Many UC Systems down Friday night; Libraries Unaffected

A maintenance outage has been scheduled for Friday, June 17,2011 beginning at 11:00 P.M. Systems should be down for 5 hours.
Impacted Systems/Applications:

  • Blackberry Enterprise Server
  • Blackboard
  • CMS (Collage & CQ)
  • COEUs
  • Darwin Semester Testing
  • Darwin Production App & Db
  • Directory Services Web Server
  • Exchange Archive
  • Kronos
  • SharePoint (UCIT Hosted sites)
  • SAP PBF
  • UC Calendar
  • UC Flex
  • UC Mobility
  • All UCIT hosted File Shares
  • Any website/application residing on the uc.edu domain.

Next Life of the Mind Lecture Scheduled for May 10

The second in the Life of the Mind lecture series on the theme “technology” is scheduled for Tuesday, May 10 at 3:30-5pm in the Russell C. Myers Alumni Center. Free and open to the UC community and public, Life of the Mind features interdisciplinary conversations with UC faculty around a one-word theme. Each quarter, there are two Life of the Mind sessions with three “thought provocateurs” contributing to each session. Each scholar provides a 15-minute talk followed by audience Q&A.

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UC Libraries Pay Tribute to UC Authors, Editors & Composers

The 25th annual Authors, Editors and Composers reception and program was held Tuesday, April 12, in the Russell C. Myers Alumni Center. At the event, UC Libraries honored 250 faculty members and their 340 creative and scholarly works published in the year 2010. Participating faculty members represented every UC college plus the Career Development Center, the Division of Professional Practice, the Institute for Policy Research, the Office of Research, and the Libraries.

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Inaugural Life of the Mind Lecture Scheduled for April 19

The Life of the Mind lecture series will kick off April 19 at 3:30-5pm in the Russell C. Myers Alumni Center. Free and open to the UC community and public, Life of the Mind features interdisciplinary conversations with UC faculty around a one-word theme. Each quarter, there are two Life of the Mind sessions with three “thought provocateurs” contributing to each session. Each scholar provides a 15-minute talk followed by audience Q&A.

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Notice Anything Different about the Site?

The UC Libraries website has been updated to incorporate the new UC header with links to other UC sites including “About UC,” “Admissions,” and “Health.”

In addition, we have added a powerful new search tool, Summon, to the website. From a single search box located prominently on the Articles & More tab on the homepage, Summon provides easy and fast discovery of relevant information from the UC Libraries collections on any topic. It is the place to start research in journal and newspaper articles, books, government documents, maps, music recordings, videos, digital collections, and more.

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New Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Guide

By Lauren Wahman

The RWC Library has created a new online research guide for those interested in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).  This online guide provides direct access to databases, books, journals, tests and measurements, and websites along with information about the Library’s Learning & Teaching Collection.

Check out our other Class and Subject guides ranging from topic-specific like Career Resources to discipline-specific areas such as Nursing and Sociology.  These guides are a great starting point for your research!

Have a Question? Text a Librarian.

text ohiolink to 66746 

Through KnowItNow24x7, an online and texting reference service for the citizens and residents of Ohio brought to you by the State Library of Ohio and libraries throughout the state, users can now text their questions and a librarian will text the answer. To reach a college or university librarian, text ohiolink to 66746.