Love and Romance

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By Janice Schulz

In honor of St. Valentine’s Day, the Archives & Rare Books Library is highlighting some of our holdings related to love, romance, and marriage.  Like the course of romance itself, our material can run the gamut from wonderful, to bittersweet, to downright tragic.

The March's from Their Wedding Journey

Basil and Isabel March rest in the Boston ticket office before continuing Their Wedding Journey.

Their Wedding Journey, written by William Dean Howells in 1871, chronicles the expedition of newlyweds Basil and Isabel March, a European couple taking their honeymoon in North America. The March’s are beyond the “standard,” age of newlyweds, having had some fits and starts in their relationship before finally tying the knot, and as such, they wish to behave with a bit more maturity than the average honeymooners. Disembarking in Boston (where, on a local note, conversation from the ticket counter leads them to believe that “it is easy enough to buy a ticket in Cincinnati, but it is somewhat harder to arrive there”) their plans take them through New York, to Niagara, Montreal, and finally Quebec. The story is one of a truly contented couple. Upon arriving home, “Their holiday was over to be sure, but their bliss had but begun; they had entered upon that long life of holidays which is happy marriage.” The book is available in the ARB Rare Books collection, cataloged as PS2025 .T58 1871.

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Authors, Editors & Composers

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UC Faculty — Submit Your 2011 Published Works to Authors, Editors & Composers

The annual “Authors, Editors & Composers” event is scheduled for Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 3:30pm in the Russell C. Myers Alumni Center at UC.  University of Cincinnati Libraries will once again recognize the 2011 publishing and creative accomplishments of UC’s faculty with a reception, presentation of selected works, a printed bibliography, and an exhibit.

See the original University of Cincinnati Press Release for details about how to submit your 2011 published work before the deadline of Wednesday, February 29, 2012.

Library workshops the week of February 13

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UC Libraries have a few openings for the following workshops next week:

Monday, February 13

Basics of Outlook 2010: Beyond E-mail 1:00PM – 2:30PM HSL Electronic Classroom G005G

This class is for the student who wants to use Outlook to the fullest extent! Students will learn how to 1) set up appointments and meetings using the Calendar, 2) add people to their Contact list 3) Add and assign Tasks 4) use the Journal to keep track of activities, and 5) use the Notes function to keep reminders for themselves. (Note – the e-mail function of Outlook is not covered in this class). Prerequisite: Basics of Outlook E-mail.

Tuesday, February 14

Intermediate Outlook 2010 9:00AM – 10:30AM HSL Electronic Classroom G005G

This workshop is designed for people who have a basic knowledge of Outlook . Students will learn advanced messaging features as well as how to customize many of Outlook’s functions. Prerequisite: Basics of Outlook 2010.

Wednesday, February 15

Basics of PowerPoint 2010 11:00AM – 12:30PM HSL Electronic Classroom G005G

This is a beginning level workshop that will take participants through the basics of creating a graphical computer presentation using PowerPoint. Advanced features such as transformations, slide builds, hidden slides, and timed rehearsals will also be covered. Prerequisite: Basic Computer Training or equivalent experience.

RefWorks 2.0 for Engineers 2:00PM-3:00PM 850D Baldwin (CEAS Library)

The new RefWorks 2.0 platform is now available. Learn how to use this bibliographic management tool to build and manage citations retrieved while conducting your literature reviews. If you have your own laptop, please bring it to the workshop.

To register for the workshops please go to http://webcentral.uc.edu/hslclass/ and click on “Register or cancel registration” next to the workshop title. You will find links to classroom directions at the bottom of the page.

If you have any questions about the classes, please call Lauren Mills at 558-6019 or e-mail her at Lauren.Mills@uc.edu

Charles Dickens in Cincinnati

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By Kevin Grace

Dicken's "The British Lion in America"As we continue to celebrate Dickens’ birth (he turned 200 this past Tuesday, and still seems robust), we should note his visit to Cincinnati in 1842.  The visit was part of Dickens’ itinerary on his first journey to America, with initial stops in Boston, New York, Washington, and Pittsburgh.

Accompanied by his wife, Catherine, Dickens thoroughly enjoyed Boston, was not so enthralled by the nation’s capitol with all the necessary politics, and had quite a negative impression of Pittsburgh.  Cincinnati in springtime, however, he found to be “a beautiful city, cheerful, thriving, and animated.”  Dickens documented his trip to the United States in American Notes for General Circulation, published in October after his return to England.  In Cincinnati, he was very complimentary about the orderly streets and houses, so it is apparent that he wasn’t walking about during one of the regular hog-drives to the slaughterhouses!  He enjoyed the view from Mt. Auburn, complimented the city’s system of free schools, and sat in on a nuisance trial in the courts.  In American Notes, he stated: “The society with which I mingled was intelligent, courteous, and agreeable.” Continue reading →

The Albert B. Sabin Digitization Project: An Influential Man

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This is the first page of the 1982 letter from Dr. Sabin to Dr. Kew, which Dr. Racaniello refers to in his article.

Recently I received a Google alert for an article that mentioned Dr. Sabin. The article was about a live debate on H5N1 viruses sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences, and it briefly discussed Dr. Vincent Racaniello’s opinion on using ferrets as “models of flu effects in humans.” According to the article, “when [Dr. Racaniello] began studying viral pathogenesis under Albert Sabin and other eminent experts, ‘The first thing they said was when you study viruses in animals, don’t think you’ll learn much about what happens in humans.’”

Since Dr. Racaniello specifically mentioned Dr. Sabin, I thought I would do a little bit of research on their connection. This led me to a 1993 article by Dr. Racaniello that appeared in an issue of Biologicals dedicated to Dr. Sabin. I found Dr. Racaniello’s discussion of how Dr. Sabin influenced his research quite interesting, so I thought I would share some of the materials that he refers to in the article. Continue reading →

UC Faculty, Submit Your 2011 Published Works to Authors, Editors & Composers

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On Tuesday, April 17, 2012, the University of Cincinnati Libraries will once again recognize the publishing and creative accomplishments of UC’s faculty at the annual “Authors, Editors & Composers” event. Scheduled for 3:30pm in the Russell C. Myers Alumni Center at UC, “Authors, Editors & Composers” will pay tribute to the 2011 scholarly and creative works of UC’s faculty with a reception, presentation of selected works, a printed bibliography, and an exhibit.

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Charles Dickens, the Serial Man

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By Kevin Grace

Edwind Drood CoverPart of Charles Dickens’ immense success as an author in the 19th century was due in no small measure to the changes in book production and readership brought on by the Industrial Revolution.  Steam printing increased book production.  Cheap availability of books, along with the development of libraries and public schooling, led to increased readership.  Coming into his own in writing his novels, Dickens took advantage of a growing demand on the part of readers for fiction.  And, as the consummate marketer of his works, Dickens had his finger on the pulse of all of this.

By 1836, he had compiled his writings that formed Sketches by Boz into a single volume, realizing that he could build his popularity and create a market for his fiction by publishing serial chapters.  The next year, 1837, Dickens became the editor for Bentley’s Miscellany and began issuing chapters of Oliver Twist.  Acutely aware of his reputation and the acclaim given him by the reading public, Dickens made at least four separate arrangements with publishers to serialize his work.  Continue reading →

HSL CampusGuides: Taking Research to a New Level

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The Health Sciences Library is transitioning the “Electronic Resources” topics to a more user-friendly, robust CampusGuides interface during the 2011-2012 academic year. CampusGuides incorporate search boxes, RSS Feeds, embedded media, surveys and can be easily accessed on mobile devices.  See the newly published Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Resources; the first example of a new and improved topic guide.

More topic guides will be coming soon.  As the topics transition to CampusGuides some will appear in the old interface and some in the new.  The links on the Electronic Resources page will be changed to lead directly to the new topic guide as they are developed.

We look forward to your feedback and suggestions to help make these topic guides as useful as possible.