The Marcotte Library MakerLab will be opening next month! While we promise it will be worth the wait, some equipment and materials are available for check out and use outside of the MakerLab.
Equipment and materials available for borrowing include the following:
Maker books,
Audiovisual equipment,
Canon EOS R100 Camera
Vlogging Kit
Podcast Kit
Green & White back screens
Yarn arts materials,
Looms
Knitting kits
Crochet kits
Vinyl cutting machines, and
Cricut
Silhouette
Sewing machine
These materials are available now and can be requested at the Marcotte Library front desk while waiting for the MakerLab to open.
National Library Week is an annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries and library professionals play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities. In 2026, it will be held April 19-25.
At UC Clermont, you can celebrate with us in a number of ways:
Share your favorite book with us on Monday
Highlight something amazing a librarian’s recently done for you on Tuesday
Tell us things you wish the library gave out on Wednesday
Write MAD LIBrary love letters on Thursday
You’ll find ways to interact with these actions in the library and across campus during the week. Can’t make it on campus? You can still participate: 2026 National Library Week – Fill out form.
Check Out a Book at the Marcotte Library to celebrate Valentine’s Day!
Want to win some Clermont College Library swag or maybe even a Stanley Quencher? All you need to do is have a book checked out from Marcotte Library on Friday, February 13th to be automatically entered into a prize drawing.
So during Valentine’s week 2026, swing by the Marcotte Library, check out a book, and see what we have to offer. We’ll see you then!
Clermont College is celebrating Brain Awareness Week in 2026, this time the week before Spring Break!
The festivities include an art contest where you can submit brain-themed art in response to these two prompts:
Brain-y Bearcat: Illustrate how Bearcats use the power of their brains to succeed!
Beautiful Brain: Create an art image of the brain that illustrates its beautiful, inner workings.
Be sure to submit your pieces through the Google Form link during the acceptance period of February 2nd through March 5th! Online voting to determine contest winners takes place March 9th through 14th. You can see all submitted entries on the display across from the Marcotte Library’s entrance.
In addition to the contest, the Marcotte Library will have brain-themed coloring and activity pages from March 9th through 13th. We’ll also have a display of brain and neuroscience related books for you to check out throughout March. Be sure to swing by to see us!
If you would like more information on Brain Awareness Week, feel free to ask the Marcotte Library or reach out to Dr. Andrea Schultz-Duncan at schulta6@ucmail.uc.edu.
The Marcotte Library is hosting both new and returning events this spring! Join us to connect with friends and colleagues, learn new things, destress, eat food, and more, all at your Clermont College library.
While our full event calendar is posted to GetInvolvedUC and Bearcats Landing, here are a some highlighted events where we’d love to see you:
Check Out a Book is your chance to win a Stanley Quencher or some Marcotte Library swag! To enter the raffle, simply have at least one item checked out from the Marcotte Library by noon on Friday, February 13th.
National Muffin Day celebrates the day with free muffins for library visitors while supplies last.
Poetry Reading with Christopher Bakken is a late-February reading where the featured poet shares poetry selections with attendees. A Q&A session takes place the reading, and event refreshments are provided.
Pre-Pi Day Potluck happens the Wednesday before Spring Break. Bring your favorite pie and sample what others bring!
To find out more about our events or to register for them, be sure to visit the full event calendar on GetInvolvedUC or Bearcats Landing. We hope to see you at some of these!
At the next event, scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 4:30pm, three poets will read their original work:
Kim Jacobs-Beck is the author of Luminaries and a chapbook, Torch. Her poems can be seen in Museum of Americana, Great Lakes Review, West Trestle Review, Nixes Mate, Gyroscope, SWWIM, and Apple Valley Review, among other journals. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of Milk & Cake Press. Kim is professor of English at UC Clermont College.
Matt Hart is the author of 12 books of poetry, including most recently FALLING FINE: Selected & New Poems. His poems, reviews and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in numerous print and online journals, including American Poetry Review, Big Bell, The Kenyon Review and Poetry, among others. From 1993-2019, he was a co-founder and the editor-in-chief of Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking, & Light Industrial Safety. Currently, he lives in Cincinnati where he plays in the post-punk/indie rock band NEVERNEW and edits, solders, and publishes the poetry journal SOLID STATE.
Bella Gordo is a creative writing student at UC, where she is an intern for Short Vine Literary Journal and the vice president of Cincinnati Poetry Collective. She edits the zine Cincinnati Girlfriend with her roommate in hopes to spread awareness of the revolutionary potential of bug life in the Queen City.
In addition to reading their poetry, each poet will speak briefly on their experience as an editor.
The Marcotte Library’s hosting an online, asynchronous event for its student, faculty and staff to familiarize themselves with OneSearch & their library. Participants who complete the event assignments will have the opportunity to enter a raffle for a stuffed bearcat and their favorite candy. Details of the event can be found in GetInvolvedUC.
Based on student feedback, the Marcotte Library has upgraded its reservation system for the video conferencing rooms. Each room now features a tap display screen communicating whether the room has an upcoming booking and allows users to self-reserve as they enter.
This upgrade enables the rooms to now be open and easier to access. Students can also easily book the rooms in advance through Microsoft Outlook. More information about how to use these rooms can be found in our FAQs:
This upcoming fall semester, the Marcotte Library has many exciting opportunities for you to engage with us! You can find a full list of our planned events in GetInvolvedUC. Some highlights that may interest you:
Discover OneSearch & Your Library is an asynchronous, online event held during the first two weeks of school.
Edible Books will be a way to show your love a books and baking or enjoy some delicious treats in the library during Banned Books Week.
Finding & Using Sources Workshop will be held near midterms and finals to help you prepare for an upcoming research assignment.
More details on these events and other events are available on Bearcats Landing or GetInvolvedUC.
Since the Fall 2024 semester start, Marcotte Library has been making changes to its spaces based on student feedback. This year, the library has completed the following projects:
Installed new lighting on the 2nd floor
Added sound panels to soften sounds between study rooms on the 2nd floor
Replaced chairs in the study rooms on the 2nd floor to be more comfortable
Added videoconferencing options and room bookings for the 1st floor collaboration rooms
Relocated the Learning Commons from the 2nf floor Quiet Study to the 1st floor
Painted the stairwell door to the 2nd floor to help it stand out
Refreshed student artwork displays on the 1st floor
Added moveable laptop desks throughout the library
Upgraded a PC station on the 1st floor to support CAD software
There will be more exciting updates to come in the next year too! Be sure to stop in to enjoy these new features.
