Do you have the winter blues and need something fun to brighten your day? On the other hand, maybe you love winter, and you’d like to paint a picture of a beautiful snow scene. We have a table set up, for the month of January, for you to try your hand at watercolor painting.
The paper, paints, and water are waiting for you at the Clermont College Library. Stop by and see what you can create.
Penny McGinnis
Technical Services Manager
Spring semester the Clermont College Library is pleased to exhibit the art of Scott Hempleman. Scott’s colorful paintings stem from years of drawing fun, imaginative cartoons. Encouraged by his grandfather as well as art teachers at Clermont College, Scott’s vibrant works display a study in color relationship and contrast.
Come check out Scott Hempleman’s work in the library’s Student Art Spotlight through spring 2018. As always, we thank Fine Arts faculty Kelly Frigard and Kim Taylor for their dedicated support of the Student Art Spotlight since 2015.
Penny McGinnis
Technical Services Manager
Free time between classes? Need to relax for a bit? Stop by the Clermont College Library.
We’ve set up a game table, where you can play Jenga, Battleship, or Connect Four.
Playing games helps decrease stress and can improve critical thinking. Spending time having fun may be the boost needed to get back to that research paper or clear your mind to study for a test.
As the semester winds down, take a half-an-hour and enjoy some healthy competition.
Penny McGinnis
Technical Services Manager
“Picture Book Month is an international literacy initiative that celebrates the print picture book during the month of November.” (picturebookmonth.com
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Clermont College Library has a small collection of picture books. We collect them primarily for our students in education programs. Of course, they can be checked out by all students, faculty, and staff. Picture books are one of the most valuable tools used to encourage literacy in children. Many of the picture books on our shelves reflect the international literacy initiative.
You can find the books listed below and more by searching our catalog.
Amelia to Zora : Twenty-six Women Who Changed the World
Good-bye, Havana! Hola, New York!
Peaceful Pieces : Poems and Quilts about Peace
The Mangrove Tree : Planting Trees to Feed Families
Finding Winnie : The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear
Penny McGinnis
Technical Services Manager
“Picture Book Month.” Picture Book Month RSS, 2017, picturebookmonth.com/.
In collaboration with the English, Literature and Fine Arts Department, Clermont College Library will be host to Richard Hague, author of Studied Days: Poems Early and Late in Appalachia.
Please join us November 8 for a conversation with the poet at 1:25pm and a reading and book signing at 2:30pm. 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
Clermont College Library is sponsoring a passive program to direct attention to the second floor of the library. Our second floor is the only quiet study space on campus. And we want students to know about it. Since selfies have become a fun part of society, we’re asking students to visit Clermont College library’s second floor, snap a selfie, then email the photo to penny.mcginnis@uc.edu between October 5-29. We’ll share them on Twitter and Facebook.
A random drawing will determine which student wins a $25 Amazon gift card.
We also welcome administration, faculty and staff to send a photo or post one on Twitter @ucclermontlib. We are using the #SecondFloorSelfie tag on Twitter. Check it out!
Penny McGinnis
Technical Services Manager
Friends,
I’m so happy to announce that our new info monitor in the library‘s entryway has arrived.
This monitor, graciously sponsored by UC Clermont’s BLT (Business, Law, and Technology) Department, will help communicate the library’s programs and offerings with our campus community. Best of all, it’s visible from both the hallway and from inside the library. Plus, we think it really brightens up the space.
Thanks, BLT! We <3 our new info monitor.
Let’s make fall 2017 a great semester, together!
Katie Foran-Mulcahy
Library Director
Have you ever read fake news? Most of us have.
As a college student writing research papers you want the correct facts. One way to search and find facts is to use the databases available through the library and seek assistance from one of our reference librarians.
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions has some great tips for spotting fake news.
As a reminder to get your facts from reliable sources, we’re giving away FACTS t-shirts.
Sign up in the library before September 22 for a chance to win!
Penny McGinnis
Technical Services Manager
This semester the library is proud to exhibit the art of Terri Teague. Ms. Teague, who serves as lab manager for the Fine Arts programs at UC Clermont, has been a friendly fixture around our campus for many years. In fact, she’s helped to install many of the beautiful art exhibits around our campus, including those in the art gallery and the library.
Ms. Teague’s exhibit includes fourteen individual portraits in a variety of mediums—pencil, watercolor, acrylic, and pastel. In her artist statement, she credits the gifted teachers at UC Clermont with teaching her to draw and paint, “open[ing] my eyes to a new way of looking at the world.”
Come check out Terri Teague’s work in the library’s Student Art Spotlight through December 2017. And, as always, we thank Fine Arts faculty Kelly Frigard and Kim Taylor for their dedicated support of the Student Art Spotlight since 2015.
Katie Foran-Mulcahy
Library Director
Great news – our textbooks are now available for checkout beyond the library’s walls!
The library purchases core textbooks for Clermont College classes, and they’d previously been available for 2-hour checkout inside the library only. We’ve relaxed our policy, so now students can take them ANYWHERE for 2 hours. Take your book to class, take your book outside, take your book to Subway – whatever floats your boat.
If you have any questions about our textbooks, please contact the library’s Public Services Manager, Natalie Winland.
Let’s make fall 2017 a great semester, together!
