National GIS Day 2016 UC Celebration

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Amy Koshoffer

National GIS Day is November 16, 2016.

UC’s celebration will be held in 201 Braunstein from 8:45 am to 12:45 pm.

Schedule of Speakers:

8:45 – 9:00 AM Welcome, Ryan Herman, PDS, Kenton County, KY & President of Cincinnati GIS User Group and C.J. Changjoo, UC Dept. of Geography

9:00 – 9:20 Transportation Planning/GIS, Dave Shuey, OKI Regional Council of Governments
9:20 – 9:40 Urban Planning/GIS, Jessica Moss, GIS Analyst, City of Covington, KY
9:40 – 10:00 UC Utility Inventory Project/GIS, Jeff Lovin, Senior Vice President, Woolpert, Dayton, OH
10:00 – 10:20 Questions & Coffee Break / Breakfast Snacks
10:20 – 10:40 GIS Jobs & Job Prospects, Joey O’Brien (& presenters), GIS Analyst, Clermont County, OH
10:40 – 11:00 Surviving the Next Plague: Disease Prediction, Diego Cuadros, UC Dept. of Geography
11:00 – 11:20 Help Solve Environmental Problems/GIS, John Hurd, CH2M Consulting, Cincinnati, OH
11:20 – 11:40 Open Source Solutions for Live Data/GIS, Jesse Glascock, Prime 3SG, Cincinnati, OH
11:40 – 12:00 Questions & Coffee Break
12:00 – 12:45 ESRI, Current and Future GIS Applications, Wei-ming Lin, ESRI

Art Referential: Emil Robinson

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Elizabeth Meyer

DAAP Display Case

What ideas are you currently considering/ pursuing?

My work is concerned with interior space. I was raised conservative Catholic and so one of the first and most enduringly beautiful spaces for me is the inside of a church. This space is psychologically complicated as it is supposed to be a place of worship where God is accessible. A place of ritual prayer and even magic. Even though I am less religious now, the idea of space for worship is very important to me. I am trying to paint spaces that feel holy and mystical.

The paintings on display in the showcase are the result of two kinds of interior space. A simple description of a shallow room references the chapels found in early churches in Europe. I include windows into a deeper dark space in some of paintings to create questions in the viewers mind about the reality of what they are seeing. The abstract patterns that fill the paintings are done in a state not unlike automatic writing, where the shapes are almost forms- they remind me of writing words and drawing pictures at the same time- Like the alphabet of a foreign language. When these two things are combined they create tension between legible space and fanciful decoration.

Who are your favorite artists and why?

My favorite artists are Italian painters from the 13th and 14th centuries before the height of the renaissance such as Giotto and Sassetta, and the Indian painters from the 16th century through the beginning of the 19th century primarily from the Mughal Court. These artist all made richly colored and highly personal depictions of real and fantastic events. The lack of coherent linear perspective in many works produced exquisite and creative spatial compositions that are lost with the bombast of later developments. Another point of influence are the incredibly focused paintings made by Tantric Hindu artists. Of course there are many other modern and contemporary precedents, but these non traditional painters are my very favorite.

What books, blogs, magazines, etc., do you reference the most and why?

I love going into the beautiful Daap library and looking at the magazines Frieze, Artforum, Modern Painters, and Art in America to name a few-these magazines have the requisite pretty pictures for me to keep my eyes tuned, and also some thoughtful writing occasionally. The real treasures are upstairs in the shelves… If you are a student, you owe it to yourself to spend a few hours. There are just too many favorites to list. Online I love the blogs: Painters Table, Hyperallergic, and Artcritical.

Emil Robinson is a professor in DAAP’s School of Design. His works are currently on display just outside the DAAP Library.

October GIS Learning Community Meeting

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Amy Koshoffer

The October GIS Learning Community meeting agenda will be a great tour of several software approaches.

The meeting is Oct 26th from 3:15 to 4:25 in 462 Langsam.

Tony Quallan of UCIT will join us for a brief informational talk about getting access to ArcGIS and the support offered through UCIT
First Lightning Talk Presenter – Ben Merrit, Graduate Student in Biology will discuss how the Culley lab uses ArcGIS to investigate plant genetics and biodiversity
Second Lightning Talk Presenter – Chris Sheehan, Graduate Student in Geology will discuss using Google Earth and ArcGIS to study process-based Geomorphology
In-depth Presentation Presenter – John Wallrodt, Sr Research Associate in A&S Classics will discuss the use of ArcGIS and QGIS by archaeology researchers.

Contact Amy Koshoffer, Science Informationist at koshofae@ucmail.uc.edu with questions.

Andy Warhol’s Little Red Books

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Elizabeth Meyer

Warhol Red-Book

Before you purchase your own reproduced box of Andy Warhol’s Little Red Books, you can sample DAAP Library’s copy for free. It contains 11 facsimiles of Warhol’s original red Holson Polaroid Albums, and a 12th little black book index with an essay by the celebrity photographer François-Marie Banier.

There are over 100 original Red Books. Each are unique collections of polaroids Warhol took of associates, friends, and celebrities, at gatherings, shoots, and getaways, that he carefully cataloged and curated. Many of these polaroids were source material for later works. Although Warhol left behind almost 40,000 polaroids, only a fragment are contained in these little books.

Original Red Books can be found in institutions all over the world, and are predominantly gifts from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Both the Cleveland and Toledo museums of art have one in their collections. Meanwhile, you can make an appointment to see Warhol Red Books, and other materials in DAAP Library’s Special Collection via email (keloni.parks@uc.edu).

Big Bone Lick Display is now open at GMP

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Amy Koshoffer

Stop by and see what is new in our library. On display are tusks and bones of mastodons and other now-extinct massive creatures known collectively as the Pleistocene Megafauna.

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We are hosting one of the four Cincinnati Museum Center exhibits now on UC’s campus. If you want to find out more about other exhibits go to http://www.cincymuseum.org/curate-my-community.

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Frida Kahlo

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Melissa Cox Norris

Frida in Focus is an exhibition and series of related events at the Niehoff Urban Studio recognizing and celebrating Frida Kahlo (1907-1954). Frida is one of the most photographed women of her time, a Latin American iconic figure, an internationally known feminist, and an LGBTQ icon. This year’s theme for UC’s Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM), “Do UC me? My voice matters,” is inspired by Frida Kahlo, who determined the world would come to know her through images that were carefully constructed and curated by her. Our hope is that this exhibition and related events shine light on intersectionality, inspire people to imagine how they want the world to view them…and encourage them to make it happen.

Frida in Focus has been made possible through the generous support of the UC Office of the Provost, the Office of the Vice President of Research, the Taft Research Center, the UC Office of Diversity & Inclusion, and the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences (A&S). It is a cross-college collaboration between A&S, the College of Design, Architecture, Art, & Planning (DAAP) and UC Libraries. A special thank you to UC professor emeritus Edward B. Silberstein for loaning the extraordinary photographs of Frida and Diego, taken by his father Bernard Silberstein, that have made this exhibition possible.

Most UC Libraries Closed Labor Day

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Melissa Cox Norris

UC Libraries will be closed Monday, September 5 for Labor Day, except for the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, which will be open 9am-5pm. This closing includes the Langsam Library 4th floor space, which will close Sunday, September 4 at 11pm and re-open Tuesday, September 6 at 7:45am.

A complete listing of library hours can be found online.

Enjoy the holiday weekend.

New Venue for GIS Learning Community

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Amy Koshoffer

Due to the great response and interest in the GIS Learning Community, we are moving the venue to 201 Braunstein Hall located just down the hall from the GMP Library.

UC GIS Learning Community Forming

Do you need to visualize your spatial data but don’t know how? Do you have spatial data but don’t know how to map it? Are you looking for guidance or have expertise to share regarding the analysis of spatial data? Are you an ArcGIS, A Q-GIS or other GIS program user and want to connect with other people who use these programs?

The Geography Graduate Student Organization and UC Libraries will host an organizational meeting on August 31^st at 3:30 in 201 Braunstein – map to discuss the formation of a cross disciplinary Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Learning Community. The goal of the community is to create a user-driven forum for novice and expert practitioners to come together and discuss tools, resources and solutions to questions and new projects that develop as researchers consider the spatial aspects of their data. We invite interested individual across all of UC to join us in building this community.

Light Refreshments will be provided. Click here to RSVP. For more information, please contact Amy Koshoffer, Science Informationist, at Koshofae@ucmail.uc.edu.

UC GIS Learning Community Forming

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Amy Koshoffer

The Geography Graduate Student Organization and UC Libraries will host an organizational meeting on August 31^st at 3:30 in the Geology-Math and Physics Library (located just off Schneider Quad in 240 Braunstein – map) to discuss the formation of a cross disciplinary Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Learning Community. The goal of the community is to create a user-driven forum for novice and expert practitioners to come together and discuss tools, resources and solutions to questions and new projects that develop as researchers consider the spatial aspects of their data. We invite interested individual across all of UC to join us in building this community.