The University of Cincinnati Libraries will be closed Monday, Jan. 19 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The Libraries will resume normal hours on Tuesday, Jan. 20.
UC Libraries Closed Monday, Jan. 19 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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2026 Systematic Review Workshop Series
The University of Cincinnati Libraries is again offering the popular series of workshops on systematic reviews. Through these students, staff, and faculty can learn about and work through various components of the review process – from protocol to data extraction – with the support of experienced librarians. Attendance at each session is not required, so pick those that best fit your need! More information and registration can be found at OneStop.
Recordings and PowerPoints will be shared with all those that register. Please let us know if you have any questions!
UC Libraries will open at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 12, except for HSL which will open at 7:45 a.m.
Due to inclement weather, University of Cincinnati campuses are closed from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. Visit Commencement and Registrar’s pages for additional details. This closure applies to all UC Libraries locations except for the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, which will be open at 7:45 a.m.
UC Libraries closed December 2, except for HSL
Due to inclement weather, the University of Cincinnati campus will close from 7 a.m. Dec. 2, 2025, until 7 a.m. on Dec. 3, 2025. This closure applies to all UC Libraries locations except for the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, which will be open Tuesday, Dec. 2 from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Join us Nov. 19 for an afternoon of poetry at the next Poetry Stacked event
The University of Cincinnati Libraries and the Elliston Poetry Room announce the next roster of poets for Poetry Stacked, a semi-regular poetry reading series held in the 6th floor east stacks of the Walter C. Langsam Library.
At the next event, scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 4:30pm, three poets will read their original work:
Kim Jacobs-Beck is the author of Luminaries and a chapbook, Torch. Her poems can be seen in Museum of Americana, Great Lakes Review, West Trestle Review, Nixes Mate, Gyroscope, SWWIM, and Apple Valley Review, among other journals. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of Milk & Cake Press. Kim is professor of English at UC Clermont College.
Matt Hart is the author of 12 books of poetry, including most recently FALLING FINE: Selected & New Poems. His poems, reviews and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in numerous print and online journals, including American Poetry Review, Big Bell, The Kenyon Review and Poetry, among others. From 1993-2019, he was a co-founder and the editor-in-chief of Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking, & Light Industrial Safety. Currently, he lives in Cincinnati where he plays in the post-punk/indie rock band NEVERNEW and edits, solders, and publishes the poetry journal SOLID STATE.
Bella Gordo is a creative writing student at UC, where she is an intern for Short Vine Literary Journal and the vice president of Cincinnati Poetry Collective. She edits the zine Cincinnati Girlfriend with her roommate in hopes to spread awareness of the revolutionary potential of bug life in the Queen City.
In addition to reading their poetry, each poet will speak briefly on their experience as an editor.
Continue readingNew online collection features caricatures of notable scientists
When William B. Jensen (1948-2024), the Ralph E. Oesper Professor of the History of Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati from 1986-2024, was a student at the University of Madison-Wisconsin taking the History of Chemistry class, he sketched caricatures of the chemists he was learning about. While Aaron Ihde lectured, Jensen would select a chemist and caricature them based on the portraits found in Ihde’s textbook, “The Development of Modern Chemistry” (1964).
Now available online via JSTOR, the UC Libraries online collection contains the 33 original, hand-drawn caricatures of notable chemists and physicists Jensen penned between 1970 and 1974. They are held by the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. The collection was scanned and digitized by the UC Libraries Digital Initiatives Team.
Throughout the years, Jensen would submit the caricatures to appear in scientific journals and publications, and reported that there was interest in reproducing them on t-shirts, coffee mugs and even an album cover. Jensen eventually published the caricatures in a 2010 booklet, “Chymists: That strange class of of mortals: Caricatures of famous chemists with a few physicists and biologists,” which was recently published digitally.
Upon Jensen’s death in 2024, the collection was acquired by the Oesper Collection in April 2025.
The Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry is a nationally recognized collection of scientific artifacts, books, journals, photos and prints related to the history of chemistry. They are a joint venture of the University of Cincinnati Libraries and the UC Department of Chemistry. They were founded in 1986 by William B. Jensen.
Check out two new exhibits on display in Langsam Library
Two new exhibits have been installed in the Walter C. Langsam Library.
On display on the 4th floor lobby, Bronson v. Board of Education: Cincinnati Desegregation Efforts in the 1960s and 1970s chronicles the work of project archivist Julianna Witt as she completed the archival processing of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s, Bronson v. Board of Education of the City of Cincinnati records. This collection contains material related to the class-action lawsuit Bronson v. Board from 1974-1984 and consists of legal documents created for court submission and records that originated from the Cincinnati Board of Education. The collection itself, housed in the Archives and Rare Books (ARB) Library, provides a detailed history of race relations in Cincinnati. A finding aid is available for more information.
Last November, the University of Cincinnati Libraries announced the award of an Archives Grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to ARB.
On display on the 5th floor lobby is an exhibit promoting The Libraries of UC. The exhibit includes images and descriptions of each of the nine University of Cincinnati Libraries, along with the fan-favorite Triceracopter. A map of the libraries is available for take away at the exhibit.
Both exhibits were designed by UC Libraries design co-op student Ashleigh Stout.
Poetry Stacked presents the workshop: Masques & Personas, Thursday, Oct. 30
Join Poetry Stacked for the fall workshop: Masques & Personas, led by Kristyn Garza, Poetry Stacked alumna and PhD student in poetry at the University of Cincinnati.
Thursday, Oct. 30, 6:30pm ~ Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library
Learn about persona poetry over spooky snacks. Come in a costume and compete to win fun prizes!
A semi-regular poetry reading series held in the 6th floor east stacks of the Walter C. Langsam Library, the mission of Poetry Stacked is to celebrate poetry and raise awareness of the collections of both UC Libraries and the Elliston Poetry Room.
Announcing the Esports Zone @ Langsam
Available now on the 4th floor of the Walter C. Langsam Library, the Esports Zone @ Langsam includes five computer stations with pre-installed, free-to-play video games. Stations are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Log in with UC credentials to access the full game collection.
Join us for the Indie VR Games Showcase
Monday, October 27, 2025 ~ 12:30-4pm ~ Esports Zone @ Langsam and Langsam 410
Presented by the UC Game Lab, in collaboration with UC Libraries, and in honor of the new Esports Zone @ Langsam and activities of the Immersive Learning and Emerging Technologies group, the UC Game Lab will showcase some recent and classic indie VR games, with an eye for innovative titles that spark the imagination. Come play or watch others play, and learn more about these new technologies.
Debbie Reichler joins UC Health Sciences Library
Debbie Reichler joined the University of Cincinnati Libraries October 6, 2025, as a new Health Sciences Reference Librarian. Debbie will primarily serve as the liaison librarian for the College of Medicine but will be available to support all Academic Health Center faculty, staff and students. She is also able to provide instruction, support literature reviews, and assist with finding and accessing library resources. Debbie joins UC from the VA Medical Center in Cincinnati.
Welcome, Debbie!