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UC Authors, Editors & Composers Honored at Annual Celebration

April 30, 2007 - On Thursday, April 26, 2007, faculty members, university administrators, and librarians gathered to celebrate research and scholarly publishing at the University of Cincinnati. The 16th annual “Authors, Editors & Composers” event, organized by University Libraries and sponsored by the Friends of University Libraries, honored 250 faculty members and 380 creative and scholarly works published in 2006. Participating faculty members represented each UC college plus five academic units including University Libraries and the Division of Professional Practice.

The submitted publications ranged in medium as well as content. There were articles, books, book chapters, edited journals, music scores, artwork, poetry, works of fiction, videos and DVDs, and a Web site.

The content of the publications ranged from religion and polities to death and taxes, even dental hygiene. There was important research on such health topics as leukemia, cystic fibrosis, and childhood obesity. Also represented were publications that address societal issues of improving education, poverty and the homeless in America, and the environment.
The artwork represented in Authors, Editors & Composers was also diverse in subject and form with such themes as historic Springdale, Ohio; red and white zebras set against a starry sky; and a life in comics.

Other than English, there were articles and books published in various languages including Spanish, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Italian, and French.

A complete bibliography of works submitted is available online at <www.libraries.uc.edu/aec/bibliography07.pdf> as a pdf document.

The event’s program featured remarks by three featured UC authors:

• Kathryn Gutzwiller, Professor of Classics, discussed her articles: “Learning and Love in the Epigrams of Meleager, “ “The Bucolic Problem,” and “The Herdsman in Greek Thought.”
• bruce d. mcclung, Associate Professor of Musicology, discussed the research process for writing his book Lady in the Dark: Biography of a Musical.
• Joel B. Peckham, Jr., Assistant Professor of American Literature, read from his personal essay “The Neverland.”

An exhibit of over 100 of the celebrated works is on public display on Langsam Library’s 4th and 5th floor lobbies through June 10, 2007.

“Authors, Editors & Composers” is funded each year by the Friends of University Libraries. These generous donors also support exhibits and a public lecture series that increases awareness of library collections.

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