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By: Sydney Vollmer, ARB Intern
As mentioned in a previous blog post on the fairy tales in the Archives & Rare Books Library, this blog is about the illustrator of In Powder and Crinoline and many other tales, Kay (pronounced “Kigh”) Nielsen.
Born on March 12, 1886 in Copenhagen, Denmark, Kay was the son of two actors. His father, Martinus Nielsen, directed the Dagmarteater and his mother, Oda, was highly praised for her work both in the Dagmarteater and the Royal Danish Theater. Despite his parents’ high standing in the theatre community, Nielsen found his passion in a different art form. He studied in Paris from 1904-1911 at Académie Julian and Académie Colarossi and after he received his education, he moved to England for five years. It was during that time he received his first commissioned work as an illustrator. Continue reading
UC Libraries is honored to host one of four Cincinnati Museum Center collections currently on display at the university as part of the Curate My Community program while the museum undergoes renovation.
Visit the Geology-Mathematics-Physics Library to view Big Bone Lick: A Place of Discovery. From mastodons and sabre-tooth tigers to early American Indians and the Founding Fathers, Big Bone Lick was a gathering place for some of the Ice Age’s most iconic animals, early American hunters and the site of America’s first paleontological expedition, organized by President Thomas Jefferson. The site, and its treasures, continue to be extensively examined by UC researchers.
For more on the Curate My Community Program, visit http://www.cincymuseum.org/curate-my-community.
Geoffrey Pinski
Are you wondering about IP?
Join the University of Cincinnati Libraries 1 p.m., Monday, Dec. 12, to learn about Intellectual Property (IP) and how it plays a role in your scholarship and research.
Geoffrey Pinski, director, UC Technology Accelerator for Commercialization, will talk on IP and Research Data.
Intellectual Property and Research Data
Date: December 12, 2016
Time: 1:00 pm
Venue: 3351 Medical Sciences Building (MSB)
The talk is free and open to all.
This month I held my third biannual Dean’s Advisory Council meeting. The focus of this fall’s meeting was Digital Humanities and Digital Scholarship (DH/DS). The two-day meeting included: a tour of Northern Kentucky University’s Steele Library and College of Informatics; a presentation with the co-leaders of UC Libraries’ new Digital Scholarship Center; a tour of UC Libraries’ Preservation Lab; and a luncheon with guests from across the university, including Interim Provost Peter Landgren, Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Eileen Strempel, and representatives from Student Government and the Graduate Student Governance.
Crafternoons
Take a time out from studying with Triceracopter for some fun and creative activities on:
Sponsored by Student Wellness Center, Campus Ministry at St. Monica-St. George and the Women’s Center.
Recharge, Refresh and Breathe
Need a BREAK! Reboot with a 10-minute session of deep breathing and gentle stretching. Studies show that mediation and yoga breaks are most effective at boosting productivity so join the circle, relax and get back to work with a fresh perspective.
Sessions will be offered by Kimber Andrews, Assistant Director of CET&L on:
Victorian Gingerbread Village Coloring Banner
Bring some color to the gingerbread village banner.
Who Let the Dog In?
Take a break from your studies and come meet Dozer, Labrador in the K-9 Unit of UC’s Public Safety Department.
Mon, December 5: 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
By: Sam Whittaker, History Department Intern
The Archives and Rare Books Library recently received a new collection of papers from Marian and Donald Spencer. For over fifty years, the Spencers fought for educational equity and equal rights with organizations such as the NAACP, the U.S. Commission on Human Rights Ohio Board, and the Cincinnati Board of Education. While processing the papers of Marian and Donald Spencer, I learned a vast amount about their groundbreaking electoral campaigns, keynote speeches, court cases, and community boards. However, I also came to know them as people. Donald and Marian Spencer met while they were both students at the University of Cincinnati, married in 1940, and raised two boys. They spent a great deal of their nearly 70 years of marriage in Cincinnati fighting for social justice and equality in the community. Continue reading
The Varian E-4 EPR instrument as it appeared while still in use in Dr. Bobst’s laboratory.
Issue 41 describes a new addition to the instrument collection on the mezzanine of the chemistry-biology library. Dating from the early 1970s, this desktop Varian E-4 Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Spectrometer was donated by Dr. Albert Bobst of the UC Chemistry Department.
Click here for all other issues of Notes from The Oesper Collections and to explore the Jensen-Thomas Apparatus Collection.
We’ve just released Scholar@UC version 2.2.0. In addition to many bug fixes, there are several new features available in this new version:
To facilitate batch loads and imports of works from other repositories, repository managers can now change work ownership to users who have never logged in. Once those users login, they will have complete control of their content.
A full list of changes can be found in the 2.2.0 changelog.
Source: Scholar@UC
UC Classics researchers Jack Davis and Sharon Stocker will receive the International Guiseppe Sciacca Award at Vatican City on Nov. 12. The award recognizes those who have made significant contributions to their respective fields.