A new web exhibit from UC Libraries’ Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions commemorates the service of the 25th General Hospital in World War II.
Thanksgiving Holiday Hours
UC Libraries will close at 5pm Wednesday, November 23.
UC Libraries will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 24 & 25 except for the Health Sciences Library, which will be open Friday, November 25 noon to 5pm.
Check the library website or library location for exceptions or changes to the listed hours.
Early Childhood Education E-Guide
The Early Childhood Education e-guide to library resources has been redesigned. Continue reading
Next LIFE OF THE MIND Lecture Series Scheduled for today, November 29
The second in the “Life of the Mind” lecture series on the theme of “War” is scheduled for Tuesday, November 29 from 3:30-5pm in the Russell C. Myers Alumni Center. This event will also be live streamed via the libraries web site here. Free and open to the UC community and public, “Life of the Mind” features interdisciplinary conversations with UC faculty around a one-word theme. Each quarter, there are two “Life of the Mind” sessions with three “thought provocateurs” contributing to each session. Each scholar provides a 15-minute talk followed by audience Q&A.
The Albert B. Sabin Digitization Project: An Example of International Cooperation
Last week, I discussed parts of Dr. Saul Benison’s book on Tom Rivers that related to Dr. Sabin. One thing I didn’t include was when Dr. Benison asked Dr. Rivers about how countries were chosen to conduct field trials for the Sabin vaccine. Dr. Rivers said, “No one chose the country. Generally, it was the public health officials or virologists of a given country that did the choosing, and usually for reasons of their own.”[1] Dr. Rivers then proceeded to discuss how Czechoslovakia came to be part of the field trials. Instead of giving you Dr. Rivers’ brief account of it, I thought I would share some letters that tell the story. It’s actually a great example of international cooperation.
Letter from Dr. Payne to Dr. Sabin regarding the interest in the oral polio vaccine by the Czechoslovak health authorities, May 1958.
In May 1958, Dr. A. M.-M. Payne, Chief of the Endemo-epidemic Diseases Section of the World Health Organization, wrote to Dr. Sabin and included a copy of a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Czechoslovakia. The letter from Czechoslovakia said, “[T]here are favourable conditions for organising a highly specialized and extensive epidemiological and virological control of large scale immunisation with living vaccine.” They hoped to begin working on the research program with Dr. Sabin’s virus strains in later on in 1958.[2] With regard to this potential research program, Dr. Payne wrote the letter to Dr. Sabin seen on the left, where he said, “I believe that subject to satisfactory information regarding the proposed programme and the persons responsible for carrying it out, we should if possible support this proposal.”[3] Continue reading
Our Bearcat Image Library is Growing Again!
By Janice Schulz
Two new images have been added to our Bearcat exhibit. The photographs, taken by ARB Student Assistant Lauren Fink, depict the Bearcat making a stand around campus. The first is one of two statues guarding the Clifton Avenue entrance to McMicken Hall. Just find Mick and Mack and look up to see these fellows dutifully scanning the horizon. The second is a large inflatable bearcat currently holding ground in the UC Bookstore. He stands confidently and proudly welcoming customers to the Bookstore’s upper level.
November is National Career Development Month
By Lauren Wahman
Are you searching for a job? Or, are you just getting started on figuring out which career might be right for you? The UC Libraries have resources (print and electronic) that will help you do all of that and more!
Career Development Month Display by Carly Dennis, UCBA College Career Services
Resources include:
- Job & Career Accelerator
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Career Resources Collection at the UC Blue Ash College Library
Ask a friendly UC Blue Ash Librarian!
Visit: 117 Muntz Hall
Call: 745-5710
Web: www.libraries.uc.edu/ucba
Email: ucbalibrary@ucblueash.edu
Career Services at UC Blue Ash College
Web: http://www.ucblueash.edu/careerservices/index.html
Ring, Ring! Hotel Counter Bell Display
Marilyn Grismere, Professor Emeritus and an avid bell collector, has made a small portion of her bell collection available to the UC Blue Ash community. This display, which will be available until December 9th, features beautiful hotel counter bells from the late 1800’s to early 1900’s. Several types of hotel counter bells can be seen including: Plunger, Twist, Twirl, and Tap bells.
To learn more about the wonderful world of bells, be sure to visit the American Bell Association’s website at www.americanbell.org. The American Bell Association is a friendly group of bell collectors of all ages, youth to senior, who enjoy collecting and learning about bells. Professor Grismere also serves as the contact for the local Bell Study Club of Cincinnati. Contact her via email for more information.
Fall 2011 Records Quarterly Now Available
By Janice Schulz
The Fall 2011 edition of Records Quarterly is now available on the records management website. Articles in this issue include:
- Hybrid Records Environments – Learn how to efficiently manage both paper and electronic records in your business processes.
- Retention Requirements for Patient Medical Records – Gain insight into some of the key legal statutes that need to be considered when deciding on retention policies for patient files.
- Disposing of Electronic Records – Discover the unique challenges associated with disposing of electronic records and how to do so in a compliant and secure manner.
Records Quarterly is distributed electronically via the Records Management website. Subscribers to the Records Management Listserv will receive notification of new issues automatically. You can sign up for the listserv by going to the subscription page, or by sending an email to Janice.Schulz@uc.edu. Please include your name and email address and use “listserv sign-up” in the subject line.
The Albert B. Sabin Digitization Project: Sabin and Rivers
Here is a photograph of Dr. Sabin and Dr. Rivers found in our collection.
I finally had a chance to pick up Dr. Saul Benison’s oral history memoir on Dr. Thomas Rivers that I briefly mentioned in a previous blog post, so I thought I would share some information in the book that readers may find interesting. First, I wanted to share a little bit about Thomas Rivers. According to the American Philosophical Society, Dr. Thomas Rivers was an important virologist who was the director of the Rockefeller Institute from 1937-1955, and served as the Medical Director and Vice President for Medical Affairs for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis during his career. Today, Dr. Rivers is considered the father of modern virology.[1] Continue reading