According to a report prepared in 1999 by UC student & DAAP Library graduate assistant Amy Fiser, the DAAP Library snow globe collection was started in 1983 when a library employee returned from a trip to Florida with a souvenir snow globe and set it on the library counter. According to legend, it was “filled with glitter in lieu of snow and housed a bikini-clad woman, water skiing behind a speedboat.” A collection was born.

The snow globes are on public display and have become a recognizable part of the DAAP Library alongside journals, books, and students studying. Generally speaking, the snow globes originating from the United States are arranged on one side of the library (in alphabetical order by state) and International snow globes are arranged together (alphabetically by country) on on the other side of the library.

The snow globes are reflective of the various locations UC students and faculty visit to conduct research and where they lived before coming to work or study at DAAP. The collection is ever growing as students and faculty travel the globe and bring back a remembrance to the library.

“My name is Ashley Kraus and I am currently an English major in the LCS track here at the University of Cincinnati. This infographic was a project for my Rhetoric and Professional Writing class with Professor Laura Wilson, who allowed us to pick any topic we wanted. Since my career plans include going into library science, I felt it would be interesting to focus on information in that area. My main goal in creating this infographic was to provide UC students with some information about what the UC Libraries have to offer. There is great information and resources on the library website, so I incorporated links in the info graphic to provide quick access to that information. I enjoyed working on this project and am grateful to the Langsam Library staff for their help and recommendations.”

Ashley’s interactive infographic can be viewed at https://www.thinglink.com/scene/375473419237457921#tlsite

You can read about Katie, and the other 17 designers, in the magazine available online.

Each day, April 15^th through 19^th a question will be posted on the UC Libraries
blog and on the Langsam Library chalk boards. Users can submit their answer to the research question on the blog via an online form or via a paper form, which will be available next to the chalk boards.

Contest Rules:

• Participants must submit the answers, list the tool(s) they used to find the answers, their name, and email address.
• Both paper and online forms must be submitted by 10 PM.
• Only those who submitted complete and correct answers will be eligible for the prize drawing.
• Participants who submit complete and correct answers to the daily challenges (5 overall) will be eligible for the Grand Prize.
• Participants may NOT use reference services to get the answers, but are welcome to use library tutorials and help pages of the search tools.

Prizes will be drawn daily.

Daily challenge prize: a UC Libraries T-shirt.
Grand Prize: a 25-dollar Visa gift card.

In addition, all winners will have the opportunity to be featured in a READ poster.

Users can brush up for the contest by using library online tutorials and guides:

• Catalog Search Tips
• Research Help Campus Guides
• Tutorials. handouts, and guides

Correct answers and names of the daily challenge winners will be posted on the blog and chalkboards the following day.

Comments? Questions?  Please contact Olga Hart (email: Olga.Hart@uc.edu.
Phone: (513)556-1850).

May the odds be ever in your favor.

At the event, nearly 20 participants will present their edible creations that represent a book in some form.

There are few restrictions in creating an edible book – namely that the creation be edible and have something to do with a book. Submitted entries include such edible titles as The Lonely Carrot and Blackberry Winter. The 2012 200th anniversary of the first printing of Grimms’ Fairy Tales inspired multiple entries this year including Hans Christian Anderson’s The Princess and the Pea, Rapunzel, and Grimms’ Fairy Tales. Contemporary fiction such as She’s Come Undone and favorite children’s books such as Charlotte’s Web, among other literary greats, will also be represented. This year, for the first time, there will be a remote entry with Emily Waisanen’s The Book Monster.

As in years past, entries will be judged according to such categories as “Most Literary,” “Most Edible,” “Long Overdue,” and “Most Gruesome.” In addition, the “Top Student Entry” will receive a $25 Visa gift card. After the entries are judged they will be consumed and enjoyed by all in attendance.

According to the International Edible Book Festival Web site, the edible book was initiated by librarian and artist Judith A. Hoffberg during a 1999 Thanksgiving celebration with book artists. It became an international celebration in 2000 when artist Béatrice Coron launched the Books2Eat Web site. Traditionally, the event is celebrated on April 1st (April Fools’ Day) to mark the birthday of Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), a French lawyer and politician who became famous for his book, Physiologie du gout (The Physiology of Taste). You can see images of the 2012 edible books on the Libraries Facebook page.

The Libraries International Edible Books Festival is free and open to the public. Come to celebrate (and eat) “books good enough to eat.”