There are several great COS webinars featuring the Open Science Framework coming in Nov and Dec:
Using R with the OSF – Nov 17 @ 1:30 PM
Connecting research tools to the OSF Nov 21 @ 10 AM
OSF 101 Dec 8 @ 1 PM
OSF in the Classroom Dec 15 @ 1:00 PM
Monthly Archives: October 2016
October GIS Learning Community Meeting
The October GIS Learning Community meeting agenda will be a great tour of several software approaches.
The meeting is Oct 26th from 3:15 to 4:25 in 462 Langsam.
- Tony Quallan of UCIT will join us for a brief informational talk about getting access to ArcGIS and the support offered through UCIT
- First Lightning Talk Presenter – Ben Merrit, Graduate Student in Biology will discuss how the Culley lab uses ArcGIS to investigate plant genetics and biodiversity
- Second Lightning Talk Presenter – Chris Sheehan, Graduate Student in Geology will discuss using Google Earth and ArcGIS to study process-based Geomorphology
- In-depth Presentation Presenter – John Wallrodt, Sr Research Associate in A&S Classics will discuss the use of ArcGIS and QGIS by archaeology researchers.
Contact Amy Koshoffer, Science Informationist at koshofae@ucmail.uc.edu with questions.
E-books: The Why, the Wow, the How
We acquired the first e-book for the Clermont College Library collection in August, 2014. Up to that point, we’d purchased only print. And I love print books, holding them in my hand, flipping the pages.
But as much as I love print books, I appreciate e-books. And here’s why.
Our students can access them from home, in the middle of the night, in their pajamas. They just log-on with off-campus access, search their topic or title and presto…an e-book appears that can be opened and read immediately.
Another reason I like e-books. Our students have access to 1,533,274+ e-books. Can I get a wow?
How do you find an e-book? Go to the library’s web site and in the red box (Summon search box) type in the title or topic you’re looking for. Choose the filters that best suit your search. The results list will indicate if the book is an e-book.
As always, stop by or call the library (732-5233) with any questions.
Penny McGinnis
Technical Services Manager
Andy Warhol’s Little Red Books
Warhol Red-Book
Before you purchase your own reproduced box of Andy Warhol’s Little Red Books, you can sample DAAP Library’s copy for free. It contains 11 facsimiles of Warhol’s original red Holson Polaroid Albums, and a 12th little black book index with an essay by the celebrity photographer François-Marie Banier.
There are over 100 original Red Books. Each are unique collections of polaroids Warhol took of associates, friends, and celebrities, at gatherings, shoots, and getaways, that he carefully cataloged and curated. Many of these polaroids were source material for later works. Although Warhol left behind almost 40,000 polaroids, only a fragment are contained in these little books.
Original Red Books can be found in institutions all over the world, and are predominantly gifts from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Both the Cleveland and Toledo museums of art have one in their collections. Meanwhile, you can make an appointment to see Warhol Red Books, and other materials in DAAP Library’s Special Collection via email (keloni.parks@uc.edu).
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a Reading by Armando Romero
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month—Mes de la Herencia Hispana—with a reading by Professor Armando Romero:
Friday, October 21 from 1:30pm-2:30pm
Langsam Library, Digital Learning Commons (back of 4th floor)
Professor Armando Romero will present his most recent book of poems, El color del Egeo and the bilingual edition of El árbol digital. Continue reading
Big Bone Lick Display is now open at GMP
Stop by and see what is new in our library. On display are tusks and bones of mastodons and other now-extinct massive creatures known collectively as the Pleistocene Megafauna.
We are hosting one of the four Cincinnati Museum Center exhibits now on UC’s campus. If you want to find out more about other exhibits go to http://www.cincymuseum.org/curate-my-community.
Try Films on Demand and Tell Us What You Think
UC Libraries is currently offering a trial of Films on Demand through October 28th. Please send your comments about Films on Demand and whether or not you will find this service a useful addition to the Kanopy streaming video collections already in place to Elna Saxton, Head UCL Content Services Team, or your library liaison.
The trial may be accessed at
http://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlayLists.aspx?wid=10559
Or if off-campus:
http://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=http://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlayLists.aspx?wid=10559
For the trial, all collections are available.
Jacob Here, Jacob There. Jacob Out, Jacobin
By: Sydney Vollmer
A few weeks ago, Kevin walks into my office and tells me that word on the street is people want me to write about the Jacobins. After reading about the difference between Jacobites and the Jacobean Era, some people wanted to know if Jacobins had anything to do with either one of those. It all has to do with the recent donation of over 500 rare books on the Jacobites in Britain, providing a little context on what we have in the Archives & Rare Books Library and who all these Jackos or Jamesies are. Continue reading
Librarians Bookin’ It at the UCBA Dash
UCBA librarians Lauren Wahman, Michelle McKinney and Heather Maloney (accompanied by her family) showed up bright and early to represent the library at the 4th Annual UCBA Blue Ash Dash 5K for Scholarships. The rest of the library staff opted for the ‘sleep in’ option bringing the department to 100% participation. $52,000 was raised at this year’s event with proceeds going to scholarships for students at UC Blue Ash.
De-stress at Clermont College Library
Mid-terms coming up? Papers due? Life getting crazy? Take some time and stop by the Clermont College Library to de-stress. We have coloring sheets and colored pencils set up just for you.
According to the periodical Healthy Years, coloring:
- Decreases anxiety
- Helps your brain to focus
- Centers you in the present
- Develops creativity
All pluses for the busy student.
How about it? Drop in, grab a page and some pencils and have fun!
Penny McGinnis
Technical Services Manager
“Color Between The Lines.” Healthy Years 12.10 (2015): 4. Consumer Health Complete – EBSCOhost. Web. 28 Sept. 2016.