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Two UC Libraries staff members selected as part of cohort to earn a Digital Curation Certificate

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The State Library of Ohio is pleased to announce the 2026 cohort selected to complete coursework to earn a Digital Curation Certificate from Library Juice Academy. Through a competitive application process, a State Library review committee selected the following 15 participants, and will manage their enrollment in the six-course series:

  • Alexis Ferguson, Galion Public Library
  • Amy Beam, Terra State Community College
  • Anna Helming-Sampson, Wright State University Special Collections and Archives
  • Ashlyn Grubb, London Public Library
  • Aurora Charlow, Ohio University
  • Christian Davell, Wright Memorial Public Library
  • Hannah Kemp-Severance, University of Akron
  • Holly Burdoff, Euclid Public Library
  • Julie Carr-Trebelhorn, CEAS and Science Libraries, University of Cincinnati
  • Katie Gable, College of Wooster
  • Lindsay Miraglia, Wayne County Public Library
  • Mary McKinley, Green County Records and Archives Center
  • Michael Sherfly, Public Library of Mount Vernon & Knox County
  • Nester Rave, Sandusky Library
  • Rachel Rembold, Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of Health Professions, Health Sciences Library, University of Cincinnati

“I’m delighted to see such a varied cohort, representative of all types of institutions, selected for this year’s Library Juice Academy Digital Curation Certificate program,” expressed Evan T. Struble, associate state librarian. “The State Library strives to ensure that library staff around the state have the tools and training necessary to digitally preserve their collections, and that takes on even greater importance in 2026 as we head into the U.S. Semiquincentennial and the history-focused celebrations that are sure to take place.”

This program uses federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded to the State Library of Ohio to cover the cost of enrollment. This award-winning Digital Curation Certificate is designed to build skills for work in digitization, digital preservation, metadata creation and more, and is suitable for those interested in the work whether they have prior experience or not.

Questions regarding the Library Juice Academy Digital Curation Certificate cohort may be addressed to library consultant, Penelope Shumaker, at pshumaker@library.ohio.gov.

Learning 3D imaging in the Preservation Lab

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On a cold, snowy Friday at the end of the semester,The Preservation Lab hosted a 3D imaging workshop where two professors from UC’s College of Design, Architecture, Art & Planning (DAAP) taught 3D imaging techniques to a small group of imaging colleagues from Ohio and Michigan labs.

jordan tate demonstrating 3d imaging

The instructors, Jordan Tate and John-David Richardson, both teach photography in DAAP. Previously, Jordan cross-collaborated with Jessica Ebert from the Preservation Lab on imaging the Assyrian Cornerstone, found in the collection of the Archives and Rare Books Library. Jordan demonstrated 3D imaging techniques and Jessica demonstrated how to do Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI).

Participants in the Friday, Dec.12th workshop were:

  • Jessica Ebert – UC Libraries, Preservation Lab
  • Catarina Figueirinhas – UC Libraries, Preservation Lab
  • Erin Wilson – Ohio University Libraries, Preservation & Digital Initiatives
  • Matt Carissimi – The Ohio State University Libraries, Digitization
  • Sidney Gao – UC Libraries, Digital Initiatives Team
  • Biz Gallo – Library of Michigan, Digitization Initiatives
  • Dustin Wood – New South Associates/Veterans Affairs History Office (Dayton), Digital Archives & Museum Imaging Specialist
The Yoruba, Luba or Luluwa/Lulua Statue (circa 1800—1900)

The object photographed came from the Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions.

The Yoruba, Luba or Luluwa/Lulua Statue (circa 1800—1900) was presented by “the Interns & Residents Wives Club, 1974” to the University of Cincinnati Hospital. The statue’s distinct shapes and facial features match most closely to the sculpture style of the Yoruba, Luba or Luluwa/Lulua. The figure appears to be working with a mortar and pestle, and was made for sale, rather than ceremonial or cultural use.

The Preservation Lab provides the full suite of preservation services to the University of Cincinnati Libraries. The Lab’s expertise is in book and paper conservation, with services available in general circulating materials repair, single-item conservation treatment, housing, exhibition prep and preservation consulting.

The use of 3D imaging in preservation is crucial as it creates an accurate visual record of an object before and after treatment. It allows conservators to examine often fragile objects in close detail without touching, and possibly damaging, the structure. In addition, 3D imaging provides a visual record for students and researchers to view and study.

Striker Lecture 2025: History of Pharmacy Education in the Queen City

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The University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy’s 175th anniversary was featured in the 2025 Cecil B. Striker annual lecture series on October 14th. The lecture series is an annual program of the Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions. Esteemed pharmacy historian, Dennis B. Worthen gave a standing ovation lecture entitled Pharmacy Education In The Queen City: 1850—2025. Pharmacy Education in the Queen City: 1850-2025 – UC Libraries MediaSpace. Worthen traced the origins of pharmacy education in Cincinnati, beginning with Peter Smith’s Indian Doctor Dispensatory (1810), the first medical book published in Ohio, through today’s College of Pharmacy, which boasts PharmD joint degrees, online master’s and interdisciplinary degrees, graduates from the United States and over 23 countries. Worthen’s narrative of the 175th anniversary of the College of Pharmacy is honored with a year-long exhibition in the Stanley Lucas Boardroom, Health Sciences Library.

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Dennis B. Worthen, Ph.D., served as an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy where he taught the history of pharmacy courses from 1999-2017. He was also affiliated with the Lloyd Library and Museum in Cincinnati, OH as executive director and then the Lloyd Scholar from 1999 to 2013. He retired from Procter & Gamble Health Care as the director of pharmacy affairs in 1999. Dr. Worthen completed his undergraduate education at the University of Michigan and received his graduate degrees from Case Western Reserve University.

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Announcement of Archives Career Panel, October 6th

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Are you the family historian? Do you like to look at old photographs? Like solving puzzles and bringing a little order to unorganized things? Then a career in archives may be just what you are looking for!

The Archives and Rare Books Library would like to cordially invite all UC students to attend our Archives Career Panel in celebration of American Archives Month this October.

This moderated, hour-long talk will feature conversation between archivists from UC Libraries, as well as local Cincinnati archivists, as they discuss their career paths, reflect on the current and future state of the profession, and answer audience questions in a Q&A.  

The event will be held on Monday, October 6th from 1:30-2:30pm in Room 471 of Langsam Library. 

Please direct any questions about the event to Catherine Cubera at cuberace@ucmail.uc.edu or Christopher Harter at hartercr@ucmail.uc.edu.

We hope to see you there!

Pharmacy Education in the Queen City: Cecil Striker Annual Lecture

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The Henry R. Winkler Center for the Health Professions and the Cecil Striker Society present the Annual Cecil Striker Lecture.

cecil striker lecture

The lecture, “Pharmacy Education in the Queen City: 1850-2025” presented by Dennis B. Worthen, PhD, is in celebration of the James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy’s 175th anniversary.

Tuesday, Oct. 14, 5-7pm
Kowalewski Hall Auditorium, room 140

The event is open to all. RSVP by Sept. 30. Can’t attend in person? The lecture will be streamed live via Zoom.

After the event, visit the University of Cincinnati Pharmacy Education exhibit in the Stanley J. Lucas, MD, Board Room in the UC Medical Sciences Building. The exhibit will feature images and artifacts held by the Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions. The exhibit will feature biographical information about Dr. Dennis B. Worthen, an 1815 downtown Cincinnati map, the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy Charter and various buildings, the Queen City College of Pharmacy, Cincinnati College of Pharmacy Students, the esteemed Dr. Joseph Kowalewski and information about the College of Pharmacy Cosmetic Science program. The images will be accompanied by pharmaceutical artifacts.

Originally formed in 1976, the Cecil Striker Society for the History of Medicine was called the Medical History Society. One month after its first meeting Dr. Striker died, prompting members to rename the organization the Cecil Striker Society. Its purpose was straightforward: to promote and perpetuate an interest in the history of medicine and all related disciplines in the health care field.

Continued support of the Winkler Center

Dennis B. and Patricia L. Worthen have generously funded an annual travel grant/scholarship (award not to exceed $5000 per year) to underwrite the expenses related to visiting and researching materials held at the University of Cincinnati’s Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions. Located within the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, the Center is home to over 100 archival collections including those from physicians, scientists, inventors, nurses, pharmacists and artists. Also included are histories of Cincinnati hospitals, the development of medical equipment and/or now-standard protocols, as well as letters and drawings from the Civil War.

The grant will be made to individuals whose permanent address is more than 150 miles from the University.  Applicants who are graduate students, non-tenured faculty and/or independent scholars will be given first consideration.

All travel grants require a scholarly product such as a manuscript or a presentation.

Grants will be administered by a Grant Committee comprised of the Director of the Health Sciences Library, the Archivist/Curator of the Winkler Center and the donors or their proxy.

The 2025/26 call for applications will take place in the fall. Stay tuned!

Illustrating War: Announcing the Daniel S. Young Archives of Medical Illustrations digital collection

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Medical illustrations and drawings are a reflection of the state of medical practice at a specific moment in time providing a visual record of science, technology, and anatomical knowledge. 

The artwork of Daniel S. Young highlights the artistic and medical contributions of an American Civil War era medical illustrator in a military context. Daniel S. Young: American Civil War Medical Illustrations on JSTOR. His artistry paints a portrayal of how medical illustration informed medical professionals during the 19th century. Young’s Civil War medical illustrations were crucial in educating doctors on surgical procedures and about previously unseen wounds. While medical illustrations such as Dr. Daniel Young’s served to educate doctors they were also important in aiding veterans in their pension claims and showing how the war impacted the soldiers’ health.

Cuts along the upper arm and elbow. Stone's River, Tennessee.
Cuts along the upper arm and elbow. Stone’s River, Tennessee.
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UC Libraries launches a Youtube channel

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We are happy to share that UC Libraries now has a Youtube channel. The platform is the home for more long-form content, including Library Get-to-Knows, Poetry Stacked videos and segments surrounding special exhibits and collections.

The newest project we are excited to share is a video on the Daniel S. Young Civil War Medical Illustrations. Devhra BennettJones, Dr. Kris Ramprasad, Sean Crowe and Sidney Gao have kindly shared their perspectives on what it was like to process and digitize the collection. In addition, they shared about the impact the illustrations have had both in the medical and academic communities.

Check out the video at the link: https://youtu.be/clBtdAjzoBA?si=-1Z-8CSEnINPYKog

Bone fragment illustration

Read Source, the online newsletter, to learn about the news, events, people and happenings in UC Libraries.

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Read Source, the online newsletter, to learn about the news, events, people and happenings in UC Libraries.

In this issue of Source, Liz Kiscaden, dean and university librarian, welcomes Bearcats to campus and we highlight what we did over the summer. We announce a new digital collection, The Daniel S. Young Archives of Medical Illustrations, as well as a collaboration to digitize rare manuscripts. We invite readers to the upcoming Cecil Striker Annual Lecture, “Pharmacy Education in the Queen City,” and to learn more about other Library Events. Chris Platts, assistant professor of art history and frequent collaborator with the Libraries, talks about some of his projects and research interests. And Katie Foran-Mulcahy writes about efforts to re-make the MakerLab in the CECH Library.

Read these articles, as well as past issues, on the website. To receive Source via e-mail, contact melissa.norris@uc.edu to be added to the mailing list.

UC Graduate a notable leader in the United States anti-smoking movement

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Ahron Leichtman (February 21, 1943 – October 12, 2018) was a national and regional leader in the quest to ban public smoking in the United States. He graduated in 1964 from the University of Cincinnati, with a Bachelor of Arts in political science, and earned a creative writing certificate from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1971.

During the 1980s and 1990s he founded multiple organizations to carry out anti-smoking initiatives. He established and led Citizens Against Tobacco Smoke (CATS), which was later renamed Citizens for a Tobacco-Free Society (CATS). Leichtman organized a coalition of over 90 nonsmoker’s rights, anti-smoking and environmental health groups to provide tireless grassroots support for the national campaign to ban airline smoking.

He created the Smoke-free Skies Campaign that led to the ban of smoking on all U.S. airline flights. Leichtman developed promotional materials to encourage the news media to cover the health, safety, legal and economic issues involved with airline smoking. He participated in numerous television network, nationally syndicated and radio interview programs about airline smoking, serving as the primary advocate for a total smoking ban on commercial airline flights.

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Black History Month spotlight: Lucy Oxley 

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Our second Black History Month spotlight goes to a pioneer of medicine in the Cincinnati area, Lucy Oxley – the first African American to graduate from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.  

Lucy Oxley was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1912. During her childhood, her family moved to Cincinnati, as her father was named rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. As a young girl, Oxley looked up to three of her uncles who became doctors and knew early on that she wanted to be one too. She graduated early from Woodward High School and joined the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine’s six-year undergraduate and medical program.  

Lucy Oxley, MD / Credit: Winkler Center for the History of Health Professions

During her time at UC, Oxley excelled, working hard to earn her spot in the group of top fifteen students who would have the chance to intern at General Hospital (UC Medical Center). However, she was refused an internship spot. When she questioned Dr. Alfred Friedlander about why she wasn’t given an internship, he said to her, “Lucy, you are a negro, and we don’t want you.” Oxley replied, “Well Dr. Friedlander, I wouldn’t change that for anything.” Rising above the prejudice, she went on to complete her internship at Freedmen’s Hospital in Washington, DC, and returned to Cincinnati to join her classmates for graduation on June 5, 1936.  

After graduation, Oxley became a medical director for student wellness at Bennett College in North Carolina, and then Wilberforce College here in Ohio. Following that, she had a daughter, Francine, and returned to Cincinnati where she started her general practice. In 1945 she began working in cancer research alongside fellow UC grad, George Sperti. A few years later she returned to full-time practice in family medicine where she cared for thousands of patients and families.  

Later in life, Oxley was diagnosed with lung cancer but continued to treat patients up until her passing in 1991. She is remembered today for her dedication to those she cared for and for paving the way for young African Americans who aim to make a difference in the medical field just as she did.  

To learn more about Lucy Oxley’s life and contributions to the world of medicine, visit the Source newsletter link:  https://libapps.libraries.uc.edu/source/lucy-oxley-md-a-pioneer-and-servant-leader/

Or watch Drs. Felson and Goodman interview Dr. Oxley as part of the Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions Oral History Series.  https://uclid-uc-edu.uc.idm.oclc.org/record=b1410475