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On Wednesday, November 25, 2009, a DAAP fine art student, Jennifer Morgan gave a critique of her snow globe project in the DAAP Library. Created for her class (Installation Art), Jennifer’s snow globes are constructed from figurines and other found objects, which are housed in jars filled with baby oil.
Though snow globes are generally considered “kitsch” objects and are associated with vacationers and leisure, this student’s project challenges this view by placing elements of destruction, such as a canary in a coal mine, a cowboy surrounded by real tobacco, and a black widow spider, inside a snow globe.
Jennifer first saw the DAAP Library snow globe collection her sophomore year during a graphic design class. Now a senior, she was inspired for this project after the snow globes were placed more visibly on the library shelves. She recalls that DAAP’s snow globes had been displayed in cases before this year, and is glad they are out in the library for more people to see. Jennifer’s globes are displayed among the DAAP Library’s collection to surprise and delight daap students and visitors alike.
Other DAAP student art exhibitions are currently being installed in the DAAP Library. Watch the blog for more details.
Blog entry co-written by:
Sara Mastbaum, Graduate Assistant (DAAP School of Art MA Candidate), DAAP Library
Jennifer Pollock, Head of the DAAP Library
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In 2002, the University of Cincinnati Libraries was bequeathed an outstanding collection of books from the personal library of Robert E. Cazden, professor emeritus of library science at the University of Kentucky and a noted scholar on German-American history and literature. The portion of these materials that pertain to German-American studies – more than 1400 volumes – has now been fully catalogued and added to the German-Americana Collection in the Archives & Rare Books Library at the University of Cincinnati. This acquisition maintains the position of the German-Americana Collection as one of the premier libraries on this subject in the world. Continue reading
The University of Cincinnati Libraries have digitized Cooperative Engineer, a quarterly publication produced by students and alumni of UC’s College of Engineering from 1921 to 1975.
Accessible via http://digitalprojects.libraries.uc.edu/cooperative_engineer/, each scanned issue of Cooperative Engineer can be viewed in its entirety. The issues are also searchable by keyword and by phrase. In addition, viewers of the collection can browse by issue cover.
On Wednesday, November 4th, newly inducted University President, Gregory Williams, paid a visit to the Robert A. Deshon and Karl J. Schlachter Library for Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP Library).
During his visit, President Williams enjoyed viewing the artists’ book Global University, part of DAAP Library’s special collection of nearly 400 artists’ books. The one-of-a-kind book is an examination of both the story of one immigrant to the US and the University of Cincinnati’s globalization plan. Written and created by DAAP student Anne Catherine Yu See, Global University spoke to the interests of the President, who is the author of Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black. President Williams was raised partially in Virginia, where he attended an all-white school. However, he discovered that his father was biracial and had a white father and black mother. President Williams, his brother, and his father later moved to a predominantly black neighborhood in Indiana, and Williams was not accepted by black relatives because of his white heritage and was ostracized by whites for his black ancestry. As a result of his childhood experiences, President Williams now holds a special interest in diversity issues and matters of civil rights.
He was also able to view the DAAP Library’s collection of over 340 snow globes – the many New York snow globes were a favorite after his tenure as President of City College, New York. President Williams left DAAP library with a charge to bring in a new snow globe from Indiana, the state where he attended high school after moving from his home state of Virginia.
A page from Raymond Walter's 1949 diary in which he describes his trip to Hiroshima.
As the University of Cincinnati welcomes it 27th president, Gregory Williams, it seems appropriate to look back on the previous 26 UC presidents. A list of former presidents and their photos appear on UC’s Office of the President website, but if you are wondering what Raymond Walters was doing in 1949, what Nancy Zimpher did on her first day as UC President or similar information on UC’s former presidents, then the Archives and Rare Books Library is the place to go. Continue reading
A reminder that UC Libraries will be closed Wednesday, November 11 for Veterans’ Day with the exception of the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, which will be open 9am to 5pm.