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.
An actual surviving example of the Grove cell and a spare ceramic spacer.
The 23rd issue of Notes from The Oesper Collections highlights the famous Grove nitric acid cell and its later modification by Robert Bunsen which made it into a standard commercial and laboratory source of electrical energy for more than 50 years.
Click here for all other issues of Notes from The Oesper Collections and to explore the Jensen-Thomas Apparatus Collection.
During the month of October designated as National Information Literacy Awareness Month UC Libraries invited students to think about scenarios that have to do with the ethics of using information. At the end of the month we posted the following scenario:
A few responses suggested reversing the time. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be able to do that?! While we are waiting for the invention of the time machine (if you are working on it, please let us know), let’s look at some other suggestions. Continue reading
The next concert in the Music in the Gorno Library series will take place on Thursday, November 14 at 5 pm in the Albino Gorno Memorial Music Library Reading Room, 6th floor of Blegen Library. Presented by UC’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) and UC Libraries, the concert will include works by Wagner and Schoenberg.
Comprehensive Physiology is an authoritative collection of review content assembled in the physiological sciences.
This publication includes the complete content from the Handbook of Physiology series and will be continually expanded through a dynamic program of updates. The audience for Comprehensive Physiology is academic scientists in the life sciences, advanced students in the life sciences and medicine, instructors in these disciplines, and academic clinicians.
Key Features:
Go to the Health Sciences Library eBook page to find a link to Comprehensive Physiology in the A-Z list.
The CECH Library has a new display of books on the Common Core standards:
Display of Common Core Standards Books
The display includes books like The Common Core Writing Book , Common Core for the Not-So-Common Learner : English Language Arts Strategies for Grades K-5 and The Road to Knowledge : Information and Research : a Staircase to Standards Success for English Language Arts.
Come discover our new collection of resources to support your study and application of the Common Core standards! You may also want to consult INFOhio’s Common Core Toolkit. This toolkit provides information about the Common Core Standards as well as resources that you can download and use for instruction. And you may want to consult the Common Core Standards tab of our Curriculum Standards online guide for information about databases and websites with useful tips and resources for teaching with the Common Core standards.
During the month of October designated as National Information Literacy Awareness Month UC Libraries invites students to think about scenarios that have to do with the ethics of using information. A couple of weeks ago we posted the following prompt:
(These are just a few responses we received).
We have asked Dr. Cynthia Nitz Ris, Associate Professor at the Department of English and Comparative Literature, to comment on your responses. Here are her thoughts: Continue reading
Join the UC Blue Ash Library as we celebrate National Information Literacy Awareness Month in a variety of ways, including:
