Cramming for an exam? Need a safe, quiet place to study?
All three floors of the Walter C. Langsam Library space are open 24/7 Sunday, April 15 through Friday, April 27.
Regular hours will resume Saturday, April 28.
May 3 Cecil Striker Society Annual Lecture to Highlight Pediatrics in Cincinnati
The Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions and the Cecil Striker Society for the History of Medicine will host the 9th Cecil Striker Society Annual Lecture from 5-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 3, in the Kresge Auditorium, Medical Sciences Building, 231 Albert Sabin Way.
Michael Farrell, MD
This year’s lecture, titled “Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Impacting the Health of Children in Our Community and the World: The Past, Present and Future,” will focus on the contributions and historical relevance of pediatrics in the Cincinnati region with a primary focus on Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center (Children’s Hospital).
Michael Farrell, MD, and Bea Katz, PhD, will serve as co-lecturers for the event. Dr. Farrell is currently professor of pediatrics in the College of Medicine. He served as director of the Pediatric Residency Program until 2001 and chief of staff at Children’s Hospital until 2015. His major interests are general pediatrics, the history of medicine and gastroenterology/nutrition. Bea Katz, editor of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (2008) by Arcadia Publishing, has chronicled the history of Children’s Hospital for 30 years, first as a writer in the hospital’s Marketing and Communications Department and later, post-retirement, as an independent author and researcher.
Bea Katz, PhD
The evening will include the talk and audience Q&A from 5-6:30 p.m. Immediately following will be a reception from 6:30-7:30 p.m. outside the Winkler Center. In addition, an exhibit highlighting the pediatric history of Cincinnati will be on display in the Stanley J. Lucas, MD, Board Room.
The Cecil Striker Lecture is free and open to the public, but RSVP’s are requested by April 27 to (513) 558-5120 or chhp@uc.edu. Continue reading
UC Librarians and Staff Member Selected to Participate in Library Leadership Ohio 2018
Congratulations to UC’s Hong Cheng, Craig Person and Michelle McKinney on their selection to participate in Library Leadership Ohio 2018!
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The State Library of Ohio and OhioNET are pleased to announce the cohort of developing leaders selected to participate in Library Leadership Ohio 2018. Participants were carefully chosen based on their outstanding leadership potential; excellent communication skills; successful library employment experience; initiative, commitment and reasonable risk taking; forward-thinking approach to problem solving; and commitment to the profession.
“Library Leadership Ohio has long been recognized as Ohio’s premier institute for helping future leaders identify and develop their skills. It is gratifying to look around the state and see LLO graduates in key leadership positions throughout Ohio’s library community,” expressed State Librarian Beverly Cain. “I look forward to meeting the 2018 Library Leadership Ohio class and working with them to lead Ohio’s libraries to even greater levels of achievement.”
“OhioNET is pleased to partner again with the State Library of Ohio to facilitate development of the next generation of library leaders in Ohio. We have been working since last fall to make sure that LLO 2018 gives the greatest opportunities for invited attendees to learn from—and with—each other, and to further develop strong ties across library types,” said OhioNET Executive Director/CEO Michael P. Butler. “Library Leadership Ohio is a tremendous example of what collaboration can do for the benefit of the entire Ohio library community, and I am grateful to all who have helped to make LLO 2018 a reality.” Continue reading
Join the University of Cincinnati Press April 11 at RESEARCH + INNOVATION WEEK
Social Justice – Human Settlements – Global Features:
Arts & Humanities in the Age of Impact
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
9:00-9:50
Publishing Landscapes: Academic and Literary Output Today
Elizabeth Scarpelli (University of Cincinnati Press); Nicola Mason (ACRE Books); Lisa Ampleman (Cincinnati Review)
10:00-10:50
Copyright, Intellectual Property, and Open Access: A Roundtable
Sandra Enimil (Copyright Resources Center, The Ohio State University); Geoffrey Pinski (UC Technology Accelerator); Mark Konecny (University of Cincinnati Press|CLIPS)
11:00-12:00
Envisioning New Modes of Publishing: Leveraging Resources
Jeff Blevins (Dept of Journalism); James Lee (Digital Scholarship Center); Mark Konecny (University of Cincinnati Press|CLIPS); Sean Crowe (UC Libraries); Kent Meloy (CEEL); Jason Day (CEEL); Elizabeth Scarpelli (University of Cincinnati Press)
KINGSGATE MARRIOT
Mt. Echo Room
Breakfast and Lunch provided
New Langsam Exhibit Features The Lucille M. Schultz Archive of 19th-Century Composition
On display on the 5th floor lobby of the Walter C. Langsam Library, the exhibit – The Lucille M. Schultz Archive of 19th-Century Composition – celebrates the recent donation to the university by professor emeritus Lucille M. Schultz of an archive of 19th-century textbooks collected while she researched her award-winning book The Young Composers. To write her book, which analyzes writing curriculum for children and demonstrates its continued relevance today, Lucy visited dozens of archives where she was fascinated by the lively illustrations and unusual writing prompts in the old textbooks. The exhibit features some of these writing prompts along with illustrations from the texts.
Lucy’s archive is available for viewing via the university’s digital repository Scholar@UC.
The creation of the exhibit was a collaboration between the Libraries and Kelly Blewett, a doctoral candidate in rhetoric and composition at UC, along with her colleague and fellow graduate student Ian Golding. It was designed by communications College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP) design co-op student Sam Kane.
Wake Up and Read at the UCBA Library
Celebrate National Library Week with fun activities and chances to win an Exam Week Survival basket of goodies! Collect a raffle ticket for participating in activities and earn additional chances to win each time you participate!
Monday, April 9 – Friday, April 13
Monday – Friday
- Donate a children’s book! All donations go to local, non-profit Adopt a Book, (which was started in 2011 by local 8 year old siblings).
- Accepted donations: new or used (in good condition) books for ages birth through high school.
- Donations not accepted: magazines, encyclopedias, and textbooks.
- Recommend your favorite book(s) to fellow students!
Friday
- “Wake Up and Read” but leave those jammies on! Wear your pajamas and earn another raffle ticket!
Come to the Library Information Desk to participate in the above activities and collect your raffle tickets!
The more you celebrate National Library Week with us, the more chances you’ll have to win the amazing Exam Week Survival basket on display at the Library Information Desk!
Other Activities:
- UCBA student-designed button giveaway
- “Guess How Many Bookworms” contest. The winner gets an entire jar of gummy worms!
- Free color therapy bookmarks
- Donuts and coffee on Friday morning beginning at 8:30 a.m.
- Cast a vote in UCBA Library’s 1st Annual Tournament of Titles
Announcing the UCBA Button Design Contest Winner
Amber Lanese’s winning button design
Congratulations to Amber Lanese, the winner of a $30 UC Bookstore Gift certificate, UCBA candy-filled cup and bragging rights! Her design entry received the most votes of any entrant, and has been crowned the winner!
Amber with gift and winning button
We want to send a big thank you to everyone who participated in our button design contest and helped make it a success!
And the Winners are…Results of the 2018 International Edible Books Festival
Best Overall – 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jessica Ebert
The University of Cincinnati Libraries celebrated the International Edible Books Festival for the 16th year on April 3, 2018.
A record 27 entries were created by students, faculty, staff, librarians, friends and family. This year included two mother-daughter teams and entire families participating. The edible books ranged from children’s books to literary classics to popular fiction and were made of cakes, cookies, candy, Peeps and even kale. Each entry was judged by our esteemed judges Lucille Schultz and Chris Wick and awarded a bookmark. Continue reading
Clermont College Library to Host Poetry Reading
In collaboration with the English, Literature and Fine Arts Department, Clermont College Library will be host to Matthew Guenette, author of Vasectomania.
Please join us Wednesday, April 4, for a reading and book signing with the poet at 1:25 pm in the library. Reception to follow.
A special thank you to Associate Professor Phoebe Reeves for inviting us to participate in the event.
Penny McGinnis
Technical Services Manager
April Book of the Month
by Christian Boyles
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
HD6280 .B77 2017
About the book
From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon’s CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short Continue reading