The Iowa Digital Library brings together the University Libraries' various digital library collections and resources. Included are local collections of images, text, audio and video, metadata collections (holdings information for some library materials that are not otherwise accessible through the online catalog), and e-publishing initiatives such as electronic journals, faculty scholarly writing and electronic theses and dissertations.
The Iowa Digital Library is coordinated by the Digital Library Services Department of The University of Iowa Libraries, which manages the preservation, delivery and structure of high-quality digital content that meets its selection criteria. Much of the UI Libraries' digital content is made available through the CONTENTdm digital content management system, while some materials are made available through stand-alone applications. The Iowa Digital Library is conceived as a single point of access to these scholarly and popular materials for a wide audience.