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Online Meeting? Reserve Clermont’s Video Conferencing Rooms

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UC Clermont’s Marcotte Library now has video conferencing rooms available to students. Two group rooms on the first floor now include a new mounted display with a built-in camera and microphone. You can sign in to the display using a mouse and keyboard available at the front desk or connect your laptops to the display to host your meeting. The rooms can be reserved online through our website or through the QR codes posted on the doors.

The rooms remain first-come, first-served when no reservations have been made at least 1-business day in advance. Just stop by the front desk to have the room unlocked!

UC Clermont Marcotte Library, 2023-2024

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The last year was another great one. Some top highlights from the year:

  • Naming the library in honor of Frederick A. Marcotte, UC Clermont’s first librarian
  • Welcoming the Learning Commons onto the 2nd floor
  • Deploying a public access computer for community members to access online library resources
  • Offering a faculty workshop on integrating the libraries in Canvas with UC Blue Ash
  • Reviving pre-pandemic events, such as Pi Day and Edible Books.

For more highlights and photos on the Marcotte Library @ UC Clermont’s year, view our Sway report.

Spring Semester Review for UC Clermont

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This spring, we had many exciting things happening in the Marcotte Library @ UC Clermont.

  • Our first floor upgraded the computers, including installing a public access computer for visitors.
  • Faculty in our ATIP program began the work in replacing their traditional textbook with affordable materials.
  • We partnered and offered exciting events for everyone, such as the Women’s History Month series, Poetry Readings, and more.

This summer we hope to make more facilities changes based on feedback from our student survey. Keep an eye for these changes in the Fall semester!

Cougar PAWS for a T-Shirt

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Cougar PAWS (Personalized Assistance With Searching) Research Appointment will make finding sources more efficient and easier with higher quality results. Work with your Frederick A. Marcotte librarian at UC Clermont to get the best materials for your upcoming research assignment. Schedule your appointment to meet in the library or online. Those who attend their PAWS appointment for a research assignment will receive a UC Clermont t-shirt. 

Semester in Review at UC Clermont

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Fall 2023 was one for the books at UC Clermont. Here were some of the highlights:

  • There were several events in the library with Edible Books, SpanishPalooza, and a Poetry Reading.
  • Three faculty were granted the Alternative Textbook Incentive Program opportunity, and one earned an OhioLINK Affordable Learning grant.
  • Our library became named as the Frederick A. Marcotte Library.
  • The Learning Commons joined our space on the second floor.
  • Cougar PAWS offered t-shirts to students who met with a librarian about their research.

With such exciting happenings, Spring semester will surely be just as great!

Naming the Frederick A. Marcotte Library at UC Clermont

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The University of Cincinnati Clermont College celebrated the opening and renovation of three dynamic, mostly donor-funded campus spaces Oct.17, including renaming the UC Clermont Library. The UC Clermont library is now the Frederick A. Marcotte Library, renamed for the college’s original librarian.

Read the full news story at UC News.

Fred Marcotte, College Librarian, in 1989 burning card catalog
Former Library Director Frederick Marcotte in the UC Clermont library, 1989.

Cougar PAWs for a T-Shirt

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Cougar PAWS (Personalized Assistance With Searching) Research Appointment will make finding sources more efficient, easier, and higher quality results. Work with your Frederick A. Marcotte librarian at UC Clermont to get the best materials for your upcoming research assignment. Schedule your appointment to meet in the library or online. Those who attend their PAWS appointment for a research assignment will receive a UC Clermont t-shirt. 

UC Clermont Library Annual Report

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Want to know what UC Clermont Library during the 2022-2023 academic year? You can find our annual report on Sway with your UC log in credentials.

This issue’s sections align with the UC Clermont Library’s planning strategies:

  • Develop Space
  • Provide Access
  • Promote Teaching & Learning
  • Foster a Community Culture
  • Faculty & Staff Highlights
  • By the Numbers

Learning Commons @ UC Clermont

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The Learning Commons is coming to the UC Clermont Library! Our 2nd floor has been undergoing transformations to create space to allow tutoring and academic support services to come to the library (pictures below). Beginning July 25, writing tutoring will be available on the library’s 2nd floor with more services available in Fall semester. Check-in for the Learning Commons will be located at the Library’s Information Desk.   

The quiet study zone of the 2nd floor should not be impacted by this exciting new addition. 

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