What are you doing on August 21, 2017? Find out about the total eclipse at NASA’s Eclipse 101 website: https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/.
Stratford-upon-Avon: “A Town Synonymous with William Shakespeare”
By: Sydney Vollmer, ARB Intern
Ah, summer. A time for frolicking on the beaches, zipping swiftly through busy cities with bright lights, tolerating that toddler kicking your seat on the plane just because it means you’re finally getting to spend some time away from work, and appreciating the Bard? It’s true. Shakespeare’s home, Stratford-upon-Avon, has been relying on tourism to bolster its economy since 1769.
Shakespeare’s Birthplace. Source: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Welcome New Library Operations Manager, Elizabeth Sullivan
by Heather Maloney
The UCBA Library team welcomes Elizabeth Sullivan as the new Library Operations Manager. Elizabeth brings over 5 years of experience from the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County including her role as a branch manager. She also comes directly to us from the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden where she was the Manager of Member Experience and Fun (yes, she met Fiona!).
UCBA Library Operations Manager, Elizabeth Sullivan
Elizabeth will be managing the daily operations of the library to ensure high quality service and support for faculty, staff and students. We’re so excited to welcome Elizabeth to the UCBA Library Team!
A Few Alembics : Notes from the Oesper Collections, No. 45, July/August 2017
A reproduction of a circa 17th-century alembic
with an “ostrich”-necked cucubert, clay luting, various
receiving flasks, charcoal furnace, bellows, tongs, and poker
The 45th issue of Museum Notes gives a brief history of the oldest known distillation apparatus as illustrated by various reproductions found in the Oesper Collections.
Click here for all other issues of Notes from the Oesper Collections and to explore the Jensen-Thomas Apparatus Collection.
County Cork: A County Unchanged by History
By: Savannah Gulick, Archives & Rare Books Library student assistant
County Cork, Ireland lies in the southwest region of the country and contains many historically famous cities and buildings, such as Cobh (formerly Queenstown) where the Titanic last docked before its disastrous maiden voyage 
in 1912, and Cork City itself, the second largest city Ireland. In terms of its beauty and traditions, this particular county has not changed very much over the centuries, though like the rest of Ireland, has seen economic hills and valleys as well as its own take on revolution and patriotism in the island. In Charles Smith’s two-volume 1774 work in the Archives & Rare Books Library, The Ancient and Present State of The County and City of Cork, the author discusses the vast history of County Cork up to his own time in the 18th century. He explains all aspects of Irish history in Cork, ranging from wars to flora and fauna with maps and photos to illustrate what he is discussing. The volumes are part of the growing body of Irish literature in ARB and are consulted frequently by students and scholars interested in urban development, the history of cities, and the general history of Ireland. Smith’s work also includes maps and engravings of Cork City and the surrounding countryside. Continue reading
Reporting back from the Archives Leadership Institute
By: Eira Tansey
Twenty-five archivists, five and a half days, and untold quantities of coffee: these are the basics that make up the annual Archives Leadership Institute (ALI). ALI is a week-long leadership training institute for a cohort of 25 archivists, selected each year following an extensive application and review process. The institute is funded by a 3-year grant from the National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC), and is currently located at Berea College (Kentucky). Continue reading
Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad) Unavailable July 17 from 7-10pm
ASTM Compass Now Available
UC Libraries now has a subscription to ASTM Compass, which includes all ASTM standards, journals and STPs (Special Technical Publications). Access to standards includes both current and historical versions.
ASTM standards and publications cover many topics: consumer products, science, design, architecture, engineering, 3D printing, medical devices, etc. Go to https://www.astm.org/Standards/category_index.html to see an entire list of standards by category.
To access go to https://compass.astm.org/CUSTOMERS/index.html . If you are off-campus, log in to the UC VPN: http://libraries.uc.edu/off-campus-access.html
Some help using the COMPASS platform:
- User guides: https://compass.astm.org/SUPPORT/index.html
- Help videos: https://compass.astm.org/SUPPORT/video-tutorials.html
Two Ohio Supercomputer Center Webinars coming in July
IT@UC is hosting the OSC for two live streaming webinars
JULY 20: BIG DATA @ OSC Workshop: INTRO TO HADOOP & SPARK
Date: Thursday, July 20, 2017 – 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Streaming Location: Langsam 475
REGISTER ONLINE (click yes to – Select if attending the remote event at University of Cincinnati)
JULY 27: PERFORMANCE TUNING WORKSHOP
Date: Thursday, July 27, 2017 – 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: 850D Baldwin Hall (CEAS Library)
REGISTER ONLINE (click yes to – Select if attending the remote event at University of Cincinnati)
These are live webex events. Brett Kottmann will
be on site. Questions? brett.kottmann@uc.edu
Attached: OSC webcast ad flyer V2_201707
Dr. Philip Wasserman
The Winkler Center was honored a few weeks ago to host Sherry Wasserman, her sister Naomi Hordes, and Naomi’s husband Jess who were here to donate a photo album which was presented as a gift to Sherry and Naomi’s father, Dr. Philip Wasserman, who for many years was the Director of the Clinical Laboratory at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati
The book, which staffers had professionally bound and printed, primarily focuses on Dr. Wasserman, but also contains numerous images of the Jewish Hospital Clinical Laboratory before and after its expansion in the 1950s; it’s staff, doctors, and nurses; and activities that occurred at the lab primarily in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Dr. Philip Wasserman began work as a pathologist at the Jewish
From L to R, Naomi Hordes (nee Wasserman), Sherry Wasserman, and Lori Harris, Assistant Director of the Health Sciences Library and the Winkler Center.
Hospital in 1937. He was made Director of the Clinical Lab in 1941 and stayed in that position until he retired from it in 1979. Though officially retiring as Lab Director, Dr. Wasserman continued to work as a general pathologist.
During his tenure at the lab, Dr. Wasserman oversaw its expansion, development, and growth from a small department employing a “handful” of people to one which employed nearly 200. Wasserman was well-regarded also as a progressive thinker. He established a residency program bringing foreign physicians to Cincinnati for training and was far ahead of his time especially as it related to integration. He was noted for hiring people of any color, creed, or ethnicity, so long as they could accomplish the job, a somewhat novel idea in Cincinnati in the 1950s.
Images in the book were taken by Jane Hutzelman who worked at the lab as a clinical photographer. She created the photo history and presented it to Dr. Wasserman upon the completion of the new lab in the 1950s. The book is inscribed “To Dr. Wasserman: as a token of our appreciation for the wonderful laboratory.”
Not only will this photo history be a wonderful supplement to the Jewish Hospital Collection here at the Winkler Center, but so too will it be a testament to the work and career of Dr. Wasserman.
An image from the book–the Wasserman girls with their father at the old Clinical Laboratory, Jewish Hospital, c. 1955
We thank Sherry Wasserman, Naomi Hordes (nee Wasserman), and Carol Deanow (nee Wasserman) for considering the Winkler Center when it came time to find a home for this family treasure.
Works Used
“In Remembrance,” Cincinnati Medicine November, 1998.