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THATCamp (The Humanities And Technology Camp) University of Cincinnati 2016 is free and open to all and will be held on the 4th floor of Langsam Library. The event will begin at noon on Monday, May 2, and conclude on Tuesday, May 3 at 4:30pm. Undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff, as well as scholars, archivists, museum professionals, developers and programmers, K-12 teachers and administrators from within and outside UC who have an involvement or interest in digital humanities are welcome and encouraged to attend. Sessions for THATCamp University of Cincinnati 2016 will be determined during the opening session on May 2; however, a preliminary schedule has been devised and posted online at http://ucincinnati2016.thatcamp.org/schedule/. Continue reading
Category Archives: UC Clermont Library News
Poetry at Clermont: A Guide to Writing Poetry
Did you know Clermont College Library
has a Poetry at Clermont research guide for students?
What’s on the guide?
- links to poems
- databases that connect to a variety of poetic information
- a list of books available for check out
- reference sources
- websites that aid in writing and understanding poetry
- information about the annual haiku contest
- proper citations
The guide also gives the poet a source for inspiration from other writers’ work as well as links to poetry associations.
Happy Poetry Month!
Penny McGinnis
Technical Services Manager
Guest Poet, Adam Day
Clermont College Library will be hosting a poetry reading in collaboration with the English, Languages, and Fine Arts departments. Adam Day, guest poet, will be in the library on April 6 at 1:25 to read from his writings, including his latest book, Mode
l of a City in Civil War. We’ll also host a reception, book signing, and Q & A session immediately following.
Adam is the recipient of a Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship for Badger, Apocrypha, a PEN Emerging Writers Award, and an Al Smith Fellowship from the Kentucky Arts Council.
We hope you will join us for this wonderful event.
Penny McGinnis
Technical Services Manager
Clermont College Haiku Contest
In honor of National Poetry Month, the Clermont College Library is sponsoring its 5th Annual Haiku Contest.
Clermont College students will have the opportunity to write up to 3 haiku and submit them for a chance to win a $50 gift card. Professors Cassie Fetters and Michael Hampton will serve as our esteemed judges.
We have complete contest guidelines and submission page online. You may begin submitting entries on March 16.
The entry deadline is April 8th.
Penny McGinnis
Technical Services Manager
The Main Event: A Red & Black Revue
Clermont College is hosting a special event and an online auction to raise money for our 21st Century Library Transformation, student scholarships, and a new fine arts classroom. Be a part of the action and plan to attend and/or bid in the auction. The event includes dinner by the bite, an open bar, live music, and a special address from President Ono.
On a personal note, I’m beyond thrilled to have our library among the year’s fundraising priorities for Clermont College. Strong attendance at this event will have a huge impact on our ability to improve our library. Even if you cannot attend, please help us spread the word.
What: The Main Event: A Red & Black Revue
Where: Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites — Eastgate
When: Tuesday, April 5, 2016. The event begins at 4:30pm.
See you there,
Katie Foran-Mulcahy
Library Director
Medical Resources at UC Clermont College
Where do you find medical information when you need it? There are some great websites such as MedlinePlus.org, PubMed.gov, WebMD.org and the MayoClinic.org, but as a student, faculty, or staff member at UC Clermont, you have much more available to you!
Medline with Full Text (EBSCO)
is different from the website MedlinePlus. If you’re familiar with the searching capability of the EBSCO databases, you will be able to search Medline with Full Text. It covers the full text of 1,370 medical journals from 1965 to the present (with no embargo—meaning they don’t hold back the most recent issues for paid subscribers).
Also within the EBSCO group are other important medical databases: CINAHL Plus with Full Text, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, and Health Source: Consumer Edition.
Quacks for Stacks is Back!
Quacks for Stacks is happening again this year at Clermont College Library.
Try your luck, buy a duck — it’s just a buck. We’ll draw the winning duck from a kiddie pool on March 31 at Clermont College’s Spring Fling event.
This year, you can come to the library to buy your duck OR enter online for a chance to win an Asus Transformer Book 2-in-1 laptop generously donated by Fifth Third Bank. Each duck purchased = 1 chance to win. All proceeds from this fundraiser benefit your 21st Century Library Transformation.
Katie Foran-Mulcahy
Library Director
A Person’s a Person No Matter How Small-Dr. Seuss
Dr.Seuss and I go way back. When I was a child my mom subscribed to the I Can Read It All By Myself book club. I loved receiving a new book and reading Dr. Seuss’s crazy tales. I shared those same books with my children and as a children’s librarian to hundreds of kids. The man helped thousands of children learn to read with Hop on Pop and The 
Cat in the Hat. He even directed our attention to the environment through books like the Lorax. And then there’s the beloved How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
So Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss and thanks for bringing fun to reading!
Clermont College Library owns Theodor Seuss Geisel by Donald E. Pease PS3513.E2 Z794 2010 Check it out.
Penny McGinnis
Technical Services Mananger
Get to Know the Clermont College Library Staff: Penny McGinnis
Penny McGinnis, Clermont College Library’s Technical Services Manager
I’ve worked in libraries for over twenty years. I started out at the Lynchburg branch of the Highland County District Libraries as a children’s librarian. Then I moved to Lynchburg-Clay public school and worked in K-8 and K-5 libraries. In 2006 I started working in technical services at Clermont College Library.
A favorite part of my multi-layered job is sharing library information through social media. The library uses Facebook, Twitter, and our LiBlog in the social media world. I enjoy connecting with our faculty, staff, and students.
When I’m not at work, I write for my own blog where I review books, share devotional thoughts, poetry, photos, and art. My husband and I enjoy sports, hiking, and spending time with our children and grandchildren.
You might be surprised to know that I coached high school volleyball for two years, while my youngest daughter played. That surprised me too!
A few of my favorite things:
Books-the Bible, cozy mysteries & anything set on the east coast, especially Maine
Music-Casting Crowns, Matt Redman, and 70s pop/folk
Movie-You’ve Got Mail & Letters to Julia
TV-NCIS & Gilmore Girls
We’re here to help!
Penny McGinnis
Technical Services Manager
Children’s Books at Clermont College Library
“Not all those who wander are lost.” J.R.R. Tolkien
Need an escape from your studies? Do you want to go through a wardrobe into another world, fall down a rabbit hole or see the wizard?
You can do all this and more on the second floor of the library. There you will find our selection of children’s literature in the PZs. You might even discover some new friends while reconnecting with old ones!
Check them out at Clermont College Library.
Natalie Winland
Public Services Manager