ILLiad, UC Libraries Interlibrary Loan program, will be unavailable Tuesday, December 15 from 8am-11am for a system upgrade.
Website Migration @ Clermont Library
Heads up — the Clermont College Library is migrating to a new website template on Friday, December 11th. While our website’s address won’t change, the site may not be available for your use on Friday on an intermittent basis.
If you’re experiencing issues , please visit the UC Libraries website for access to all of your favorite library resources like Summon, Academic Search Complete, UC Library Catalog, and more. When the new site is complete, the look and feel will be similar to other UC Libraries websites, including the Langsam Library, the Blue Ash College Library, and the Health Sciences Library.
Thanks for your patience as we continue to make changes to serve you better.
Katie Foran-Mulcahy
Library Director
UCBA Library Winter Break Hours & Exceptions
The UCBA College Library will have the following hours during winter break:
Monday, December 14-Thursday, December 17: 12p-5
Friday, December 18: 12p-4p
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Saturday, December 19-Sunday, January 3: CLOSED
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Monday, January 4-Thursday, January 7: 12p-5p
Friday, January 8: 12p-4p
Saturday, January 9-Sunday, January 10: CLOSED
Regular semester hours resume Monday, January 11
-by Julie Robinson
UCBA Fun Facts: Least Favorite Genres
Question: What genres do you rarely read?
Heather Maloney, Library Director: Biographies. Weird because they interest me, I just don’t pick them up often.
Michelle McKinney, Reference/Web Services Librarian: Horror, Hard Core Sci Fi
Kellie Tilton, Instructional Technologies Librarian: Mystery. I don’t have the patience to wait to the big reveal at the end.
Lauren Wahman, Instruction Librarian: Romance and western. These just aren’t my thing so I don’t ever read them.
Rachel Lewis, Technical Services Manager: Books….LOL!.
Julie Robinson, Library Operations Manager: Western, Oprah’s Book Club (it should be a genre!), Self-Help
Pam Adler, Public Services Assistant: Sci Fi, and horror
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
By: Sydney Vollmer, ARB Intern, 2015-2016
I’m not one to frequent dinner parties, seeing as my peers are assuredly drowning in some form of debt and being strangled by the long, drawn out sentences that fill the pages of their textbooks. However, if I were to be seated at any table of twelve, these Shakespearean dinner place cards would turn a regular dinner into a fancy party. No Pinterest expert I, but if it had existed when these cards came out, I’m sure they would have made their way to social media in a heartbeat.
These particular cards are antiques, but no one is stopping you from typing them out and printing them on fancy paper so you too can have an Elizabethan inspired night. Make your guests feel welcomed and appreciated with sentiments strung together from six of Shakespeare’s plays.
If thou wantest anything, and will not call, beshrew thy heart Henry IV, Part 2; V:3. Continue reading
Langsam Library Has Gone to the Dogs

Officer Lance Long and K-9 Dozer, left, pause during training at the Von Liche K-9 training facility in Indiana with officer Rob Doherty and K-9 Boomer.
Take a break from your studies and come meet Dozer and Boomer, Labradors in the K-9 Unit of UC’s Public Safety Department.
Dozer and Boomer will be visiting Langsam Library on Monday and Tuesday, December 7th and 8th from 11:00 to 11:30am and 1:00 to 1:30pm both days.
For more information about the K-9 Unit, http://www.uc.edu/News/NR.aspx?id=22556.
Fuel Your Late-Night Studying in Langsam with Coffee and Snacks.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT! UC Libraries and Food Services have partnered to provide free coffee and snacks beginning at 10pm each night for students studying for exams in Langsam Library.
Langsam Library space will be opened 24/7 for exams beginning noon on Sunday, November 29 through 6pm Friday, December 11. Regular hours will resume Saturday, December 12.
Undergraduate Discovery Lecture Series in Langsam Library
Join us Thursday, December 3, from 5:00 to 6:30pm in Langsam Library 462 for the fall 2015 Discovery Lecture Series – a student-centered, student-led and student-developed lecture series featuring Scholars of the Month nominated by faculty and selected by a committee of experienced researchers.
Clermont Library Winter Break Hours
The Clermont College Library break hours from December 14-23, 2015 are as follows:
The library will be open Monday through Friday from 8:00 am-4:00 pm. We are closed on Saturdays and Sundays.
Additionally, the library will be closed for winter seasonal days:
- Winter Seasonal Days – Closed Dec. 24-Jan. 4, 2016
Illustrating Shakespeare’s Plays, Part the Second – Edmund Dulac
By: Sydney Vollmer, ARB Intern
Not too long ago, I posted a blog focused on Arthur Rackham and his illustrations. It’s time for Part 2, this time featuring Rackham’s most worthy competition, Edmund Dulac.
A year ago, when I was asked what I thought about Edmund Dulac’s artistic style, I said, “I think his illustrations are a little darker and less whimsical than the others [Arthur Rackham and Hugh Thomson]”. However, my tastes must have changed over time. Looking through Dulac’s illustrations in Shakespeare’s The Tempest, I find myself in love with his use of color and the way he blends it so beautifully. It’s interesting to see the different styles, as well as the histories which led each artist to his renown. Continue reading