April 12th to 18th is National Library week and we are celebrating by encouraging students to take a selfie in Langsam and tag #uclibraries on Instagram.
In addition, visit Langsam Library Wednesday from 1pm to 4pm for lemonade and cookies.
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UC Libraries Hosting First THATCamp University of Cincinnati May 4-6
Join UC Libraries for THATCamp University of Cincinnati, an unconference, which is an open meeting where humanists and technologists of all skill levels and interests gather to learn and to build together in sessions proposed on the spot. By practice, THATCamps are open and online. Participants make sure to share their notes, documents, pictures and other materials from discussions before and after the event on the Web and via social media. Continue reading
Final ARB "50 Minute" Talk of the Academic Year is Set
By: Kevin Grace
Our 2014-2015 “50 Minutes” series wraps up this month with a fascinating look at Cincinnati’s “Frail Sisterhood”: Nineteenth-Century Prostitutes of the Queen City
Throughout Cincinnati’s first 100 years, prostitution was common and leading prostitutes and madams were well known. Although labeled the “Frail Sisterhood,” these “Women of the Town” were anything but frail, carving out a transgressive community run by women, providing resources and services unavailable in the male-dominated society of the time.
At noon on Thursday, April 16, Greg Hand will provide an overview of Cincinnati’s Victorian demimonde, highlighting some of the city’s most notorious brothels and introducing some of the colorful and infamous characters. Hand retired in 2014 as associate vice president for public relations at the University of Cincinnati. He was a reporter and editor for several weekly newspapers in Cincinnati and has co-authored three books on UC history. He currently operates the “Cincinnati Curiosities” blog at handeaux.tumblr.com
Please join us for what promises to be a wonderfully unusual Cincinnati experience. Bring your lunch, bring your friends!
Hungry?! Come to the Edible Books Festival April 1
Once again, the University of Cincinnati Libraries will celebrate the International Edible Books Festival with an event scheduled for Wednesday, April 1st from 1-2 p.m., on the 5th floor lobby of Langsam Library.
At the event, nearly 20 participants will present their 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. Submitted entries include edible titles such as Lemons: A Global History. Classic books Fahrenheit 451 and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer are represented along with nonfiction works with Commentaries on the Laws of England and Bulls, Bears and the Ballot Box. Contemporary fiction such as Wild and favorite children’s books Where the Wild Things Are, Green Eggs and Ham and Click, Clack Moo are among other literary greats at the festival. Continue reading
Next Up in the Digital Humanities Speaker Series: Dr. Alex Gil
Alex Gil
UC Libraries is thrilled to welcome Dr. Alex Gil to campus Monday, April 6, 2015 as the second expert in our Digital Humanities Speaker Series. He will present a series of talks, all free and open to the public, to be held in 480 Langsam Library.
- 10:00-11:30am: “Setting up Playgrounds for the Digital Humanities: Strategies to Foster and Support Digital Humanities Activities and Communities” (followed by a lunch reception)
- 12:45-1:45pm: “Breaking the Code: The Developing Librarian Project at Columbia University Libraries” (targeted for library faculty and staff, but all are welcome)
- 2:00-3:30pm: Keynote: “Hacking Light, Crossing Borders: Building Transnational Communities in Digital Scholarship and the Case of GO::DH” (reception to follow in 480)
Music in the Gorno Library to Feature Pianist Esther Wang
Join us Monday, March 30, in the Gorno Library Reading Room, 6th Floor, Blegen Library, 1:00 p.m. for the next “Music in the Gorno Library” concert. This concert will feature the pianist, Esther Wang, associate professor of piano at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota.
Ms. Wang will be playing pieces from composers Louis Couperin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Doug Opel, Augusta Read Thomas and Francis Poulenc. A full program is available online.
Ms. Wang is a College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) alumna and former student employee in the CCM Library while she was studying for her degree from CCM under Frank Weinstock. Her full bio is here: https://gustavus.edu/profiles/ewang2
Esther will be playing the library’s historic Steinway piano. The Music in the Gorno Library concert series are free and open to all.
UC Libraries Seeks Edible Books Creators for Annual International Festival
Know of a good book to eat?! Create an Edible Book for UC Libraries International Edible Books Festival
It’s time once again for the fan favorite International Edible Books Festival scheduled for Wednesday, April 1, 2015, from 1:00-2:00pm in Langsam Library’s 5th floor lobby. UC Libraries is seeking people interested in creating an edible book for the enjoyment (and consumption) of all in attendance. There are few restrictions – namely that your creation be edible and have something to do with a book – so you may let your creativity run wild. Continue reading
“Life of the Mind” Lecture Series Returns March 26 with Dr. Jeffrey Whitsett Presenting
UC President Santa J. Ono will moderate the discussion on the theme of “Technology and Innovation in Medicine.”
Life of the Mind, interdisciplinary conversations with UC faculty, will return March 26, 4-5:30pm in TUC 400ABC with a lecture by Jeffrey Whitsett, MD, professor of pediatrics in the College of Medicine, as well as co-director of the Perinatal Institute and chief of neonatology, perinatal and pulmonary biology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
Life of the Mind is a semi-annual lecture series that features a distinguished University of Cincinnati faculty member presenting his or her work and expertise. A panel of three responds to and discusses the lecture from diverse perspectives. The series includes intriguing insights from diverse perspectives and encourages faculty and students from across UC to engage in further discourse. The presentation is not simply a recitation of the faculty member’s work but promotes an informed point of view. Continue reading
Discovering Your Roots: Langsam Connect Event Feb. 25th
Discovering Your Roots
Wednesday, February 25th
3 pm @ the Triceracopter, 4th floor Langsam Library.
Have you always wanted to trace your family history? Come learn how to use Ancestry.com, available through UC Libraries, and also enjoy interesting and in-depth dialogue about the link between African History and Black Culture.
Hosts: Dr. Karen Cudjoe, Instructor of Africana Studies & Nick Wantsala, President of African Student Association
What: Fun, Soul Food, and Library Finds
When: Wednesday, February 25th, 3:00 p.m.
Where: Langsam Library @ the Triceracopter
Who: UC students
?s Pamela.bach@uc.edu, (513) 556-1580
Celebrate the Lunar New Year in Langsam Library
Friday, February 13, 3-5pm, Langsam Library.
Enjoy refreshments and entertainment while you participate in interactive activities such as calligraphy, origami, haiku readings and more. Visit the Student Technology Resources Center (STRC) and make a video postcard greeting. Listen to music and play games as you welcome in the year of the goat (or sheep).
Activities will include:
- Welcome from Xuemao Wang, Dean and University Librarian
- “Moonloore and the Mountains,” Kevin Grace, University Archivist and Head of the Archives and Rare Books Library
- Music: Tsun-Hui Hung will play the Erhu (Chinese Violin)
- Lion Dance performed by Students from the Cincinnati Chinese School at CCCLA
- Haiku Reading
- Table Tennis and other fun games
- STRC Video Post Card
- Paper-Cutting Display
- Calligraphy and Chinese Symbol Cutting
- Origami
- and, of course, refreshments.
The event is free and open to all.
The Lunar New Year celebration in Langsam Library is part of a Diversity Grant the Libraries received to promote and celebrate diversity throughout the university. The event is supported by the Chinese Mutual-Aid Association and the Japanese & American Student Society and sponsored in part by Ethnic Programs and Services.