For the 9th consecutive year, the University of Cincinnati Libraries will celebrate the International Edible Books Festival with an event scheduled for Thursday, April 1 from 12:30-1:30pm in the 5th floor lobby of Langsam Library.
At the event, over 20 participants will present edible creations that represent a book in some form. There are few restrictions in creating an edible book – namely that the creation be edible and have something to do with a book.
The March 2010 Records Update is now available on the Records Management website at http://www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/arb/records_management/recordsupdate0310.html. Records Update is published between issues of Records Quarterly to keep you up-to-date on timely records management topics. This update includes information about an updated Sunshine Law manual and Sunshine week as well as summaries of public records cases that were decided in the courts of Ohio within the past month and records in the news.
Spring workshop offerings have been announced in conjunction with Records and Information Management Month. Two sessions of our introductory workshop will be offered as well as two sessions of a new workshop on the management of email and electronic records. Participation in these workshops is free, however registration is required and each session is limited to 40 people. For more information and to register please go to http://www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/arb/records_management/workshops.html.
For the 9th consecutive year, the University of Cincinnati Libraries will celebrate the International Edible Books Festival with an event scheduled for Thursday, April 1, 2010, from 12:30-1:30pm in the 5th floor lobby of Langsam Library. The Libraries are seeking people interested in creating an edible book for the viewing and consuming enjoyment of those in attendance at the event.
Looking for a place to study during exams? Langsam Library begins exam hours March 12 through March 20.
UPDATE: The Geology-Mathematics-Physics Library is now open after a power outage this morning in Braunstein Hall.
In May 1970 the University of Cincinnati closed its doors to students and canceled classes. Campus demonstrations over the escalating Vietnam War and the invasion of Cambodia, the deaths of protesters at Kent State University and Jackson State University, and discontent with the administration’s efforts in enfranchising African American students led to the occupation of Van Wormer Hall and Beecher Hall. UC came to a standstill as students, faculty, staff, and administrators grappled with the issues of world turmoil being faced at the university. Continue reading
Take a look at the new books that are now available at the Health Sciences Library!
A new book list will be posted on the HSL blog the first week of every month .
This collection contains over 1400 images of Cincinnati’s architectural gems photographed by environmental artist Alice Weston.
A Chinese Boat Woman and her Baby from a latern slide Barbour used in his classes
Professor George Barbour was an internationally-known geologist and educator, whose life was filled with adventure. Barbour traveled the world for the first time at age 21, served in the First World War, and was involved with the research group that discovered the “Peking Man.” His papers, which are part of the University Archives collection in the Archives and Rare Books Library, contain correspondence, photographs, field diaries, and teaching materials which illustrate both his personal and professional life. Continue reading
One hundred thirteen years ago, two UC dental students were executed by hanging. Yes, it’s true: the University of Cincinnati once had a dental school. It was the Ohio College of Dental Surgery and from 1888 to 1906, and then again from 1923 to its closing in 1926, the dental college was part of the university. Cincinnati had a distinct shortage of dentists in the early years of the 19th century – there were only two in 1830. The Ohio College of Dental Surgery was founded in 1845, and just a few short years after that, the Queen City boasted a directory of over forty dentists. The school attracted students from around the Midwest and was the first dental college to graduate a woman, one Lucy Hobbs of McGregor, Iowa. It was the custom of the college’s faculty in those days to send each student out into the world equipped with both a diploma and a Bible. There are, after all, many kinds of cavities to fill in day-to-day existence. The college’s later affiliation with the University of Cincinnati was a reflection of the number of medicine-oriented schools in 19th century Cincinnati that strived to combine classroom instruction with practical experience. Continue reading