The #3 Most Challenged Book in 2011: The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins. Reasons: anti-ethnic; anti-family; insensitivity; offensive language; occult/satanic; violence. Continue reading
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Celebrate the Power of Literature and Read a Banned Book
The #7 most challenged book in 2011: Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley. Reasons: insensitivity; nudity; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit. 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
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
The Latest Source, UC Libraries Newsletter, Now Available
Want to know the latest in Library News? Read Source, the UC Libraries newsletter for faculty, students, staff, and friends. Source is available in print around the various libraries and online. Continue reading
Welcome to the start of a brand new semester!
Welcome, new and returning faculty and students!
The University of Cincinnati Libraries are happy to provide access to a variety of tools, resources, and services to support your research, teaching, and learning. Continue reading
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? We heard you.
Langsam Library has extended hours, May 29-June 8. Continue reading
Orchestra Concert Scheduled for the CCM Library
Join UC Libraries at an orchestra concert in the Albino Gorno Memorial Music (CCM) Library Reading Room on the 6th floor of Blegen Library at 8:00pm on Wednesday, April 4.
Spring LIFE OF THE MIND Lecture Series Kicks Off April 10
UC Faculty Members to Consider the Theme of Identity.
The spring Life of the Mind lecture series will kick off Tuesday, April 10 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. Each quarter, there are two Life of the Mind sessions with three “thought provocateurs” contributing to each session. The spring Life of the Mind theme is Identity.
Source, UC Libraries Newsletter Available
Want to Know the Latest in Library News? Read Source, the UC Libraries newsletter for faculty, students, staff, and friends.
This volume announces the availability of the papers of Theodore M. Berry in the Archives and Rare Books Library. Berry (1905-2000) was the first African American mayor in Cincinnati, served the Lyndon B. Johnson presidential administration in civil rights programs, and was an active attorney for the NAACP. The Berry papers, acquired by the UC Libraries many years ago, were able to be fully processed through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission of the National Archives. The materials are now available for research and teaching. Continue reading