50 Minutes-1 Book: Frankenstein on Halloween

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By:  Kevin Grace

Well, ‘tis the season for that old Scottish prayer: “From ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties, and things that go bump in the night, Good Lord deliver us!”  Yes, we are in our Halloween days in this month of spectres and the quickness of the night, of harvests and the dying away of nature, and, of things resurrected.  So it is appropriate to turn our attention to a subject such as Victor Frankenstein’s monster.

This month’s “50 Minutes-I Book” lunchtime series in the Archives & Rare Books Library will be about Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus.  We’ll take a look at some special illustrated versions of her tale and consider what the book tells us about science and literature in the early 19th century.  Please bring your lunch and conversation, along with a nightmare or two if you wish, and join us on the 31st.

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Travel the World with UC Libraries! Destination for Today: Bulgaria

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“Mastika and Rakia – Mastika is an anise-flavored liqueur made from raisins, grapes, figs, or plums. Rakia is a typically made from plums (but can also be produced from peaches, apricots, figs, and apples). It also serves as the national drink of Bulgaria. Both liqueurs taste similar to brandy. Most meals include drinks served as aperitifs.”

About their food:”Lunches and dinners often include soups, salads, stews, grilled meats, or stuffed vegetables. Regional culinary variations include the presence of more fish dishes along the Black Sea, less pork in the more Muslim Southeast, and more diverse dairy products in mountain areas. Plums, apricots, peaches, and melons are a few of the fruits available in the country. Cafes, pubs, and sweet shops are popular meeting places for a drink, coffee, or snack.”

Alexander Nevski Cathedral, Sofia

Alexander Nevski Cathedral, Sofia

The Global Road Warrior, “Bulgaria: Country Snapshot,” http://www.globalroadwarrior.com/contentinfo.asp?cid=21&nid=65&next_nid=66 (accessed October 9, 2013).

New Digital Repository for Scholarly Works of Faculty and Students Will Enhance Teaching, Learning, and Research

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The University of Cincinnati has embarked on a project to build a next-generation UC digital repository, and has joined two new consortia that will greatly advance the creation of this new repository. The initiative is being led by the University of Cincinnati Libraries in partnership with UCIT, the Office of Research, and the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP), the initial partners in what is expected to be a university-wide effort.

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Dr. Benjamin Felson Project: A Friendship that Spans Careers

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Henry R. Winkler Center staff recently completed processing the correspondence portion of the Benjamin Felson archival collection, which is now available for research. The correspondence series documents many of the professional activities in which Dr. Felson was involved, such as his editorship for Seminars in Roentgenology, as well as his travel activities and his love for tennis.

Drs. Felson and Jacobson

Dr. Felson is seen here with Dr. Harold Jacobson in an undated photograph.

While exploring the correspondence series, one name appeared on a regular basis — Dr. Harold G. Jacobson. Continue reading →

Music in the Gorno Library, October 9

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UC’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) and UC Libraries present:

Music in the Gorno Library

A Short Recital of Medieval Polyphony and Song

CCM COLLEGIUM VOCALE

Wednesday, October 9, 2013, Gorno Library Reading Room, 6th floor Blegen Library, 5pm. Free and open to the public.

Performers Alison Kaufman, Samantha Stinson, Jonathan Cooper, Samuel Chan, Cody Bowers, Michael Fuchs, and Matthew Peattie will perform “Selections from Mass of Barcelona,” “O ignee spiritus,” and “Selections from Laudario di Cortona” among others.

National Womens Studies Associal Meeting, Nov. 7-10

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NWSA: National Women’s Studies Association is holding its annual meeting in the Duke Energy Convention Center, November 7-10.  Established in 1977 to promote and support research, teaching, and learning about women and gender, NWSA’s annual conference is the only meeting of its kind within the United States that exclusively features feminist scholarship.   Continue reading →

Travel the World with UC Libraries! Destination for Today: Brazil

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Brazil is one of the great rising world economies, comprising the BRIC nations along with Russia, India, and China. The country’s large agricultural, mining, manufacturing, and service sectors have become forces on world markets. Brazil weathered the 2008 global economic crisis with only two fiscal quarters of recession as global demand for Brazilian commodities declined. Foreign investment has remained strong amidst strong growth and high interest rates. The economy is likely to be among the top five in the world in coming years.

Curitiba, in the southeast corner of Brazil, is one of the cities that is studied frequently by urban planners because of their system for rapid transit.
The Architecture and Urban Planning Collection in the UC Libraries has a collection of images from the city taken by a UC student in planning.

Rapid Transit in Curitiba

Source: Global Road Warrior

Feature Library Resource: Architecture and Urban Planning Collection, Information Please Almanac.

Join UC Libraries at Books by the Banks October 12

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4cpossmcropped2On Saturday, October 12, the 7th annual Books by the Banks: Cincinnati USA Book Festival will take place at Duke Energy Convention Center from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Once again, UC Libraries is an organizing partner of the literary event that allows readers to meet and greet favorite authors.

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