The Vol. 12, No 1. issue of Source, the UC Libraries newsletter for faculty, students, staff, and Friends, has published and is being distributed throughout the libraries and campus.

It can also be read online.

In this issue, you can read about the Cincinnati Subway and Street Changes Archive, the Libraries receipt of a Mellon grant to explore digital scholarship, patron-driven acquisitions at UC Libraries, staff news, and much more.

Happy Reading.

In this issue, you can read Victoria A. Montavon’s Farewell Message as she steps down from being the Dean and University Librarian for the past 11 years. She reflects on some of the many changes that have occured in the Libraries during her tenure and the enjoyment she has found working with a library faculty and staff who share her commitment to providing the best possible libraries for the UC community.

This volume also features the STRC renovation currently underway that will provide an open, comfortable, and high-tech environment in the center of Langsam Library’s fourth floor for students to work on an array of technology projects.

In an article that highlights the value of library collections, a blog post from former Archives and Rare Books Library student assistant Lauren Fink, a junior percussion performance major, discusses how her work in that library provided her with an exciting opportunity to pursue her academic passion.

In addition to these stories, you’ll read the latest in Staff News and what’s going on in the DAAP Library, and much more.

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.

This issue also includes stories about the Preservation Lab jointly run by the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County and the UC Libraries; the “Life of the Mind” lecture series; a donor profile of Milton Orchin, UC distinguished professor emeritus of chemistry, on why he came to love the library; and much more. 

Source is available in print around the various libraries and online.