The University of Cincinnati Libraries were awarded a $58,000 Scholarly Communications and Information Technology Program planning grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to define and describe the key skills and competencies required to support a robust digital scholarship program. This is the first Mellon grant ever received by UC Libraries. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Library News
Welcome Back
Welcome Back Bearcats. With the start of Spring Semester, UC Libraries has resumed our normal hours. They are listed online and posted at each library location.
Happy Holidays from UC Libraries
Happy Holidays from the University of Cincinnati Libraries. We wish all of our students, faculty, and staff a safe and enjoyable break. The Libraries will be closed December 24 & 25 and January 1. The remaining days, we will be on break hours through January 6, which are listed online and at each library location.
Service Note
Need Even More Time to Study in the Library?
During exams, UC students can study in Langsam Library until 2am.
In response to student requests to President Santa Ono and Dean and University Librarian Xuemao Wang for adequate, safe study space on campus for the current exam period, UC Libraries has made arrangements to immediately expand exam hours in Langsam Library beginning today, December 7 and continuing until December 13.
Looking for a Place to Study Late During Exams?
Are you a Night Owl? Are you looking for a place to study late during exams?
Langsam Library has extended hours, December 2-14.
Counseling and Therapy in Video
University of Cincinnati Libraries has recently subscribed to Counseling and Therapy in Video. This collection includes
over 700 hours of online media for the study of counseling, social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling. Transcripts are displayed and synchronized with the video enhancing the viewing experience. Basic and advanced search capabilities are available as well as the ability to browse by subject, therapy type, theme, and therapist.
Access is available through the University of Cincinnati Libraries A-Z index of databases
A Grimm Exhibit
The year 2012 marks the 200th anniversary of the first publishing of Kinder und Hausmarchen (Children’s and Household Tales), a collection of German folk tales published by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and commonly referred to as Grimms’ Fairy Tales. In celebration of this monumental book, an exhibit is currently on display on Langsam Library’s 4th and 5th floor lobbies celebrating the Brothers Grimm and their many contributions to the world of fairy tales. Continue reading
Library Services for UC Health Employees
Thanks to a recent agreement between UC Health and the University of Cincinnati, UC Health employees now have access to health sciences and research-level library collections and services through UC Libraries’ Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library.
To access library resources and services, UC Health employees need only to register online at http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/uchealth. This web site will also serve as UC Health employees’ gateway to the information resources and services provided by the Health Sciences Library and UC Libraries.
For more information about the library resources and services available to UC Health employees, or to schedule an instruction session, contact:
Leslie Schick, Associate Dean, UC Libraries and Director, Health Sciences Library
(513) 558-4321 leslie.schick@uc.edu
Kristen Burgess, Information Services Librarian
(513) 558-3071 kristen.burgess@uc.edu
Happy Birthday, OhioLINK!
November 1st marked the 20th birthday of OhioLINK, a consortium of 88 Ohio college and university libraries, plus the State Library of Ohio, that work together to provide Ohio students, faculty, and researchers with the information they need for teaching and research. Continue reading