Murder in the Library
Figure out whodunnit!
The second in the “Life of the Mind” lecture series on the theme of “Security” is scheduled for Tuesday, October 30 from 3:30-5pm in the Russell C. Myers Alumni Center. Continue reading
By Molly Gullett
Mabel H. Singing Telegram Company
The Southwest Ohio Folklore Collection in the Archives & Rare Books Library’s Urban Studies Collection, is made up of several hundred small research projects of written and illustrated folklore that have been collected since the early 1970s by the students of professor emeritus Edgar Slotkin. In my efforts to make sense of such a wide variety of topics as I begin this year-long internship, I began sorting the papers into categories. In all, fifteen separate genres were discovered, among them proverbs, stories, jokes, children’s games, local festivals, the uncanny, bathroom stall graffiti, and food lore. Continue reading
Staff of the Gorno Memorial Music (CCM) Library have created an exhibit of the first place winners of the Paul Revere Awards for Graphic Excellence. The exhibit will be available for viewing through the end of October on the 4th floor of Blegen Library. Continue reading
Join UC Libraries and celebrate the joy of reading and books at the 6th annual Books by the Banks: Cincinnati USA Book Festival, Saturday, October 20, from 10am to 4pm at the Duke Energy Convention Center downtown. Continue reading
What did you do in Langsam Library Today?…#infolit
October is Information Literacy Awareness Month. Comment to this post to share with us what did in the library today. Did you use another of our 10 libraries? If so, which one? Continue reading
The #3 Most Challenged Book in 2011: The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins. Reasons: anti-ethnic; anti-family; insensitivity; offensive language; occult/satanic; violence. Continue reading
The #7 most challenged book in 2011: Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley. Reasons: insensitivity; nudity; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit. Continue reading
October is Information Literacy Awareness Month
On October 1, 2009, President Barack Obama issued a proclamation establishing October as National Information Literacy Awareness Month. Information literacy, or the ability to find, evaluate, and use information effectively, is key in preparing students for being actively involved in a democratic society and seeking highly skilled jobs. Information literacy skills lay a solid foundation for lifelong learning. Continue reading
Banned Books Week is Sept. 30 – Oct. 6
Banned Books Week is an annual observance from the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) that celebrates the First Amendment right of the freedom to read. Continue reading