Registration Now Open for Third Annual UC DATA Day Scheduled for March 6

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The University of Cincinnati Libraries and IT@UC announce the third annual UC DATA Day. Scheduled for 8:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m., Tuesday, March 6 in Nippert Stadium West Pavilion on UC’s Main Campus (see directions), UC DATA Day 2018 offers a full schedule of engaging events that will reveal solutions to data challenges and foster a community of best practices around improved data management. All events are free and include lunch. The public is welcome.

Registration is now open at http://libapps.libraries.uc.edu/blogs/dataday/registration/. Seats are limited, so register early.

Patricia Flatley Brennan

Patricia Flatley Brennan

The UC DATA Day 2018 keynote speaker is Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM). The NLM is the world’s largest biomedical library and the producer of digital information services used by scientists, health professionals and members of the public worldwide. Prior to her work at the NLM, she was the Lillian L. Moehlman Bascom Professor, School of Nursing and College of Engineering, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

The day will include panel discussions on “Game Changing Data: How Data is being used to Affect Change,” “Big Data” and “Data Solutions: Your Questions Answered.” In addition, attendees can participate in two technical sessions on data analysis and data visualization with Python. During lunch, service providers will speak on how they support researchers and research data management.

For more information on UC DATA Day 2018, contact Tiffany Grant, interim assistant director for research and informatics, at (513) 558-9153 or tiffany.grant@uc.edu.

New Books in Oesper (History of Chemistry)

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Click here to see what new acquisitions have been recently added to the Oesper history of chemistry book collection.

For more information about Oesper and the apparatus museum, click here.

If you have any questions about this collection, please contact Ted Baldwin, Director of Science and Engineering Libraries, at Ted.Baldwin@uc.edu.

 

Student Library Survey: Enter to Win a $25 Gift Card

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Your opinions can build a better library – you just have to share them!

In order to serve you better, we invite you to participate in a 15-question survey regarding Clermont College Library facilities and services. Depending on your answers and your typing ability the survey should take 5 minutes or less to complete.

As a gesture of our thanks, you may provide your contact info at the end of the survey to enter a drawing for one of two $25 gift cards.

Together we can make the Clermont College Library a better space for resources and research.

 

Sincerely,

Katie Foran-Mulcahy, Library Director

Watercolor Painting in the Library

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Do you have the winter blues and need something fun to brighten your day? On the other hand, maybe you love winter, and you’d like to paint a picture of a beautiful snow scene. We have a table set up, for the month of January, for you to try your hand at watercolor painting.

The paper, paints, and water are waiting for you at the Clermont College Library. Stop by and see what you can create.

 

Penny McGinnis
Technical Services Manager

Job Posting: Metadata Librarian at the University of Cincinnati Libraries

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Metadata Librarian, full time faculty position

The University of Cincinnati Libraries is seeking candidates for a tenure-track metadata librarian position responsible for providing leadership and guidance in the development and implementation of metadata and data management strategies that will support discovery, access, management and preservation of the libraries physical and digital collections.

The University of Cincinnati is a premier, public, urban research university with an enrollment of more than 44,000 students; and is ranked as one of America’s top 26 public research universities by the National Science Foundation. The University of Cincinnati Libraries are a charter member of the Association of Research Libraries, with research collections of more than 4.25 million total volumes, access to 96,000+ journals, a digital repository of over 500,000 local digital objects, and 1.5 million e-books. The University of Cincinnati embraces diversity and inclusion as core values that empower individuals to transform their lives and achieve their highest potential.

Review of applications will begin February 26, 2018. Please visit https://jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinnati-Metadata-Librarian-OH-45201/451155600/ for full advertisement and to apply.

UC Libraries Closed Monday, Jan. 15 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. from LIFE Magazine

UC Libraries will be closed Monday, Jan. 15 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with the exception of the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, which will be open 9am-5pm. The libraries will resume normal hours on Tuesday, Jan. 16.

This closing includes the 4th floor of Langsam Library, which will close at 11pm on Sunday, Jan 14 and re-open at 7:45am on Tues, Jan. 16.

Check out these library resources about Martin Luther King, Jr.

Recent Instrument Acquisitions, Notes from the Oesper Collections, No. 48, January/February 2018

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A circa 1950 Spencer colorimeter.

A circa 1950 Spencer colorimeter

Issue 48 updates the reader on recent additions to the instruments covered in our booklet series on the history of chemical apparatus.

Click here for all other issues of Notes from the Oesper Collections and to explore the Jensen-Thomas Apparatus Collection.