Wake Up and Read at the UCBA Library

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Michelle McKinney

Celebrate National Library Week with fun activities and chances to win an Exam Week Survival basket of goodies! Collect a raffle ticket for participating in activities and earn additional chances to win each time you participate!

Monday, April 9 – Friday, April 13

Monday – Friday

Donate a children’s book! All donations go to local, non-profit Adopt a Book, (which was started in 2011 by local 8 year old siblings).
- Accepted donations: new or used (in good condition) books for ages birth through high school.
- Donations not accepted: magazines, encyclopedias, and textbooks.
Recommend your favorite book(s) to fellow students!

Friday

“Wake Up and Read” but leave those jammies on! Wear your pajamas and earn another raffle ticket!

Come to the Library Information Desk to participate in the above activities and collect your raffle tickets!

The more you celebrate National Library Week with us, the more chances you’ll have to win the amazing Exam Week Survival basket on display at the Library Information Desk!

Other Activities:

UCBA student-designed button giveaway
“Guess How Many Bookworms” contest. The winner gets an entire jar of gummy worms!
Free color therapy bookmarks
Donuts and coffee on Friday morning beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Cast a vote in UCBA Library’s 1st Annual Tournament of Titles

Announcing the UCBA Button Design Contest Winner

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Michelle McKinney

Amber Lanese’s winning button design

Congratulations to Amber Lanese, the winner of a $30 UC Bookstore Gift certificate, UCBA candy-filled cup and bragging rights! Her design entry received the most votes of any entrant, and has been crowned the winner!

Amber with gift and winning button

We want to send a big thank you to everyone who participated in our button design contest and helped make it a success!

And the Winners are…Results of the 2018 International Edible Books Festival

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Melissa Cox Norris

Best Overall – 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jessica Ebert

The University of Cincinnati Libraries celebrated the International Edible Books Festival for the 16th year on April 3, 2018.

A record 27 entries were created by students, faculty, staff, librarians, friends and family. This year included two mother-daughter teams and entire families participating. The edible books ranged from children’s books to literary classics to popular fiction and were made of cakes, cookies, candy, Peeps and even kale. Each entry was judged by our esteemed judges Lucille Schultz and Chris Wick and awarded a bookmark. Continue reading →

Clermont College Library to Host Poetry Reading

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Penny McGinnis

In collaboration with the English, Literature and Fine Arts Department, Clermont College Library will be host to Matthew Guenette, author of Vasectomania.

Please join us Wednesday, April 4, for a reading and book signing with the poet at 1:25 pm in the library. Reception to follow.

A special thank you to Associate Professor Phoebe Reeves for inviting us to participate in the event.

Penny McGinnis
Technical Services Manager

April Book of the Month

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Michelle McKinney

by Christian Boyles

Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
HD6280 .B77 2017

About the book

From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon’s CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short Continue reading →

From the Desk of…Elizabeth Sullivan

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Michelle McKinney

Elizabeth Sullivan, Library Operations Manager, UCBA Library.

Welcome to my own little nook of the UCBA Library! I’m clearly hard at work, but I’ll happily pause and give you a peek into my space.

: Here I am at my desk, awkward as always! Note the variety of teas in the cupboard above me. I drink tea daily & have a tea kettle at my desk. My two most unique blends are birch and moss from when I visited Iceland.

: Owls are everywhere in my home and office environments. You’ll probably spot them in several pictures here. I am a big bird nerd, and my Charley Harper 2018 calendar art is also on display.

: My love of coffee (and owls) is true.

: Random desk items: post cards, Pete the Cat, Hello Kitty tissues, and a solid life reminder.

: My photo wall has pics of my family & travels. I spent two months backpacking through Europe solo, & those photos inspire me to keep exploring. Can you spot Cincinnati superstar, Fiona the Hippo? I met her during my last job with the Cincinnati Zoo.

: I absolutely love doodles and try to collect them. Please consider drawing one on a post-it for my meager collection!

: The owl theme continues with my two office mugs. In the background is an image of a rat riding a cat in outerspace with a taco.

: These feathers that I keep on my desk are from an African Penguin I met once. After giving him a few gentle pets on his back, he clamped his beak and teeth (yes, teeth!) onto my right thigh. To this day, I have a scar and these feathers as a memento.

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