Future Plans?
I’ll be moving back to New York to continue into graduate school at St. John’s University. I’ll be pursuing a Master’s degree in Library and Information Sciences while also looking to work at a local library.

What did you like about working at Hardin Library?
I really enjoyed the ability to learn practical skills that I can take with me as I move on forward with my career.

Future plans?
I am working as a medical scribe at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Within 2-3 years, I hope to attend medical school.

Future plans?
Looking for the right (librarian) job.

What did you like about working at the Hardin Library?
I always love helping users get what they need or teaching them about the resources that the library provides. Particularly, it’s always satisfying when you find just the right resource after a lengthy search process.

Future plans?
I am continuing to work in the John Martin Rare Book Room and at the Hardin Library reference desk.  I am also working in the box office at Riverside Theatre.

What did you like about working at Hardin Library?
I’ve loved learning about medical history and special collections work in the rare book room, and working with all the great Hardin staff.

Megan Deist will graduate this month with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Global Health, a Minor in Portuguese, and a Public Health Certificate.  Megan helped conducted research while working at the Hardin Library.

Future plans?
I plan to start Nursing School at Mercy College of the Health Sciences in the Fall of 2018 in Des Moines, Iowa.

What did I like best about working at Hardin Library?
I enjoy the research I am currently doing for Hardin Library and the U.S. National Library of Medicine. I am excited about the collaboration I have done in regards to making medical information available about underserved communities in the United States. This research is made available to medical professionals and the public.

Kaitlin Andersen has worked at the Hardin Library for four years and will be graduating this month with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, a Minor in History and high distinction.

Future plans?
Working full time for a few years before returning to graduate school to get a Master’s of Library Science degree.

What did you like best about working at the Hardin Library? 
The staff and my coworkers were a joy to work with. I also loved learning the intricacies of library database and management, which made me more excited to work in the library field.

WILLIAM CHESELDEN (1688-1752). Osteographia; or, The anatomy of the bones. London: [n. publ.], 1733.

Cheselden’s reputation as a teacher, clinician, and anatomist was well established during his lifetime, and he won great distinction in London’s hospitals.

His work on human anatomy went through thirteen editions and became a standard textbook. His Osteographia, with its magnificent plates depicting the human skeleton, separate and articulated, still ranks among the best osteographic atlases. It shows normal adult, fetal, and some pathological bones with great accuracy and artistry.

Cheselden lost a considerable amount of money on the production of his anatomical atlas because so few copies were sold. As a result, many of the sets were broken up so the plates could be sold separately in order to reduce the amount of his losses. Because of this, complete copies of the work are rare.

The John Martin Rare Book Room has a complete copy.   Plates from National Library of Medicine

You may view this book in the John Martin Rare Book Room, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. Make a gift to the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences by donating online or setting up a recurring gift with The University of Iowa Foundation.

LEOPOLDO MARCO ANTONIO CALDANI (1725-1813) and FLORIANO CALDANI (1772-1836). Icones anatomicae., 1801-1813

Leopoldo Caldani was chair of anatomy at Padua, and was assisted in the publication of his anatomical works by his nephew, Floriano Caldani, also a professor at Padua.

Together, they created this massive, beautiful compilation of the best anatomic representations of past years. The representations of bones and muscles follow Albinus, the teeth and sexual organs are after John Hunter, the lymphatics after Mascagni, and the pregnant uterus and embryos after William Hunter and Soemmerring. Many of the plates were drawn by the younger Caldani.  The lithographs are some of the earliest in book illustration.

Additional illustrations from our volumes available online.

You may view this book in the John Martin Rare Book Room, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. Make a gift to the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences by donating online or setting up a recurring gift with The University of Iowa Foundation.

Mirko von Elstermann, Biomedical Sciences Librarian

Ph.D., Physiology
M.Sc., Biology
M.A., Philosophy (all from the University of Cologne, Germany)
M.A.S., Library & Information Sciences (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Three years biomedical publishing experience

Areas of expertise:

• • Project consultation, teaching and training
  • Literature and information searching in biomedicine
  • Impact of research and researchers
  • Biomedical publishing trends; understanding and writing publications
  • NCBI bioinformatics tools
  • Research integrity–replicability & reproducibility
  • Tools for keeping current

His interests in biomedicine include metabolism research, cancer biology, and neuroscience.
@biomedrevon is his Twitter account about publications in biomedicine.

Outside the sciences and the library:
Mirko enjoys music and reading, swimming and walking.  Before arriving here, he lived in some non-U.S. countries, most recently for more than two years in Peru.  In Iowa City he lives with his Peruvian wife and their daughter.

Meet Sam Watson, Outreach Specialist for the National Library of Medicine-Greater Midwest Region.

As a late comer to the library field, I’m still grooming my information professional pedigree. I bring with me an academic librarian instruction and science liaison experience from my time at Knox College and an MLIS degree from my fledgling librarian years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

My health information focus is the result of my inspirational medical librarian mother and my early career of pharmacy work in both retail and in-patient settings. Years of witnessing, firsthand, the overwhelming behemoth of managing personal health encouraged me to pursue a career that would inform people of their options and the resources available.

My role here at the GMR will focus on outreach to community colleges; making connections, advocating NLM resources, and empowering people to use high quality information to make informed healthcare decisions both professionally and personally.

If ever I’m not working, you will most likely find me futzing over old fountain pens in a vain and fruitless attempt to improve my handwriting.