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Announcing the Esports Zone @ Langsam

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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.

esports zone @ langsam

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.

Bronson v. Board of Education: A settlement is reached  

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Last November, the University of Cincinnati Libraries announced the award of an Archives Grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to the Libraries’ Archives and Rare Books Library (ARB). This grant supports the archival processing of records related to the lawsuit Bronson v. Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Cincinnati maintained by the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and donated to the University of Cincinnati in the 1980s. 

As ARB wraps up the project to process the records of the Cincinnati Branch of the NAACP regarding the 1974 lawsuit Bronson v. Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Cincinnati, we look at the 1984 settlement agreement that brought to an end the decade-long legal struggle to end racial isolation in Cincinnati’s public schools. 

Photograph of school board and NAACP lawyers sitting in courtroom.
Image from Cincinnati Enquirer, February 17, 1984

On April 6, 1984, the ten-year lawsuit ended when a final settlement was approved by all parties and fairness hearings were conducted. Although the case did not go to trial, it is clear through the thousands of exhibits, dozens of deposed individuals and numerous lawyers that the case had a lasting impact on the city of Cincinnati. The settlement called for Cincinnati Public Schools to lessen racial isolation in the school system by 1991. The four major sections of the settlement stated: 

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Pharmacy Education in the Queen City: Cecil Striker Annual Lecture

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The Henry R. Winkler Center for the Health Professions and the Cecil Striker Society present the Annual Cecil Striker Lecture.

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The lecture, “Pharmacy Education in the Queen City: 1850-2025” presented by Dennis B. Worthen, PhD, is in celebration of the James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy’s 175th anniversary.

Tuesday, Oct. 14, 5-7pm
Kowalewski Hall Auditorium, room 140

The event is open to all. RSVP by Sept. 30. Can’t attend in person? The lecture will be streamed live via Zoom.

After the event, visit the University of Cincinnati Pharmacy Education exhibit in the Stanley J. Lucas, MD, Board Room in the UC Medical Sciences Building. The exhibit will feature images and artifacts held by the Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions. The exhibit will feature biographical information about Dr. Dennis B. Worthen, an 1815 downtown Cincinnati map, the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy Charter and various buildings, the Queen City College of Pharmacy, Cincinnati College of Pharmacy Students, the esteemed Dr. Joseph Kowalewski and information about the College of Pharmacy Cosmetic Science program. The images will be accompanied by pharmaceutical artifacts.

Originally formed in 1976, the Cecil Striker Society for the History of Medicine was called the Medical History Society. One month after its first meeting Dr. Striker died, prompting members to rename the organization the Cecil Striker Society. Its purpose was straightforward: to promote and perpetuate an interest in the history of medicine and all related disciplines in the health care field.

Continued support of the Winkler Center

Dennis B. and Patricia L. Worthen have generously funded an annual travel grant/scholarship (award not to exceed $5000 per year) to underwrite the expenses related to visiting and researching materials held at the University of Cincinnati’s Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions. Located within the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, the Center is home to over 100 archival collections including those from physicians, scientists, inventors, nurses, pharmacists and artists. Also included are histories of Cincinnati hospitals, the development of medical equipment and/or now-standard protocols, as well as letters and drawings from the Civil War.

The grant will be made to individuals whose permanent address is more than 150 miles from the University.  Applicants who are graduate students, non-tenured faculty and/or independent scholars will be given first consideration.

All travel grants require a scholarly product such as a manuscript or a presentation.

Grants will be administered by a Grant Committee comprised of the Director of the Health Sciences Library, the Archivist/Curator of the Winkler Center and the donors or their proxy.

The 2025/26 call for applications will take place in the fall. Stay tuned!

UC Libraries launches a Youtube channel

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We are happy to share that UC Libraries now has a Youtube channel. The platform is the home for more long-form content, including Library Get-to-Knows, Poetry Stacked videos and segments surrounding special exhibits and collections.

The newest project we are excited to share is a video on the Daniel S. Young Civil War Medical Illustrations. Devhra BennettJones, Dr. Kris Ramprasad, Sean Crowe and Sidney Gao have kindly shared their perspectives on what it was like to process and digitize the collection. In addition, they shared about the impact the illustrations have had both in the medical and academic communities.

Check out the video at the link: https://youtu.be/clBtdAjzoBA?si=-1Z-8CSEnINPYKog

Bone fragment illustration

Read Source, the online newsletter, to learn about the news, events, people and happenings in UC Libraries.

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Read Source, the online newsletter, to learn about the news, events, people and happenings in UC Libraries.

In this issue of Source, Liz Kiscaden, dean and university librarian, welcomes Bearcats to campus and we highlight what we did over the summer. We announce a new digital collection, The Daniel S. Young Archives of Medical Illustrations, as well as a collaboration to digitize rare manuscripts. We invite readers to the upcoming Cecil Striker Annual Lecture, “Pharmacy Education in the Queen City,” and to learn more about other Library Events. Chris Platts, assistant professor of art history and frequent collaborator with the Libraries, talks about some of his projects and research interests. And Katie Foran-Mulcahy writes about efforts to re-make the MakerLab in the CECH Library.

Read these articles, as well as past issues, on the website. To receive Source via e-mail, contact melissa.norris@uc.edu to be added to the mailing list.

Langsam exhibit celebrates the past, present and future of the Arlitt Center

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picture from the arlitt exhibit

For 100 years, the Arlitt Center has been a cornerstone of early childhood education, founded as one of the nation’s first laboratory preschools and continuously championing the rights and potential of young children. The center was founded by Ada Hart Arlitt, PhD, University of Cincinnati faculty member and a prominent figure in early childhood psychology and the child study movement.

An exhibit on display on the fourth floor of the Walter C. Langsam Library celebrates the past, present and future of the Arlitt Center. Included in the exhibit are images from the Archives and Rare Books Library and a bibliography of published works by Ada Hart Arlitt.

picture from the arlitt exhibit

The Archives and Rare Books Library holds the Ada Hart Arlitt Papers, containing correspondence related to her professional activities as a faculty member in the Department of Child Care and Training at UC, as well as her involvement with the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. A finding aid about the collection is available.

The exhibit was a collaboration between with Arlitt Center and UC Libraries. Reece Guthier, communication design co-op student, designed the exhibit.

Need help with OneSearch, the new library discovery interface?

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The Library Services Platform (LSP) upgrade included OneSearch, a new user discovery interface for finding and accessing resources in the Libraries’ collections.

Need help using OneSearch?

OneSearch Drop-in Hours in Langsam: UC Libraries is hosting two drop-in sessions in Langsam Library where students, faculty and staff can learn about the new system and get assistance with any questions. Drop by on Monday, Aug. 25 and/or Tuesday, Aug. 26 between 12pm and 2pm where librarians will be on hand to demo OneSearch and answer any questions.

In addition, workshops are scheduled for later in the semester. Register for on Faculty OneStop. 

One Search tool
One Search preview

The new user discovery interface streamlines search functions and access to local library resources and scholarly research. OneSearch offers new and improved features and benefits including:

  • Faster searching – search electronic and print resources in one search,
  • Enhanced discovery – explore automatic recommendations, citation trails, availability in multiple formats and track requests, including finding resources across the OhioLINK network,
  • Personalized features – save preferences, searches, citations and export to citation management systems,
  • More intuitive user experience, and
  • Mobile friendly – a responsive user interface designed specifically for mobile devices.

The role of alternative programs in Cincinnati school desegregation 

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Last November, the University of Cincinnati Libraries announced the award of an Archives Grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to the Libraries’ Archives and Rare Books Library (ARB). This grant supports the archival processing of records related to the lawsuit Bronson v. Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Cincinnati maintained by the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and donated to the University of Cincinnati in the 1980s. 

History of alternative programs and schools

Alternative programs and schools in Cincinnati Public Schools existed prior to the Bronson v. Board of Education lawsuit and continued to grow in numbers as the case proceeded. These programs were designed to give students more opportunities in the classroom compared to the standard taught subjects. These were voluntary programs and open to students of all ages.

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Busing and the battle for equal education in Bronson v. Board of Education

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Last November, the University of Cincinnati Libraries announced the award of an Archives Grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to the Libraries’ Archives and Rare Books Library (ARB). This grant supports the archival processing of records related to the lawsuit Bronson v. Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Cincinnati maintained by the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and donated to the University of Cincinnati in the 1980s. 

Newspaper image of young girls (one Black and one White) playing a hand game sitting across from each other on the bus.
Image from Cincinnati Enquirer, November 14, 1978

The struggle of busing

During the legal proceedings of the Bronson case, one of the examples of discrimination within Cincinnati schools cited by the NAACP was the policy of busing students to school further away rather than allowing them to attend a much closer school in order to prevent integration at particular schools. 

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New exhibits at HSL

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From historical anatomies to apothecary artifacts to early 20th-century pharmaceutical equipment, there are three new exhibits at the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library that have something interesting for everyone to explore.

The Ansomi Normals Du Corps Human Atlas Inconographique by Sigismond Laskowski (1841-1928).

Display Case 1: Dr. Lisa Koby’s donation to the Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions. Ansomi Normals Du Corps Human Atlas Inconographique, by Sigismond Laskowski (1841-1928).

Lisa’s father, Dr. Victor Koby was a direct descendant of Andrei Kobyla – the progenitor of the Romanov dynasty in Russia. Dr. Koby attended medical school in Prague, where he became friends with Dr. Katherine Euler. After graduation, Euler gifted Koby the Atlas pictured (wherever photo is). The Atlas made it through World War II and over to America, where it was given to a friend of Lisa Koby’s, Dr. Stillman (University of Cincinnati), who then had it restored. It was then donated to UC Libraries.

Dorothy Blank Apothecary artifacts.

Display Case 2: Dorothy Blank Apothecary Artifacts Collection.

Dorothy “Dot” Blank was born September 11, 1914, and died August 7, 1987 at the age of 72. She was the University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy freshman class secretary, as well as the historian for the Alpha Phi Gamma sorority. She graduated in 1934 with a Candidate in Philosophy degree. Her husband, Robert E. Lonneman Sr. graduated in 1944 with a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Pharmacy. The display consists of apothecary weights, sets of mortar and pestle, apothecary scales and glass test tube.

Display Case 3: Compound & Traditional Pharmacy Provisions.

Compound and traditional pharmacy provisions.