Service Note: On March 17, during Spring Break, the Library Catalog will be unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Once the work is complete an all clear will be issued. In the meantime, electronic journals, databases and indexes will remain available via the library website and the OhioLINK Catalog will remain available.
Author Archives: Melissa Cox Norris
Pipe Repair in Langsam Library Beginning March 14
Starting this Saturday, March 14 maintenance and contractors will be in Langsam Library in various locations repairing a pipe that caused a leak on the 4th floor of the library. This is a massive repair and will take a week to fix completely. There will be a number of 4ft x 8ft sections of ceiling tiles that will be removed and piping and insulation will be removed and replaced. Please excuse the mess.
Nathan Tallman to Attend ILEAD USA
Nathan Tallman
Nathan Tallman, digital content strategist and assistant librarian for digital collections and repositories at the University of Cincinnati Libraries, has been selected as one of 13 future library leaders to participate in ILEAD USA – Ohio 2015.
Sponsored by The State Library of Ohio, ILEAD USA is a multi-state program designed to help library staff understand and respond to user needs through the application of participatory technology tools. Ohio participants will join others from Wisconsin, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Delaware, North Dakota, New York, Maine, Illinois and Utah in this national initiative. Participants are organized into teams, mentors and instructors for the year-long program. Tallman and his team members, Jillian Carney (Ohio History Connection), Shannon Kupfer (State Library of Ohio) and Elizabeth Allen (Bexley Public Library), successfully submitted a proposal for a team focused on digital preservation of Ohio cultural heritage materials. Continue reading
Welcome to the Dean’s Corner
Welcome to my new blog – a subsite of LiBlog!
Posing with Lion Dancers at the Lunar New Year Event in Langsam Library
As Dean and University Librarian of UC Libraries, I am proud to be a part of this diverse and talented community. I am excited to join them by sharing on LiBlog my experiences as Dean. I will post pictures and updates of my national and international travels and use this forum to discuss the libraries’ continued transformation through our Strategic Plan.
It is my hope to increase the library’s broader visibility and engage my peers, nationally and internationally, in the world of academic libraries. I plan to open a new door of communication from me to the entire UC community and beyond.
Thank you for taking this journey with me. Please visit back soon and often!
Xuemao
UC Libraries Seeks Edible Books Creators for Annual International Festival
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 Wednesday, April 1, 2015, from 1:00-2:00pm in Langsam Library’s 5th floor lobby. UC Libraries is seeking people interested in creating an edible book for the enjoyment (and consumption) 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. Continue reading
“Life of the Mind” Lecture Series Returns March 26 with Dr. Jeffrey Whitsett Presenting
UC President Santa J. Ono will moderate the discussion on the theme of “Technology and Innovation in Medicine.”
Life of the Mind, interdisciplinary conversations with UC faculty, will return March 26, 4-5:30pm in TUC 400ABC with a lecture by Jeffrey Whitsett, MD, professor of pediatrics in the College of Medicine, as well as co-director of the Perinatal Institute and chief of neonatology, perinatal and pulmonary biology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
Life of the Mind is a semi-annual lecture series that features a distinguished University of Cincinnati faculty member presenting his or her work and expertise. A panel of three responds to and discusses the lecture from diverse perspectives. The series includes intriguing insights from diverse perspectives and encourages faculty and students from across UC to engage in further discourse. The presentation is not simply a recitation of the faculty member’s work but promotes an informed point of view. Continue reading
Don Jason Named Alumnus of the Year
Congratulations to UC Libraries’ Don Jason for being named Alumnus of the Year from the Information Architecture Knowledge Management program at Kent State University’s School of Library and Information Science. We are proud to have you among our ranks!
Don is the Clinical Informationist in the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library. Read more about Don and the work of his fellow UC Libraries’ informationists in a recent Source article.
UC Libraries’ Tiffany Grant to Attend Georgia Biomedical Informatics Course
Tiffany Grant, research informationist in the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, has been accepted into the Georgia Biomedical Informatics course to be held April 12-18, 2015.
Organized by the National Library of Medicine, this week-long survey course is designed to familiarize individuals with the application of computer technologies and information science in biomedicine and health science. Through a combination of lectures and hands-on computer exercises, participants will be introduced to the conceptual and technical components of biomedical informatics. Acceptance into the course is a competitive process. Kristen Burgess, UC Libraries’ assistant director for research and informatics, attended previously.
March 5th Webinar: NCBI and the NIH Public Access Policy
On Thursday, March 5, 2015 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST, NCBI will host a webinar outlining how to use My NCBI to report public access policy compliance for NIH grant holders. Topics include:
- The NIH Public Access Policy
- The NIHMS and PubMed Central submissions
- Creating My NCBI accounts
- Use of My Bibliography to report compliance to eRA Commons
- Using SciENcv to create biosketches
Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4507901281168213249
Checking Out the Neil Armstrong Website
Have you visited the Neil Armstrong Website? The site pays tribute to Armstrong’s professional life from his early career as a test pilot to his monumental first steps on the moon and concluding with his time as a professor and researcher at the University of Cincinnati?
Check out what others are saying about it:
Anyone curious about the career of the first man to walk on the moon should begin with this site. The rich content exposes users to highlights as well as little-known but important, interesting aspects of Neil Armstrong’s life.
The University [of Cincinnati] has a nice online archive commemorating Armstrong’s time on the faculty. The collection includes some items from the astronaut’s early life, like his pilot’s log book from the Navy, but mostly it covers in pictures and documents his career in academia.