SLIS Events Open to the Public

Colloquium Series

Each semester, the School sponsors three colloquium speakers, who are invited to talk about library and information science topics of current interest. Colloquia are open to the public, and we encourage outside attendance. If you would like to suggest a speaker, please email us at slis@uiowa.edu.

Note: The colloqium schedule is posted at the beginning of each semester at:
http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Elibsci/newsevents.html#colloquia

Our Spring, 2004 colloquia will include a talk by:
Abigail Van Slyck - Dayton Associate Professor of Art History and Director of the Architectural Studies Program, Connecticut College

Professor Van Slyck is interested in the history of public libraries, culture, and class. In her work, she notes that libraries were "the first workspaces for middle-class women..." and "...some of the first public buildings to devote substantial space to children's use."

Monday, April 26, 2004, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Main Library

Festival of Books for Young People

Sights and Sounds: the Rhythm of Stories. The 35th Annual Festival of Books for Young People was held on Saturday, November 8, 2003. Featured speakers were Chris Raschka, author and illustrator, whose books include Yo! Yes, Charlie Parker Played Be Bop, Arlene Sardine, and the Thingy Thing books, and who has twice won a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year Award; Elizabeth Partridge, author of biographies such as This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie (2002 Viking), which was a National Book Award Finalist and won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and the SCBWI Golden Kite for non-fiction; and Anna Grossnickle Hines, author and illustrator of many children's books including Pieces: A Year in Poems and Quilts, which won the Lee Bennett Hopkins Award for Children's Poetry in 2002. The featured speakers, booktalks, and extensive exhibit of new books for young readers all received rave reviews from attendees.

Next year's Festival is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, October 30, 2004
Further details will be available next summer at: http://www.uiowa.edu/~libsci/festival/
For more information about the Festival of Books or to be added to our mailing list, please call 319-335-5707, or send email to: slis@uiowa.edu

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