UCBA Fun Facts: Favorite Fictional Character?

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Michelle McKinney

Question: Who is your favorite fictional character?

Heather Heather Maloney, Library Director: I think Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. “There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.”

Michelle McKinney, Reference/Web Services Librarian: Doug Swieteck in Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt

Kellie Kellie Tilton, Instructional Technologies Librarian: Anne Shirley (when she’s not being annoying). More up-to-date? Hermione Granger.

Lauren Lauren Wahman, Instruction Librarian: Hard to narrow down to one, but a couple of faves are both Scout and Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, Bone in Bastard Out of Carolina, and Katniss in The Hunger Games

Rachel Rachel Lewis, Technical Services Manager: No favorite, but The Joy of Cooking is an essential and classic cookbook. I normally give it as wedding gifts.

Tammy Tammy Manger, Public Services Manager: I don’t think I have a favorite.

Chris Chris Marshall, Public Services Assistant: Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffanys

UCBA Fun Facts: Favorite Cookbook?

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Michelle McKinney

Question: What’s your favorite cookbook?

Heather Heather Maloney, Library Director: Any of Ina Garten’s books…haven’t come across a bad recipe yet!

Michelle McKinney, Reference/Web Services Librarian: The Cake Mix Magic series…all the recipes start with a box of cake mix.

Kellie Kellie Tilton, Instructional Technologies Librarian: America’s Test Kitchen! (And anything that shows step-by-step with photos. I am an awful cook.)

Lauren Lauren Wahman, Instruction Librarian: Can’t remember the last time I read a biography…

Rachel Rachel Lewis, Technical Services Manager: No favorite, but The Joy of Cooking is an essential and classic cookbook. I normally give it as wedding gifts.

Tammy Tammy Manger, Public Services Manager: Gooseberry Patch Cookbook “Super-Fast Slow Cooking”. I love this book…simple and fast!

Chris Chris Marshall, Public Services Assistant: Campbell’s Soup cookbook. “Best Loved recipes”

UCBA Fun Facts: Favorite biography?

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Michelle McKinney

Question: What’s your favorite biography?

Heather Heather Maloney, Library Director: The Stranger Wilde: Interpreting Oscar

Michelle McKinney, Reference/Web Services Librarian: Finding Fish by Antwone Fisher (technically an autobiography).

Kellie Kellie Tilton, Instructional Technologies Librarian: Um. I’m not sure the last time I read a straight biography. Memoirs and autobiographies are another story….

Lauren Lauren Wahman, Instruction Librarian: Can’t remember the last time I read a biography…

Rachel Rachel Lewis, Technical Services Manager: I’m going to piggy back off of Chris. I did enjoy Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom.

Tammy Tammy Manger, Public Services Manager: I really enjoyed reading about the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder. I was a fan of Little House on the Prairie.

Chris Chris Marshall, Public Services Assistant: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

UCBA Fun Facts: Favorite reading place?

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Michelle McKinney

Question: What’s your Favorite place to read?

Heather Heather Maloney, Library Director: On vacation….anywhere.

Michelle McKinney, Reference/Web Services Librarian: I like to read in bed or in my favorite lounge chair.

Kellie Kellie Tilton, Instructional Technologies Librarian: I prefer to read on vacation (a random dream vacation is one dedicated JUST to reading), but more often than not, I read in bed.

Lauren Lauren Wahman, Instruction Librarian: Vacation, couch, bed…just about anywhere except the car.

Rachel Rachel Lewis, Technical Services Manager: No favorite place, but I tend to read in my bed before I fall asleep.

Tammy Tammy Manger, Public Services Manager: I like to read in bed. That’s why I can’t make it through more than two pages.

Chris Chris Marshall, Public Services Assistant: Poolside in the summer is the best!

UCBA Librarians Serve

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Michelle McKinney

UC Blue Ash librarians, Heather Maloney and Michelle McKinney, took part in the UC Serves pilot event on Friday, May 2, 2014. The event was sponsored by Emerging Leaders in Student Affairs and the Center for Community Engagement and brought together over 100 UC faculty and staff volunteers for painting, cleaning, landscaping and clerical projects throughout the city.

Heather Maloney and Michelle McKinney with the UC Bearcat at the UC Serves Kick-Off event.

Heather Maloney served with colleagues in Clifton and had a blast! In the morning, the group worked with Keep Cincinnati Beautiful to remove graffiti and stickers from public spaces along Calhoun and McMillan Avenues, and in the afternoon, they worked with Spring in Our Steps to clean trash and debris from a historic alley-way near campus as way to enhance pedestrian spaces. Maloney truly appreciated the opportunity to serve the community alongside colleagues, and she can’t wait until next year!

Heather Maloney and fellow UC colleagues show their school spirit. Photo by Michela Buccini via Twitter.

Heather Maloney on graffitti patrol with a few other volunteers.

The Volunteers of America paint crew.

Michelle McKinney, armed with a paintbrush, helped to spruce up the Veterans of America facilities in Mt. Healthy. She was moved by how appreciative the resident veterans were of their efforts and plans to make volunteering for UC Serves a regular part of her year.

UC Serves was a great opportunity to work with UC colleagues from across the university as well as participate in the amazing work of organizations within our communities.

UCBA Fun Facts: One book or several?

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Michelle McKinney

Question: Do you prefer to read one book at a time, or several at once?

Heather Heather Maloney, Library Director: Several at once and lately not so much luck with finishing….

Michelle McKinney, Reference/Web Services Librarian: Accidentally re-reading books. I’ll borrow a book from the library and realize a few chapters in that I’ve read it before.

Kellie Kellie Tilton, Instructional Technologies Librarian: I TRY to read one at a time, but I’m easily enticed by new, shiny books.

Lauren Lauren Wahman, Instruction Librarian: I’ve got a better shot at finishing it if I stick with one.

Rachel Rachel Lewis, Technical Services Manager: If I am in the mood for reading it will only be one book at a time.

Tammy Tammy Manger, Public Services Manager: I read one book at time. Otherwise I tend to get lost and find myself looking back in the book to figure out what I’ve already read.

Chris Chris Marshall, Public Services Assistant: I usually read just one book at time. I can enjoy the characters more reading just one at a time.

Online Chat and Text Service Ending May 6th

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Michelle McKinney

UC Libraries will no longer offer online Chat or Text services as of May 6, 2014.

If you need online help, you can:

Visit the UCBA Research Guide at http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/ucba-researchhelp to ask an online question or schedule a Research Consultation for Students or Faculty.
If you need immediate help, you can always call us at 513-745-5710 or visit us in Muntz 113 during regular business hours.