d/Deaf Children’s Books in the Classroom

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Last semester, the CECH Library collaborated with the American Sign Language (ASL) and Deaf Studies Department to expand d/Deaf representation in their children’s and young adult literature collections. After working with ASL 2003 students to create a book selection framework, the ASL Club helped CECH librarians choose which books to add to the library’s collections in February 2024. 

Now that we have these awesome books on our shelves, Elementary Education major Alice Somers shared an exciting update on how she’s using the collection in her kindergarten practicum classroom: 

As an education student completing my kindergarten practicum, I have found myself in a Deaf & Hard of Hearing classroom. I have been able to take the books from this collaboration and bring it into a classroom where the students can see themselves in the literature around them. The students and teachers have shown great interest in the books, and are excited to utilize them throughout the school year! 

Thanks for this great update, Alice! We love knowing that our children’s book collections are being used and enjoyed by children, especially in a way that is affirming of their lived experience.

Katie Foran-Mulcahy 
Head, College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services (CECH) Library 

Alice Somers 
CECH Library Student Employee 
Elementary Education and Deaf Studies (CECH 2026) 

Alex Temple officially joins UC Libraries as Reference Services Coordinator in the Archives and Rare Books Library

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The Archives and Rare Books (ARB) Library is pleased to announce that Alex Temple has transitioned to the position of reference services coordinator effective September 9, 2024. Alex has worked as a contract archivist at ARB since September 2021 working on many projects, including the archival processing of the Al Gerhardstein papers, coordinating an inventory of the rare books collection, providing reference services and supervising student employees.  

alex temple

In his new role, Alex will be responsible for coordinating reference services at ARB, both in-person and remote, managing the reading room to ensure professional and prompt service to visiting researchers, providing primary source instruction, creating subject guides and outreach tools for ARB’s collections and scheduling and supervising student employees.

Alex is a familiar face around the University of Cincinnati Libraries, first helping out in the Preservation Lab in 2013 before moving to ARB and the Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions. It’s safe to say Alex has a thorough knowledge of our archives and special collections. Welcome, officially, to Alex! 

Learn more this fall with CECH Library 

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CECH Library is excited to announce our workshop offerings for the Fall 2024 semester. Workshops are open to faculty and graduate students across the UC community. Check out all our offerings below. 

You can see a full listing of CECH Library workshops and all UC Libraries workshops on Faculty OneStop, including descriptions, times, locations, and how to register.  

Classics Library fall events: Talk and exhibition to usher in the ‘spooky’ season and a Greek music performance!

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September 19 at 12:30 pm at The Klau Library, Hebrew Union College
Talk and Exhibition about “Imaginary Creatures” in literature and art from antiquity to the renaissance.

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Collections Shift at the Archives and Rare Books Library

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The Archives and Rare Books Library (ARB) will soon begin utilizing new space at an offsite storage facility maintained by the University of Cincinnati Libraries. This will free up much needed collections space in Blegen Library for new acquisitions and newly organized materials. Consequently, ARB staff be taking part in a major collections shift during the weeks of September 16th and September 23rd.

During that time, services at ARB may be disrupted. This includes fielding reference questions and communications. We apologize for any inconvenience during this time but look forward to enhancing collection services following the shift!

Frederick A. Marcotte Library Digital Displays

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UC Clermont Library maintains three monthly displays that pertain to timely issues; one is inside the library and two are in display cases in the Snyder and Edith Peters Jones buildings. You’ve probably seen these throughout campus and maybe even checked out materials from one. For these physical displays we lay out books, DVDs, periodicals, and QR codes relating to a particular topic. We feature all the materials available in these physical displays on our digital display website so that you can explore what is on our physical display shelves from the comfort of your home, access electronic materials, and request items from each display. Our display topics for the month of September 2024 are Appalachian and Rural Studies, US Elections, and AI.

A place to find UC Research Resources

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Our research ecosystem at UC is spread across many departments and it can be a challenge to find the help you are looking for.  UC Libraries Research and Data Services team has a webpage with links to many of the resources that can help you find the right person to answer your questions and connect you to the tools that enhance your research.

Visit our updated Research & Data Resources page Research & Data Resources | University of Cincinnati (uc.edu) for resources and contacts through all stages in the research lifecycle.

A place to find UC Research Resources

If you are a UC research resource provider and would like to add your information, please contact askdata@uc.edu.

New Library Instruction Menu from CECH Library

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CECH librarians love engaging with students and teaching library instruction sessions to classes across the college. To better promote what is possible with library instruction, instruction librarians in CECH Library developed a new instruction menu.  

The menu has four categories of offerings with example lessons in each. These categories and examples are not exhaustive – course instructors are encouraged to reach out to discuss the specific needs of their students to customize the lesson!  

New Library Instruction Menu from CECH Library

The menu was developed based on common instruction requests, concepts students need assistance with during research consultations, and the particular programs and disciplines we serve. 

Instructors who are interested in having a library instruction session for a class should reach out to
Madeleine Gaiser (gaiserml@uc.edu) or Katie Foran-Mulcahy (katie.foran@uc.edu) for scheduling and more details. 

On behalf of CECH Library, 
Madeleine Gaiser, instruction librarian 

Updates to Print Maps Collections Access (Geo-Math-Physics Library)

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When you visit the Geology-Math-Physics (GMP) Library this fall, you may notice big space changes that are now in progress.  As an early step to open up space, several map cases and cabinets that once lined the eastern and southern walls (entry level) have been moved to remote storage (UC Fishwick facility).  Cases of maps for the Tri-state region (Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky), highly used for teaching and research, remain onsite and have been consolidated in the library’s southwest corner.

To access maps, we highly recommend that you seek a digital version of any map.  One great resource for digital maps is the USGS, particularly for topographical maps.   If you need help locating digital maps, email the libraries’ Research & Data Services team at askdata@uc.edu.

For more information on print maps, including those which remain at GMP Library and those which are now located in remote storage, please review our research guide page on the map collection.  Please visit the GMP Library for assistance with any map located onsite.  To request a map in remote storage, please complete this form and a member of the Science and Engineering Libraries team will contact you and help with your needs.

UC’s science libraries – GMP Library and Chemistry-Biology Library – are undergoing major space changes and consolidation in light of the demolition of Crosley Tower, including the Chemistry-Biology Library space, in late 2025.  In preparation for this, the Chemistry-Biology Library will close after spring semester 2025 and its research collections will relocate to GMP Library over time.  We look forward to realizing a long-term vision for a combined science library.

Updates to Print Maps Collections Access (Geo-Math-Physics Library)

Thank you to Marcia Johnson for the June 2024 image.