Most UC Libraries locations have special Spring Break hours. Check the library website or location for each library’s hours. Have a safe and relaxing break.
The Art of Aubrey Beardsley
By: Bridget McCormick, ARB Student Assistant
Born August 21, 1872 in Brighton, England, illustrator and author Aubrey Beardsley served as a prominent, albeit controversial, figure within the London Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements of the late 19th century.
Relocating to London with his family in 1883 when he was eleven years old, an adolescent Beardsley began to study drawing and literary arts while still in primary school. It was not until 1892, however, when he attended formal classes at the Westminster School of Art that Beardsley decided to pick up art as a profession. He most often worked in a plain black and white style, with the detailed application of black ink. His most famous illustrations depict themes of history and mythology. Examples of such works can be seen in Beardsley’s illustrations for his contemporary Oscar Wilde’s play, Salome (1891). Continue reading
NLM Biomedical Informatics: Bedside to Bench
Are the National Library of Medicine (NLM) National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) resources just for researchers or just for clinicians? The upcoming HSL workshops on April 26 and May 18 will demonstrate that NCBI resources are for research, clinical and educational use.
NLM Biomedical Informatics: Bedside to Bench with NCBI will walk through a case study where participants will assist in diagnosing a genetic condition, identifying genetic tests for disease confirmation, and helping determine the molecular etiology of the disease. All while using NCBI resources.
So check it out. Find out how NCBI resources can work for you. Register for the April or May workshops being held in the HSL Troup Learning Space.
Questions? Contact Tiffany Grant, PhD joffritm@ucmail@uc.edu
Clermont College Haiku Contest
In honor of National Poetry Month, the Clermont College Library is sponsoring its 5th Annual Haiku Contest.
Clermont College students will have the opportunity to write up to 3 haiku and submit them for a chance to win a $50 gift card. Professors Cassie Fetters and Michael Hampton will serve as our esteemed judges.
We have complete contest guidelines and submission page online. You may begin submitting entries on March 16.
The entry deadline is April 8th.
Penny McGinnis
Technical Services Manager
The Main Event: A Red & Black Revue
Clermont College is hosting a special event and an online auction to raise money for our 21st Century Library Transformation, student scholarships, and a new fine arts classroom. Be a part of the action and plan to attend and/or bid in the auction. The event includes dinner by the bite, an open bar, live music, and a special address from President Ono.
On a personal note, I’m beyond thrilled to have our library among the year’s fundraising priorities for Clermont College. Strong attendance at this event will have a huge impact on our ability to improve our library. Even if you cannot attend, please help us spread the word.
What: The Main Event: A Red & Black Revue
Where: Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites — Eastgate
When: Tuesday, April 5, 2016. The event begins at 4:30pm.
See you there,
Katie Foran-Mulcahy
Library Director
Medical Resources at UC Clermont College
Where do you find medical information when you need it? There are some great websites such as MedlinePlus.org, PubMed.gov, WebMD.org and the MayoClinic.org, but as a student, faculty, or staff member at UC Clermont, you have much more available to you!
Medline with Full Text (EBSCO)
is different from the website MedlinePlus. If you’re familiar with the searching capability of the EBSCO databases, you will be able to search Medline with Full Text. It covers the full text of 1,370 medical journals from 1965 to the present (with no embargo—meaning they don’t hold back the most recent issues for paid subscribers).
Also within the EBSCO group are other important medical databases: CINAHL Plus with Full Text, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, and Health Source: Consumer Edition.
National Women’s Month – UC’s Miriam Urban
By: Dawn Fuller
Miriam B. Urban
Miriam Urban was the only female professor in the history department during the 1920s and ‘30s. During this period of common discrimination against women in higher education, she fought to get tenure. Urban earned her bachelor’s degree from UC in 1915 and her master’s degree in 1917, earning a PhD from Columbia University before joining the UC faculty in 1920. Her field was European history and though she taught at the University of Cincinnati for 33 years Urban was not promoted to full professor until 1944.
Described as wearing shapeless tweed with white blouses, along with multiple glasses strung with black ribbons around her neck, students also commented that her hair was usually in “disarray.” Despite her “hot mess” eccentricities, Urban was a delight to her students, even though she was known to kick a dozing student in the shins or thump someone on the head with a pencil. She would signal the end of the class period by snapping her girdle.
Charlotte Shockley, a 1937 graduate in English from the Liberal Arts College, wrote, “Miss Urban’s dark eyes glittered as she likened Hitler to a ‘takeoff on Groucho Marx.’” Continue reading
Intro to GIS workshop
Want to work with a geographic information system (GIS) but are not sure where to start?
This workshop is for individuals who want to visualize spatial patterns in data but have no experience with a geographic information system (GIS) software or who want to learn about resources available to the UC community through UC Libraries and the Department of Geography. Workshop instructors will guide participants as they create a GIS using the software ARCGIS to visualize a dataset and create a map providing further insight into the data.
Monday March 14 1-3 pm GIS Lab – 415 Braunstein Hall
Friday March 18 12:30- 2:30 pm HSL Classroom
To register visit: http://webcentral.uc.edu/hslclass/home.aspx
Dean’s Corner: Finding the Talent
Dean of University Libraries, Xuemao Wang
Last month’s issue of UC Libraries’ newsletter Source featured two articles about the libraries’ process and progress in building capacity. Below is one of those articles in its entirety.
Finding the Talent: Building Capacity through Organizational Strategy and Partnerships with the Broader University Community
Ohio Supercomputer Center Training Session
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