Monthly Archives: March 2025

Check out library Spring Break reduced hours, March 15-23

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Most University of Cincinnati Libraries locations have reduced hours for Spring Break, March 15-23. Check the library website for a list of hours by location.

Have a safe and rejuvenating Spring Break, Bearcats!

spring break vine with lemons

    Empower yourself in CECH Library

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    The College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services, and IT (CECH) celebrates Stress Less Week this semester Monday, March 10th– Friday, March 14th. This semester the focus is on YOU! Explore resources that allow you to empower yourself all week long at the CECH Library.  

    CECH Library Programming for Stress Less Week:  

    • 3/10-14 - Stress Less & Empower Yourself with the CECH Library. Visit the CECH Library and explore the Stress Less display to find resources and materials to help you feel empowered. 
    • 3/10-14- Sticker-by-Number with the CECH Library. Visit the CECH Library during Stress Less Week to contribute to our community sticker-by-number art project. Don’t forget to stop by to see the finished product any time throughout the month of March. 
    • 3/12 10am-12pm- Study Tools Collection first look – Visit the CECH Library and learn from a CECH librarian about a NEW study tools collection coming soon to the CECH Library. 
    • 3/13 12pm-4pm- Study Tool Petting Zoo – Visit the CECH Library MakerLab to try out NEW study tools the library will be adding to our collection in AY26.  

    Visit CECH Student Services Center on Get Involved UC for a full list of events.  

    Rachel Hoople, CECH Library operations manager and student supervisor

    Women’s History Month at the UCBA Library 

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    by Lauren Wahman

    The UCBA Library is featuring a selection of books highlighting the 2025 theme for Women’s History Month – Moving Forward Together! Women Educating & Inspiring Generations. Visit the Women’s History Month virtual featured books or stop by the UCBA Library during open hours to browse the full selection and check out an item with your UC ID.  

    Women’s History Month Books

    Fidgets, sound muffs, and more coming soon to CECH Library

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    Sometimes the hardest part about studying is staying focused. Whether you’re antsy or someone’s phone call is more interesting than tomorrow’s exam, focusing on school work can be a challenge.

    CECH Library is building a new Study and Focus Tools Collection (SFTC) to debut in Fall 2025. Checkout two great opportunities to get a sneak-peak of the collection and play with some awesome fidgets!

    Wednesday, March 12 (10am-12pm):
    Get a first look at the collection. We’ll be tabling in the Teachers-Dyer Complex lobby (3rd floor).

    Thursday, March 13 (1-4pm):
    Come to the CECH Library and visit our Fidget Petting Zoo. A table will be set up near the MakerLab.

    Wednesday, April 2
    (3-5pm):
    See our fidgets and study tools during the Tech & MakerLab Playground in CECH Library.

    Gravity timer and fidget slug
    Blue light glasses and worry stones

    After doing research and surveying library users, CECH Library selected 20 items to support students’ focus and study habits – white noise machines, sound muffs, fidgets, and more! These items will be available for anyone in the UC community to use and checkout beginning Fall 2025. 

    The Shashibo cube can shape-shift

    –Madeleine Gaiser, CECH Library

    UC Libraries seeks books good enough to eat for the International Edible Books Festival

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    Know of a good book to eat?! Create an Edible Book for UC Libraries International Edible Books Festival!

    It’s time once again for the fan-favorite International Edible Books Festival scheduled for Tuesday, April 1, 2025, 11 a.m. on the 4th floor of the Walter C. Langsam Library. UC Libraries is seeking people interested in creating an edible book for the enjoyment of all in attendance. There are few restrictions – namely that your creation be edible and have something to do with a book – so you may let your creativity run wild.

    As in previous years, entries will be judged according to such categories as “Most Delicious,” “Most Creative,” “Most Checked Out” and “Most Literary.” Those awarded “Best Student Entry” and “Best Overall” will win UC swag.

    If you’re interested in creating an Edible Book, fill out the entry form Edible Books Entry by Tuesday, March 25. And if you’re looking for inspiration, visit The Facebook Album to see Edible Books from years past. 

    Edible Books Festival