The Ohio Supercomputer Center will be on campus for two training sessions.
Session 1: Langsam Library Room 475, 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Session 2: Health Sciences Library, Medical Science Building, G003I, 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
No Prerequisites Required
To Register: www.osc.edu/march17
By: Sydney Vollmer, ARB Intern
ISA, a much friendlier acronym than another “IS” we know, stands for the International Shakespeare Association. Why wouldn’t the world have an ISA? It’s one of those organizations I always assumed exists, but in that unspoken sort of way. As it turns out, I was incorrect, as this organization is very much established.
The idea was conceived during a World Shakespeare Congress (more on that in a bit) held in Vancouver in 1971. Since then, the organization has evolved with the mission of:
Offer[ing] an opportunity for individuals and institutions to join together to further the knowledge of Shakespeare throughout the world… The ISA’s central commitments are to advance the education of the public by furthering the study of Shakespeare’s life and work by such means as the Trustees determine, including by:
Quacks for Stacks is happening again this year at Clermont College Library.
Try your luck, buy a duck — it’s just a buck. We’ll draw the winning duck from a kiddie pool on March 31 at Clermont College’s Spring Fling event.
This year, you can come to the library to buy your duck OR enter online for a chance to win an Asus Transformer Book 2-in-1 laptop generously donated by Fifth Third Bank. Each duck purchased = 1 chance to win. All proceeds from this fundraiser benefit your 21st Century Library Transformation.
Katie Foran-Mulcahy
Library Director
The mysterious antique bottle of “sulfur iodide.”
Issue 37 explores the consequences of trying to determine the true contents of an antique bottle of so-called “sulfur iodide” recently donated to the museum.
Click here for all other issues of Notes from the Oesper Collections and to explore the Jensen-Thomas Apparatus Collection.
On Thursday, March 24, UC Libraries will host topical workshops and Q&A/consultation session. John Zabilski, SciFinder’s lead trainer and database expert will be our presenter.
These sessions will provide you with search techniques and tips to help scour the literature landscape and to keep updated on research findings. The workshops are designed for both advanced and entry-level SciFinder users. Get to know SciFinder & register for your UC account at http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/scifinder prior to the session.
You are welcome to attend any of the four session times. Please register in advance: http://webcentral.uc.edu/hslclass/home.aspx .
9:30 – 11:00 AM
SciFinder Workshop – Polymers/Materials 850D Baldwin (CEAS Library)
11:00 – 12:00 PM
SciFinder Consultation time / Q&A 850D Baldwin (CEAS Library)
1:30 – 3:00 PM
SciFinder Workshop – Drug Discovery/Clinical /Pharmaceutical Research Areas Troup Learning Space G005G (Health Sciences Library)
3:00 – 4:00 PM
SciFinder Consultation time / Q&A Troup Learning Space G005G (Health Sciences Library)
Workshop topics will include the following:
John Zabilski, Senior Application Specialist at Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), has worked at CAS for 30+ years, with positions in editorial (organometallic), Customer Help Desk, new product development, and the STN search service. John has a Bachelor’s in Chemistry from Cornell, did graduate work in chemistry at Texas A&M, and received a MBA from Ohio State University. John is a registered US Patent Agent.
Register now at http://webcentral.uc.edu/hslclass/home.aspx. Prior to the session, register for your UC SciFinder account at http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/scifinder
Questions? Contact Ted Baldwin baldwitw@ucmail.uc.edu or Edith Starbuck starbuem@ucmail.uc.edu
Heather Maloney, Library Director: I’m not much of a snacker when I read but a glass of wine or cup of tea is always nice.
Michelle McKinney, Reference/Web Services Librarian: Peanut M & Ms
Kellie Tilton, Instructional Technologies Librarian: Water?
Lauren Wahman, Instruction Librarian: No favorites, just usually have water near me.
Rachel Lewis, Technical Services Manager: ALL things FOOD!
Julie Robinson, Library Operations Manager: If I get sucked into a good read, I don’t even know if people are around, much less a snack!
Pam Adler, Public Services Assistant: Nothing. I’ll have water or coffee but rarely any food while reading.
UC WorldFest 2016 opened with a bang on Thursday, March 3. The kick-off ceremony included great performances of singers and dancers and a stunning international fashion show.
UC libraries had a display featuring library events and resources with a focus on globalization and diversity. We were in a great company: there were many interesting colorful displays and we enjoyed talking to students who stopped by our exhibit.
We are very excited to be part of the exciting program of events. On Wednesday March 9 UC Libraries is hosting a Trivia Night. Please come to demonstrate your trivia skills, support your friends competing for prizes, or just watch! There will be food and fun for everyone!
By: Sydney Vollmer
Cordelia, Desdemona, Juliet, Lavinia, and Ophelia: What do these strange names have in common? For one, they are all women in Shakespeare’s plays, as you might have guessed. More specifically, they are all characters from his tragedies. Based on their individual circumstances, it’s easy to see that Shakespeare was not kind to his women—but to be fair, he wasn’t very kind to the men in these plays either. Even so, I’d like to point out that none of these women died because they did something wrong. Most of these women died as a result of men acting irrationally. Most of them were pawns in games of power 
or revenge. At least the men died because they were the ones that did something stupid, so some of them kind of deserved it. It’s hard to discern the order in which to rank these undeserved tragedies, but I’m going to go ahead and let Lavinia take the crown.
Poor Lavinia, from the devastating tragedy of Titus Andronicus, is the daughter of the play’s namesake. Her father deals in some shady business about who he is going to have her marry, and it ends with her being dragged through the woods by three men. It’s pretty easy to guess what they wanted to do with her in the woods. After they each had their fill, they cut off her hands and slit her tongue out of her mouth so she couldn’t reveal what had happened. Eventually, she was able to write out what had become of her by holding a stick in her mouth and writing in the dirt. Enraged, her father took revenge on the men. Then he realized that since his daughter was no longer innocent and this had happened out of wedlock, she was not fit for life. He then killed his daughter whom he had just worked so hard to avenge. Feel free to argue that another woman on this list had it worse, but I’m pretty sure we’re all in agreement on this one. Continue reading
Cecil Striker
This photo serves as a link to the article “Dr. Cecil Striker,
An Essential Founder of the ADA.”
By: Nathan Hood
On Thursday, April 14th, the Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions is excited to present its seventh annual Cecil Striker Society Lecture! This year, faculty and students celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the College of Nursing’s Bachelor Degree – which was implemented in the early 1916 in tandem with the creation of the School of Nursing and Health of the Cincinnati General Hospital. This baccalaureate program was, according to the Winkler Center’s records, the first of its kind in the United States and a product of the ‘melding’ between Cincinnati’s pre-existing nursing program and that of the University. This “merging” of affiliations between the nursing education program, the hospital, and the University was only the second instance of its kind in the country. Indeed, the event was revolutionary in more ways than one…
