All University of Cincinnati Libraries locations will be closed Monday, May 29 in observance of Memorial Day. Regular library hours for all locations will resume Tuesday, May 30. Have a safe holiday.
Easier Browsing, Improved Wayfinding in CECH Library
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We’re happy to announce that we have recently installed improved signage in the CECH Library. The new signage clearly identifies the locations of our various types of children’s literature, as well as high-traffic areas like our info desk, makerlab, and … Continue reading
Join us for UC ORCID Awareness Day Thursday, June 8
On Thursday, June 8, the University of Cincinnati Libraries Research & Data Services (R&DS) team will host a UC ORCID AWARENESS Day as part of the Data and Computational Science Series. We invite you to come to Rm 540B in the Faculty Enrichment Center, 5th floor of the Walter C. Langsam Library, to activate or enrich your ORCID profile.
What is an ORCID?
ORCID stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID. It is a 16-number identifier unique to you as an author and researcher.
Why should I have an ORCID?
- To distinguish you as a unique author
- To build an online profile about your scholarship and research contributions
- To help you easily access research infrastructure
- To get ahead of possible coming requirements for having an ORCID
Does it take a lot of time to activate and maintain an ORCID?
To set it up will take about 5-10 mins, and you can use automated tools to maintain it.
Does it cost something?
To register for an ORCID is free.
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Details about UC ORCID AWARENESS Day
When: Thursday, June 8, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This is a free and open event.
Where: Faculty Enrichment Center (RM 540B, Walter C. Langsam Library)
What: Work with UC Libraries R&DS team members to active or enrich your ORCID profile using automated tools.
Who: Any researcher who publishes or applies for grants
Grab an ORCID Cookie and get started increasing your research impact.
Register to attend, although drop-ins are welcome.
RESPECT Presents a 20-Day Self-Education Against Systemic Racism
Systemic racism is defined as “policies and practices that exist throughout a whole society or organization, and that result in and support a continued unfair advantage to some people and unfair or harmful treatment of others based on race (Cambridge Dictionary).” How does systemic racism bleed into education? The University of Cincinnati Libraries’ R.E.S.P.E.C.T. developed a 20-Day Self-Education Challenge to explore examples of systemic racism – both past and present – that exist in various areas of education, along with ways in which we can help dismantle those practices.
Scheduled to take place May 22-June 16, the challenge is divided into four weeks, each with a different theme.
- Week 1: Critical Race Theory – what is it?
- Week 2: Systemic Racism in Education – a history
- Week 3: Systemic Racism in Academia
- Week 4: Systemic Racism in Academic Libraries
Learn on your own and then gather online each Friday at 11am via Zoom for a moderated discussion of each week’s module. Register now to watch, read and listen to informative pieces. The challenge is free and open to all. Each week’s module will be sent to those who register along with the Zoom link for the weekly conversation
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. (Racial Equity Support & Programming to Educate the Community Team) is a UC Libraries committee charged with developing external programming that explicitly addresses the negative role that systemic racism plays in our society.
Data Center Planned Outage – Library Services Impacted
There is a power outage scheduled for the University of Cincinnati’s primary Data Center beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, May 12, and lasting as late as 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 14. Digital Technology Solutions (DTS) will be performing maintenance in the Data Center during this time. Many commonly used cloud-hosted services will remain available.
The UC Libraries website will remain up during the outage; however, some parts of the website will be unavailable, including:
- Browzine integration with Summon
- The staff directory
- The student employment application
- Some Contact Us forms
- The “Journals” and “Books” search tabs on homepage
- My Library Record
In addition, the following library sites/services will be down during the outage:
- uclid.uc.edu (Library Catalog)
- scholar.uc.edu
- journals.uc.edu
- digital.libraries.uc.edu (including Luna)
- data.libraries.uc.edu
- libapps.libraries.uc.edu (including the Source blog, LiBlog, Omeka S and Exhibits
More information, and a list of UC services that will be affected during the outage, can be found on DTS’s internal website (UC access only).
HSL Newsletter: May Updates
May Updates
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HSL New Resources
The HSL has had the great fortune of being able to purchase some new resources this year. These new books and journals have been purchased to support the Colleges of Allied Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. Explore these resources in our new libguide: HSL New Resources 2023
UCBA Library’s May Spotlight: Space
by Christian Boyles
The UCBA Library is excited to showcase titles in our collection which we hope will be of interest. We will feature different genres, authors, or themes, so watch for new titles at the start of each month. Spotlight titles can be found at the Library’s Information Desk.
May’s Spotlight is Space!
- Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- The Aliens are Coming by Ben Miller
- Enjoy Our Universe by Alvaro De Rujula
- We Have No Idea by Jorge Cham & Daniel Whiteson
Interested in more titles about Space? Ask Us!
Classicists — Burnam Library Updates and Happy Summer!
Happy Summer and congratulations to all our new graduates, not the least our new PhD’s this spring, Sarah Wenner, Cecilia Cozzi, Duccio Guasti, and Andrew Lund, and MA’s, Charlie Kocurek and Dalton Davis!
Please see the Classics Library Newsletter (link below) recounting several new and interesting undertakings, especially the many digitized items, and their descriptions and histories in the new Book Tour and much more. Happy Reading!
Spring Semester 2023 Classics Library April 28
SciTech Premium
The UC Library has recently added a subscription to SciTech Premium. SciTech Premium is a general STEM resource that provides access to materials in the natural sciences, technology, engineering and related disciplines and offers full-text from peer-reviewed journals, trade publications, books/monographs, conference proceedings, reports, newswires, video material and more.
SciTech Premium replaces the Libraries’ individual subscriptions to the Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection, the Advanced Technology & Aerospace Collection, the Engineering Collection and the Materials Science Collections while extending coverage to include the Biological Science Collection and the Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Collection.
To find out more about SciTech Premium, visit the ProQuest SciTech Premium LibGuide or contact the Science & Engineering Libraries.