by Michelle McKinney
A selection of books are now on display through April 29th in honor of Asian American and Pacific Island Heritage Month (usually celebrated during the month of May). Stop by the UCBA Library to check them out!
UCBA Librarian Judges Edible Books
By Michelle McKinney, Reference and Web Services Librarian
When Melissa Norris asked if I would like to serve as a judge for the 2016 Edible Books contest held on April 1st at the University of Cincinnati Libraries’ Langsam Library, I happily (and hungrily) agreed.
This was my first time attending the event let alone judging it. I was completely blown away by the creativity and complexity of some of the entries. It was truly a challenge for me and fellow judge, Michael Alfieri, to fairly assess and assign winners for 15 categories which included: Most Gruesome, Most Literary, Most Whimsical and Best Overall.
All those in attendance had the chance to taste the literary creations which included cheese balls, fruits, veggies, cakes and cookies. Did I mention how tasty the entries were as well?
For more information about the participants and the International Edible Books Festival, read the News Record article. View the entries and the winners on theLibraries Facebook page.
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- Me and the other Edible Books judge, Michael Alfieri
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- How Are You Peeling? Fruit salad
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- The Very Hungry Caterpillar Cupcakes
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- Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
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- To Kill a Mockingbird cake
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- Princess and the Frozen Peas cake and peas
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- Cuneiform Cookies
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- The Girl With a Pearl Earring cookies
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- The Girl on the Train cake
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- The Rats of NIMH cheese balls and crackers
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- I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings peeps
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- If You Were a Penguin cake
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- Quidditch Through The Ages cake
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- If You Were a Penguin cake
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- Winnie The Pooh cake
UC Libraries Invests in Digitization
The UC Libraries strategic initiative, DigitizeUC, is working to grow in-house digitization capabilities at UC Libraries into a fully-fledged program. UC Libraries has a long history of digitization and even started a University of Cincinnati Digitial Press in the 1990s. However, we have had limited in-house equipment and relied heavily on grants and local vendors to carry out projects. While grants and vendors are still part of our program, we are beginning to expand our in-house capabilities.
DT RG3040 and PhaseOne IQ360
Our first purchase is a significant investment that will serve UC Libraries for many years to come. We purchased a PhaseOne Reprographic System from Digital Transitions. This system includes a 60 MP PhaseOne digital back, DT RCam with electronic shutter, Schneider 72 mm lens, and motorized copy stand. This system will allow us to achieve rapid, high-quality digitization workflows and take on mass digitization projects with a high degree of color accuracy.
Fujitsu fi-6670
Our second purchase is a high-speed, duplex, automatic-sheet-feed Fujitsu scanner that will help us quickly digitize paper materials from the 20th-century and after. We are currently using it in a project to digitize the Lucy M. Shultz Archive held by the Department of English and Comparative Literature. The archive comprises of high-quality photocopies of 19th-century textbooks and handbooks for English composition and rhetoric.
The Digital Collections and Repositories department will be testing this new equipment with pilot projects the rest of this academic year. The DigitizeUC strategic initiative will be proposing a short-term (12-18 months) operations plan for next year that will help us focus our efforts next year and produce digital content.
These efforts and investments are aligned with the first and fourth pillars of UC Libraries strategic plan and would not be possible without the support and vision of Dean and University Librarian, Xuemao Wang, and his cabinet. This represents the first step towards a UC Libraries Digital Lab, a strong foundation for our expanding services to support digital scholarship at the University of Cincinnati.
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- Sign from symposium in honor of Albert Sabin’s birthday.
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- Albert Sabin polio vaccine poster from Latin America.
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- Certificate of appreciation for Albert Sabin from Argentina.
Celebrate National Library Week with a Gift to UC Libraries
April 10-16 marks National Library Week. Show your support for UC Libraries by making a gift at uc.edu/give.
Read why students love UC Libraries…
“UC Libraries are important to me because we preserve old volumes that cannot be replaced. They are an important part of our history that may be over-looked in this digital era. The history of these documents are just as important as their content, and I am proud to be working with an institution that understands their value.”
Rhianna Knisely, freshman, DAAP, urban planning
“The UC Libraries have provided for my inspiration and education invaluably over the years. The availability of facilities, technology and people have always been here for me, boosting my productivity and opportunities, and allowing me to explore, not just books, but my real potential.”
Samuel J. Tibbs, senior, DAAP, Architecture
“When I got to campus the library not only gave me a job but a place to be and a lot of new friends. My first year wouldn’t have been nearly as fun or productive without Langsam.”
Dante Marcon, freshman, Lindner College of Business, business economics
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For more about UC Libraries giving opportunities, visit our web page.
Starbucks is Coming to Langsam Library
Construction will begin Monday, April 11 to build a Starbucks Cafe on the east wall near the entrance of Langsam Library.
This project is scheduled for completion late August in time to open the beginning of fall semester 2016. During spring exams, April 17-28, construction activity will be limited so that students can continue to study in the library.
The copiers will be relocated on the fourth floor near the existing stand-up kiosks. The reference cubicle will be disassembled and this service will take place in room 451.
Thank you for your patience during construction. The cafe is part of a larger renovation plan already underway in Langsam to make it more inspirational, flexible, dynamic and collaborative, conducive for group and individual work. Read more on past and future Langsam renovation plans.
Tales from the Rare Books Room
By: Sydney Vollmer
What’s more chilling than a good book? Perhaps the ghost that guards them. It’s been awhile since my encounter…but I decided that the world needed to know about our much rumored ghost.
Whether it is a he or she, we cannot say. For the sake of time and space, let’s call it a “he.” He resides in our rare books room here in the Archives & Rare Books Library in Blegen—one level above the library space that is open to the public. Some background on the rare books room: it’s cold (necessary for preservation), it’s dark, (again, necessary), and it’s spooky (necessary for 
preservation?). When you get up the stairs and open the massively heavy door, all the lights are off. Each individual row of book shelves has its own light. Last year, one didn’t. Continue reading
Celebrating the History of Nursing at the 7th Annual Cecil Striker Society Lecture April 14
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 seventh annual Cecil Striker Society Annual Lecture on Thursday, April 14, 4-6:30pm in Kresge Auditorium, Medical Sciences Building, 231 Albert Sabin Way. Julie Fairman, Nightingale Professor of Nursing and Chair of the Biobehavioral Health Sciences Department at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, will present this year’s lecture, “Making History: From the University of Cincinnati to the Future of Nursing.”
Sponsored by UC Health, the evening will include the talk from 4 to 5 p.m. followed by Q&A and a reception at 5:30 p.m. The Cecil Striker Lecture is free and open to the public, but RSVP’s are requested to (513) 558-5120 or chhp@uc.edu.
Dr. Fairman’s presentation is supported by the UC College of Nursing. The Winkler Center gratefully recognizes the generosity and foresight of the following individuals and organizations who have provided significant support to establish the Cecil Striker Endowment fund: Presenting Sponsors: Dr. and Mrs. Carl Fisher and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; Supporting Sponsors: Cecil L. Striker, PhD, Dr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Striker, UC Health; Additional Support provided by Dr. and Mrs. Michael K. Farrell.
For more on the history of the College of Nursing, specifically the 100th anniversary of the offering of a Bachelor of Nursing degree, read an article by Winkler Center student Nathan Hood on the Libraries blog.
Music in the Gorno Library Mon. April 18, 2016
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oin us Mon. April 18 at 5:00 PM in the Gorno Library for a concert of music by Scarlatti, Schumann, Ravel and Tan performed by CCM alumna Christina Tan. View program (pdf).
Music in the Gorno Library Tues. April 12, 2016
Join us Tues. April 12 at 5:00 PM in the Gorno Library for a concert of 20th and 21st-century music for piano performed by members of the Piano Repertoire Class. View program (pdf).
Jonesing for Some Good Illustrations
By: Sydney Vollmer, ARB Intern
It’s always a surprise what you’ll find when you go up to the rare books room. Last week, Kevin (our head here in the Archives & Rare Books Library) asked me to go find half-a-dozen beautiful Shakespeare volumes for a presentation given to the dean’s advisory committee. I went upstairs. There were the Charles Knight editions. They’re nice, but we’ve done so much with those already. I pulled the Rackham, Dulac, and Thompson volumes, because they’re classic illustrations that everyone enjoys seeing. I still needed at least three volumes…
