The Albert B. Sabin Digitization Project: Finding Aid Now Available

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Rio de Janeiro, 1981 - Children presenting Dr. Sabin wtih a cake for his 75th birthday.

As mentioned in a previous blog post, the Sabin project student assistant Megan and I have been diligently working on creating a tool to help researchers find information in the Hauck Center for the Albert B. Sabin Archives and help them gain access to the materials in the collection. In the archival profession, we refer to this type of tool as a “finding aid.”

Today, we are happy to announce that the finding aid for the Albert B. Sabin Archives can now be found in the OhioLINK Finding Aid Repository! To access the finding aid, please follow the link below:

Finding aid for the Albert B. Sabin Papers, 1930-1993

By creating this tool using Encoded Archival Description (EAD), this finding aid is now completely searchable, which will allow our online visitors to search our collection much easier. We hope that this will help users across the globe have a better understanding of the materials we have. As we delve further into the Sabin digitization project, this finding aid will be updated to reflect any changes.

If you see material listed in the finding aid that you may be interested in, please contact the Henry R. Winkler Center at (513) 558-5120 or chhp@uc.edu. Continue reading →

Next LIFE OF THE MIND Lecture Series Scheduled for today, November 29

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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.

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The Albert B. Sabin Digitization Project: An Example of International Cooperation

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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!

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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.

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November is National Career Development Month

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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:

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

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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

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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.