The Library Channel http://video-stream.icpl.org Iowa City Public Library Fri, 17 May 2013 16:56:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Civil War 150: Civil War Diaries & Letters Digitization Project http://video-stream.icpl.org/civil-war-150-civil-war-diaries-letters-digitization-project/ http://video-stream.icpl.org/civil-war-150-civil-war-diaries-letters-digitization-project/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 20:00:45 +0000 Channel 10 http://video-stream.icpl.org/?p=1481 The Opening Reception of the traveling exhibit “Civil War 150″ from the Gilder Leherman Institute of American History. Special guest Greg Prickman, head of Special Collections & University Archives at the UI Library gives a presentation on the UI Civil War Letters & Diaries Digitization Project. Period music provided by Guy Drollinger, Dave Hicks and Mike Haverkamp.

Date: Thursday, April 25, 2013

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with guest speaker Jennifer Harbour, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of History, Ashford University
Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2013

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Presented by guest speaker Leslie A Schwalm, Professor of History and African American Studies, University of Iowa.
Date: Monday, April 29, 2013

]]> http://video-stream.icpl.org/civil-war-150-proud-of-the-name-soldier/feed/ 0 Civil War 150: A reading of the Civil War poetry of Walt Whitman http://video-stream.icpl.org/civil-war-150-a-reading-of-the-civil-war-poetry-of-walt-whitman/ http://video-stream.icpl.org/civil-war-150-a-reading-of-the-civil-war-poetry-of-walt-whitman/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 20:00:15 +0000 Channel 10 http://video-stream.icpl.org/?p=1468 Celebrating National Poetry Month and honoring the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Reading Aloud Group from the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center presents readings of the Civil War era poetry of Walt Whitman.

This event is cosponsored by the Iowa City Public Library and the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center.

Date: Thursday, April 18, 2013

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Presented by Ed Folsom, PhD Roy J. Carver Professor of English, University of Iowa

Date: Thursday, May 9, 2013

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]]> http://video-stream.icpl.org/kids-poetry-workshop-2013/feed/ 0 Iowa City Spells 2012 http://video-stream.icpl.org/iowa-city-spells-2012/ http://video-stream.icpl.org/iowa-city-spells-2012/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:14:42 +0000 Channel 10 http://video-stream.icpl.org/?p=1152 Watch the dramatic fifteenth and final Iowa City Spells competition, hosted by Bill Nusser.

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]]> http://video-stream.icpl.org/iowa-city-spells-2008/feed/ 0 Author Interview: Linda Sue Park http://video-stream.icpl.org/author-interview-linda-sue-park/ http://video-stream.icpl.org/author-interview-linda-sue-park/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:34:45 +0000 Channel 10 http://video-stream.icpl.org/?p=1421 Linda Sue Park, Newbery Award winning author of A Single Shard, speaks with Andrea Flemming, Childrens Librarian at Iowa City Public Library.

]]> http://video-stream.icpl.org/author-interview-linda-sue-park/feed/ 0 A Presentation on Reference USA http://video-stream.icpl.org/a-presentation-on-reference-usa/ http://video-stream.icpl.org/a-presentation-on-reference-usa/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:53:21 +0000 Channel 10 http://video-stream.icpl.org/?p=1415 GROW YOUR BUSINESS WITH THE LIBRARY
Can’t connect with customers? Suffering from prospecting problems? Your local library can help!
The Iowa City Public Library subscribes to ReferenceUSA, a premier business & consumer database for marketing, sales and general business research. On January 22nd, the library hosted a free lunch & learn training event. The program covers the ins and outs of using this resource to enhance business outreach efforts.

ReferenceUSA is a subscription database. It is a available to anyone in the Iowa City Public Library. Access to subscription databases from anywhere but the Iowa City Public Library requires a current Iowa City Public Library card and a password and because of licensing restrictions. It is available remotely only to residents of Iowa City and of areas covered by contracts for library service: rural Johnson County and the cities of Hills and University Heights.

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Founded in 1979 by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Ford Foundation, The Library of America is dedicated to publishing authoritative editions of America’s best and most significant writing to preserve America’s literary heritage

Sponsored by ICPL and Prairie Lights Books

]]> http://video-stream.icpl.org/author-visit-caroline-fraser/feed/ 1 ICPL Promo 2010 http://video-stream.icpl.org/icpl-promo-2010/ http://video-stream.icpl.org/icpl-promo-2010/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:10:05 +0000 Channel 10 http://video-stream.icpl.org/?p=1403 A promotional video for Channel 10 created in January 2010.

]]> http://video-stream.icpl.org/icpl-promo-2010/feed/ 0 Little Free Libraries Information Meeting http://video-stream.icpl.org/little-free-libraries-information-meeting/ http://video-stream.icpl.org/little-free-libraries-information-meeting/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:45:32 +0000 Channel 10 http://video-stream.icpl.org/?p=1385 Todd Bol with the Little Free Libraries speaks about the project, with information presented about local efforts to build and install Little Free Libraries.

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