The Heart of the University
Parks Library at 100
Contents: About This Exhibit | Credits | Tech
About This Exhibit
The Heart of the University: Parks Library at Iowa State University, a Special Collections and University Archives exhibition, shares 100+ years of library history on campus. As Parks Library celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2025, this exhibition highlights its creation, major renovations, staff, and ways that the collections, services, and programs have changed and expanded over time to meet the evolving needs of the Iowa State community.
Credits
Curated by Greg Bailey and Jaycie Vos, Special Collections and University Archives.
Web development by Michael Cummings, Erin Ridnour, and Olivia Wikle, Digital Scholarship and Initiatives.
Graphic design by Haylee Sheppard.
M. Monica Gillen, communications specialist, University Library, contributed some of the content of this digital exhibition.
Technical Credits - CollectionBuilder
This digital collection is built with CollectionBuilder, an open source framework for creating digital collection and exhibit websites that is developed by faculty librarians at the University of Idaho Library following the Lib-Static methodology.
Using the CollectionBuilder-CSV template and the static website generator Jekyll, this project creates an engaging interface to explore driven by metadata.