Langsam Library will offer extended hours until 2am from Sunday, December 1 through Thursday, December 12.
After the regular Langsam Library hours, library space only will be open for students to study until 2am during exams. To enter the library after the regular closing time, students must do so via the 5th floor UCit@Langsam card-swipe entrance (a valid UC ID is required).
The UC Blue Ash College Library will be closed in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Our hours are as follows:
Wednesday, November 27th: close at 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 28th – Sunday, December 1st: closed
The library will reopen Monday, December 2nd at 7:30 a.m.
For other UC Library hours, check the list of library hours here: http://libraries.uc.edu/information/hours_maps/hours_main.html
On November 15 UC Libraries hosted an event focused on exploring countries and cultures. Librarians Pam Bach and Olya Hart engaged students in planning the event. During brainstorming sessions students suggested discussing the phenomenon of culture shock and sharing what surprised, puzzled, or scared them when they came to the U.S. At the suggestion of Srinivasa “Sid” Thatham, President of the Indian Students Association, we started the event with the video American culture shock for international students, which inspired a lively discussion. Continue reading
The next reading in the Elliston Poetry Room will be by poet Denise Duhamel.
November 22, 2013, 4:00 PM, Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library
Denise Duhamel is the author of several collections of poetry, including Girl Soldier (1996), How the Sky Fell (1996), Kinky (1997), The Star-Spangled Banner (1999), Queen for a Day: Selected and New Poems (2001), Mille et un sentiments (2005), Two and Two (2005), Ka-Ching! (2009), and Blowout (2013).
Look for recordings of this presentation soon in the digital collection, The Elliston Project: Poetry Readings and Lectures at the University of Cincinnati.
Learn more about Events sponsored by the Elliston Poetry Fund.
Join UC Libraries this Friday at 4pm, for Across Nations: Diversity Speaks. Interact with other students, enjoy refreshments and utilize library resources to explore cultures worldwide. Continue reading
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by Lauren Wahman During the week of October 28, 2013, the UC Blue Ash Library posed a question of the day asking students, faculty, and staff to think about what they knew about urban legends.
Please note that the Library Catalog (UCLID) will be offline on Monday, November 11, 2013 from 7:00 am to 12:00 pm for scheduled maintenance. All applications will be offline, the Online Public Access Catalog and Sierra.
Users can connect, via OhioLINK to access UC online resources.
In celebration of International Education Week, the Marx Law Library and UC Libraries collaborated on a display in support of UC’s First-Year Student Common Reading Program and the book Justice. The display, titled “Justice Around the World: Human Rights and Human Wrongs,” features the College of Law’s Human Rights Quarterly and the Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Both are edited by Bert Lockwood, Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Director, Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights. The display, on view through the end of the semester, is located on the 4th floor lobby of Langsam Library. Continue reading
Neil Armstrong teaching at the UC College of Engineering, in 1974
Did you know that Neil Armstrong was a professor at the University of Cincinnati after being the first man to walk on the moon?
To further preserve Armstrong’s accomplishments and specifically celebrate his years from 1971-1979 as a professor and researcher in aerospace engineering at the university, the UC Libraries created a dynamic commemorative website.
Kellie Tilton, Instruction Technologies Librarian, is the newest member of the UC Blue Ash Library faculty. Kellie comes to us from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. In her current role, she leads the development of new online tutorials and learning objects. She also works closely with the Art & Visual Communication, Behavioral Science, Electronic Media and History, Philosophy & Political Science departments to provide library instruction, collection support and research assistance.
Kellie at the very end of the Homer spit, in Homer, Alaska.