Working with special, rare and archival materials
Within librarianship, there is a unique group of individuals that aspire to work with historical and unique materials. It truly is a fascinating field...
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The B Sides Project Podcast is a student-run broadcast from the University of Iowa School of Library and Information Science. The B Sides Project aims to provide an interactive and accessible space where LIS students, faculty, alumni, and community professionals to dialog about all aspects of the study, profession, research, and practice of LIS and related fields. Show topics range from personal experiences and reflections on work, internship, school, and conferences, to interviews and panel discussions, current issues in the field of LIS, professional aspirations, book reviews, and more.
Comics and the Library
Of all library collections, comic books, graphic novels, and manga are perhaps some of the most challenging materials to steward. For many of us, that...
Politics and Libraries, part 1
Politics, policies, government, partisan divides…it all matters when we’re talking about the potential and the ability of libraries to continue provid...
Unique Library Collections
Libraries just loan books, right? Wrong. Libraries across the country contain more than just books. Recent University of Iowa SLIS program graduate ...
Working as the Peace Corps Librarian
We’ve all heard of the Peace Corps, but have you heard of the Peace Corps librarian? And what exactly does a Peace Corps librarian do? Recently, we ...
Interning at the U.S. National Archives
This past summer, the summer of 2016, two of our local SLIS students made sure that they did not waste their summer vacations. We wanted to make sur...
At Your Local Library
In our latest podcast, recent SLIS graduate Rachel Black talks about her new website, a project called At Your Local Library.
2017 Iowa Library Association Conference, part 2
What do you get when you combine students and professional librarians in one space for a couple days? The Iowa Library Association annual conference...
Librarians for social justice
In the midst of a divided society and a controversial political climate, what role do libraries play, and what responsibilities do librarians have to ...
2017 Iowa Library Association Conference, part 1
For this episode of B Sides, we meet with a couple University of Iowa School of Library and Information Science students who attended the 2016 Iowa ...