
speak on:
“A ‘More Perfect’ Nation: The Midwest’s Role in the Eugenics Campaign to Eradicate Degeneracy”
Tuesday, May 5th
5:30- 6:30 pm
Information Commons East
Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
*Light Refreshments will be served
**Rescheduled from an earlier date
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Hardin News - April 29, 2009 Author: Mary Cullen Tags: Lectures and Discussions
University of Iowa History of Medicine Society Annual Banquet
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society will hold its annual banquet on Friday, April 24 at the UI Hospitals and Clinics.
David M. Lubin, PhD Professor of Art at Wake Forest University will speak on, “World War I, Plastic Surgery and the American Beauty Revolution.”
Lubin is a leading scholar of 19th- and 20th-century American art, film, and popular culture. His lecture circuit has included stops at colleges, universities, and art museums throughout the U.S., Europe, China and Australia.
He earned a Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University and taught art history and American studies at Colby ...
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Hardin News - April 17, 2009 Author: Mary Cullen Tags: Lectures and Discussions
Power Down for the Planet Contest!
The University of Iowa is currently apart of the Power Down for the Planet sustainability challenge. The contest challenges students to reduce computer energy use, and to get more of their student population involved than the opposing schools. The challenge is put on by Climate Savers Computing Initiative, with hopes to lower energy bills and decrease greenhouse gas emissions.
Students, faculty and staff are all encouraged to participate by pledging to use green computing practices at:
http://www.powerdownfortheplanet.org/
Pledge to Power Down and help the University of Iowa win the challenge!
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Hardin News - April 17, 2009 Author: Mary Cullen Tags: Miscellaneous
Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health
The Hardin Library is hosting The National Library of Medicine’s traveling exhibition, “Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health” through April 21. The exhibition earned a best exhibit blue ribbon at the American Public Health Association (APHA) meeting which featured 550 booths at its 2008 expo.
The colorful display highlights the revolution taking place in villages and towns around the world as scientists, advocates, governments, and international organizations, take up the challenge to prevent disease and improve quality of life for people in every continent. For more informat...
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Hardin News - April 15, 2009 Author: Ed Holtum Tags: Exhibits News Uncategorized
Two New Exhibits at Hardin: Care of Lincoln and Care of Books
Two new exhibits on two very different subjects have been installed near the Hardin Library main entrance. “His Wound is Mortal – Trauma Care, April 14, 1865” offers a look at the medical measure taken after the shooting of Abraham Lincoln, including excerpts from first-hand reports of the assassination and its aftermath. The exhibit also raises the issue of whether or not the advances of present day trauma care might have saved the president’s life.
“Book Conservation—A Healing Art” is an introduction to book repair and preservation couched in medical terms. Organized under categories such as,...
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Hardin News - April 13, 2009 Author: Ed Holtum Tags: Exhibits Rare Book Room Uncategorized
Seeing the Picture : Revisited
Since the launching of the Seeing the Picture blog in July, 2008, postings have been added at the rate of about one per week. As the announcement of the blog stated, the general theme is the unique aspects of pictures on the Web, using the background of work with pictures in Hardin MD.
Themes discussed include Google Book Search, digitization efforts in libraries, Google Flu Trends, eBooks, iPhone, thumbnails, and zooming/panning interfaces. The blog has served as a vehicle for discussion of pictures, especially color pictures, in eBooks, including the copyright status of pictures in Google Book Search.
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Hardin News - April 10, 2009 Author: Eric Rumsey Tags: Hardin MD Uncategorized
Klinische lessen voor verpleegkundigen
Op zoek naar klinische lessen?Via Google vind je van alles, maar handiger is toch om even in de NAZ te zoeken op klinische les. Dan vind je handzame informatie, o.a. uit het tijdschrift TVV, over allerlei onderwerpen waar je uit kunt kiezen. Voor het gemak is deze zoekvraag
ook te vinden in onze catalogus met in het abstractveld alle klinische
lessen uit het tijdschrift TVV. Een aantal zijn ingescand, dan kun je
gelijk doorklikken naar de full text. Is dat niet het geval, dan zijn
ze via de bibliotheek op te vragen. De klinische lessen uit NAZ,
afkomstig uit het Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Evidence Based Practice...
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Bibliotheek GGZ Noord- en Midden Limburg (GGZNML) - April 6, 2009
Mario Kart Wii Event!
Need a study break?
Come and play MARIO KART on Nintendo Wii!
Thursday, April 9th
Noon- 2pm
Information Commons East
Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
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Hardin News - April 6, 2009 Author: Mary Cullen Tags: Information Commons
Normal Weekend Hours
Hardin Library for the Health Sciences will have normal weekend hours, this weekend, April 10th-12th.
Friday: 7:30am- 8pm
Saturday: 10am- 8pm
Sunday: Noon- Midnight
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Hardin News - April 6, 2009 Author: Mary Cullen Tags: News
Zoekmachine "Netting the evidence"
Deze keer in the picture de Google custom search zoekmachine "Netting the Evidence". De maker is Andrew Booth, hoofd van de Information services at the school of health and related research (Scharr) van the university of sheffield. De
zoekmachine doorzoekt 107 sites die gelieerd zijn aan de methodologie
van evidence based practice, dus geannoteerde bronnen. De zoekmachine
is toegevoegd in onze catalogus en is ook te vinden onder Dossier Evidence based practice bij nummer 1, de synopses bronnen.Bij de synopses bronnen staat o.a.ook TRIP. Het is aan te raden om beide bestanden te doorzoeken. Zoekvolgorde, ...
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Bibliotheek GGZ Noord- en Midden Limburg (GGZNML) - April 2, 2009
Updates bij Dossier Antwoorden op klinische vragen
Dit Dossier in opgedeeld in :Eigen "CAT"s van medewerkersBestaande databases die Antwoorden op klinische vragen inventariseren, samenvatten, beoordelen en becommentariëren.Bij 1 is een nieuwe CAT van de LCZ toegevoegd: Hoe te handelen bij een te hoge INR bij ouderen?Bij 2 zijn twee nieuwe databanken toegevoegd:Attract en BestBETs.Attract is
ontstaan in 1997 in Gwent (Wales) en voorzag in de behoefte aan
snelle, evidence antwoorden op vragen die vanuit de klinische praktijk
ontstonden. Artsen ontbrak daarvoor de tijd om uitputtend
literatuuronderzoek te doen. Clinici van de Welsh General Practice kunnen...
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Bibliotheek GGZ Noord- en Midden Limburg (GGZNML) - April 1, 2009
Tour John Martin Rare Book Room, Wednesday, April 8 at noon
A Tour of and introduction to the John Martin Rare Book Room is once again part of the “Gem Series” offered by UI Human Resources Learning & Development unit. The tour is free and open to any UI faculty or staff member and will feature a “hands-on” introduction to some of the more fascinating books in the collection. There is still time to register for this spring’s session on Wednesday, April 8 from noon to 1:00 in room 446 (Rare Book Room) in the Hardin Library. For more information and registration click on the “Gem Series” link. Be sure to choose the April session.
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Hardin News - March 31, 2009 Author: Ed Holtum Tags: Education Lectures and Discussions Rare Book Room
Simulation Center Advisory Group Co-Chair wins UI teaching award
Four University of Iowa professors were chosen as winners of the 2009 President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence. The award was given to George Bergus, Kenneth Brown, Randall Bezanson, and Kathleen Kamerick. The recipients were recognized for their years of outstanding teaching. The award was given by the UI Council on Teaching.
Bergus, a Simulation Center Advisory Group Co-Chair, also holds the Dr. William and Sondra Myers Family Professorship, and has taught in the Department of Family Medicine at the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine since 1990. He has also been named “teacher...
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Hardin News - March 30, 2009 Author: Mary Cullen Tags: News
Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women
The University of Iowa invites you to celebrate the excellence and achievement among women! The event will be a public reception and awards ceremony featuring keynote speaker Wallace Loh, the Executive Vice-President and Provost at the University of Iowa. Program and more information available here.
Wednesday, April 1st, beginning at 3:30pm
Senate Chamber, Old Capital Museum
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Hardin News - March 27, 2009 Author: Mary Cullen Tags: Lectures and Discussions
Nieuwe medische zoekmachine: Mednar
Het is vaak lastig
zoeken in Pubmed, met name op ons netwerk omdat de back toets in Pubmed
nog steeds problemen geeft. Daar zijn wel oplossingen voor bedacht, maar het blijft vervelend. Bovendien is Pubmed traag (in elk geval op ons netwerk).Een snel en handig alternatief (?) is Mednar.
Deze vrij te gebruiken federatieve medische zoekmachine is eind 2008
als beta op de markt gebracht. De extensie NAR verwijst naar "Notably
accelerated Research" en is afkomstig van de firma Deep Web
Technologies. Zoals de naam al aanduidt geeft hij :"access to an array of databases that are simply not mined by
other ...
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Bibliotheek GGZ Noord- en Midden Limburg (GGZNML) - March 26, 2009
Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women!
The University of Iowa invites you to come celebrate the excellence and achievement among women! The event will be a public reception and awards ceremony featuring keynote speaker Wallace Loh, the Executive Vice-President and Provost at the University of Iowa.
Wednesday, April 1st
Senate Chamber, Old Capital Museum
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Hardin News - March 26, 2009 Author: Mary Cullen Tags: Lectures and Discussions
Upcoming Exhibits at Hardin!
In April and May, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences will be hosting two National Library of Medicine events. Both exhibits will be held on the 3rd floor of the Hardin Library.
The First Event exhibit, Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Surgeons, will be held April 1st- May 15th.
The second exhibit, Against the odds: Global Public Health, will be April 15th-21st.
Don’t forget to checkout both exhibits!
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Hardin News - March 25, 2009 Author: Mary Cullen Tags: Exhibits
Updates to the Iowa Digital Library Posted
Lavater’s Essai sur la physiognomonie has been added to the Iowa Digital Library. The works were added to the John Martin Rare Book Room image collection, and include a set of 652 engravings from Lavater’s Essai sur la physiognomonie. Originally, the engravings were published in 4 volumes, dating from 1781- 1786.
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Hardin News - March 25, 2009 Author: Mary Cullen Tags: News
