Have you ever thought of auditioning for the TV show Survivor? Continue reading
UC Libraries Celebrate Information Literacy Awareness Month
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
Celebrate the Power of Literature and Read a Banned Book
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
UC Libraries Receive Grant to Digitize Historic Cincinnati Subway and Street Project Photographs
The University of Cincinnati Libraries were awarded a $60,669 Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant from the State Library of Ohio to digitize and make freely available on the Web the photographic collection of Cincinnati’s subway and street changes archive. Continue reading
Join UC Libraries at the Books by the Banks Poster Launch
UC Libraries, an organizer of Books by the Banks: Cincinnati USA Book Festival, is proud to announce the 2012 Poster Debut Kick-off event on Thursday, September 20 at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion. Continue reading
CampusGuides Access Slow
Please note that our vendor for CampusGuides, Springshare, is experiencing issues with their servers that are causing our Subject/Research Guides to load very slowly if at all. Springshare is working to remedy the problem as soon as possible.
You can keep up with updates via their Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/springshare
Fall LIFE OF THE MIND Lecture Series Kicks Off September 18
UC faculty to focus on the theme “Security.”
The fall “Life of the Mind” lecture series will kick off Tuesday, September 18 from 3:30-5pm in the Russell C. Myers Alumni Center. “Life of the Mind” features interdisciplinary conversations with UC faculty around a one-word theme followed by audience Q&A and a reception with light refreshments. Continue reading
1st Fridays at 4
First Year Students, join us on September 7, 4:00 to 5:30pm on the 4th floor of Langsam Library by the Triceracopter sculpture, for the inaugural “1st Fridays @ 4.” Continue reading
Libraries Closed Labor Day
Most UC Libraries will be closed Monday, September 3, for Labor Day, except for the Health Sciences Library, which will be open 9am to 5pm. The list of library hours is online.
Welcome, Xuemao Wang
UC Libraries Welcomes Our New Dean and University Librarian Xuemao Wang.
With a 30-year career spanning the public, library consortium, and academic library worlds, Xuemao comes to UC from Emory University where he was the associate vice provost of University Libraries since 2009.