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Category Archives: Langsam Library
Check Out the Latest Issue of Source
Read Source, the online newsletter, to learn more about the news, events, people and happenings in UC Libraries.
This latest issue of Source includes an article announcing the new UC academic press, a Q&A about a new position in the Office of Research, and A Note from the Dean: IFLA Coming to Cincinnati. Updates to library websites are showcased in A New Look at Digital Collections and in an article about the Neil A. Armstrong display and website. There are two articles about recent awards – the Provost Technology Innovation Awards and Recognizing Library Student Workers. Read these articles and more.
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“Bridging Pride to Knowledge” New Exhibit on Langsam’s 5th Floor
A new exhibit has been installed on the 5th floor lobby of Langsam Library in honor of June being LGBT Pride Month. “Bridging Pride to Knowledge” highlights UC Libraries’ resources (books, journals, DVD’s databases, etc.) in LGBTQ subject areas. It includes information on the Stonewall Riots of June 1969 and features notable authors such as Edna St. Vincent Millay, Radclyffe Hall, Oscar Wilde and more. A bibliography is available in print at the exhibit and online.
The “Bridging Pride to Knowledge” exhibit was curated by Mikaila Corday and Susan Banoun of UC Libraries. Samantha Scheidler, spring semester communications co-op design student, designed the exhibit. Continue reading
Celebrate Preservation Week at an Open House April 29 in the Preservation Lab
In celebration of National Preservation Week, the Preservation Lab will host its annual open house on April 29 from 1:30-3:30pm.
Located on the 300 level of Langsam Library, the Preservation Lab preserves and conserves the collections of UC Libraries and the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. At the open house, lab staff will demo some of the techniques and equipment used to repair and protect materials, as well as showcase some of their recent projects. In addition to the usual fun, this year visitors to the Preservation Lab will have an opportunity to make their own sheet of paper with plant fibers beaten with a Hollander beater.
We hope to see you then!
Study 24/7 in Langsam Library during Exams
Cramming for an exam? Need a safe, quiet place to study?
Langsam Library space will be open 24/7 beginning noon on Sunday, April 17 through 11pm, Thursday, April 28. Regular hours will resume 8am on Thursday, April 28.
To enter the library after regular hours, students must do so via the 5th floor UCit@Langsam card-swipe entrance (a valid UC ID is required).
No library staff or services requiring assistance will be available during the extended hours (with the exception of UCit@Langsam); however, security will be present thanks to UC’s Public Safety.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT! UC Libraries and Food Services have partnered to provide coffee and snacks beginning at 10pm each night for students studying in Langsam.
As always, please be safe when leaving the library no matter what the hour.
UC offers NightRide to get students home safely. NightRide can be reached at 556-RIDE or speak to the Langsam Library Security Officer before you exit the building and they will contact NightRide.
The Woodside/Library Garage has Safe Zone Parking, which allows those that enter the garage after 8:00 p.m. and leave by 5:59 a.m. to exit for $1.
Register Now for the Second Annual THATCamp University of Cincinnati 2016
Join UC Libraries for THATCamp University of Cincinnati 2016, an unconference, which is an open meeting where humanists and technologists of all skill levels and interests gather to learn and to build together in sessions proposed on the spot.
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
Starbucks is Coming to Langsam Library
Construction will begin Monday, April 11 to build a Starbucks Cafe on the east wall near the entrance of Langsam Library.
This project is scheduled for completion late August in time to open the beginning of fall semester 2016. During spring exams, April 17-28, construction activity will be limited so that students can continue to study in the library.
The copiers will be relocated on the fourth floor near the existing stand-up kiosks. The reference cubicle will be disassembled and this service will take place in room 451.
Thank you for your patience during construction. The cafe is part of a larger renovation plan already underway in Langsam to make it more inspirational, flexible, dynamic and collaborative, conducive for group and individual work. Read more on past and future Langsam renovation plans.
Music in the Gorno Library Mon. April 18, 2016
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oin us Mon. April 18 at 5:00 PM in the Gorno Library for a concert of music by Scarlatti, Schumann, Ravel and Tan performed by CCM alumna Christina Tan. View program (pdf).
Music in the Gorno Library Tues. April 12, 2016
Join us Tues. April 12 at 5:00 PM in the Gorno Library for a concert of 20th and 21st-century music for piano performed by members of the Piano Repertoire Class. View program (pdf).
New Exhibit, “Poems of UC’s Past,” Combines Original Works with Historic Photographs
One of the images from the Archives and Rare Books Library collections used in the exhibit.
A new exhibit on display on the 5th floor lobby of Langsam Library features original poetry describing historic images from the collections of UC’s Archives and Rare Books Library.
Referred to as “Ekphrastic poems,” they use “vivid descriptions of a scene or, more commonly, a work of art. Through the imaginative act of narrating and reflecting on the ‘action’ of a painting or sculpture, the poet may amplify and expand its meaning.” (Poetry Foundation.org)
In this exhibit, six graduate-student poets in the McMicken College of Arts and Science’s English department do not aim to simply “amplify and expand” the meaning of the images, but rather through their words, these pictures come more vibrantly to life. Continue reading