Recent Library Acquisitions

New in the Geology-Mathematics-Physics Library

Ready for a road trip out west? Want to escape to one of our great National Forests? Check out these recent additions to the Geology-Mathematics-Physics map collection:

• Motor Vehicle Use Map, Medicine Bow National Forest, Douglas Ranger Districts, America's Great Outdoors, Wyoming / Forest Service, United States Department of
  Agriculture
• Motor Vehicle Use Map, Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming / Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture
• Motor Vehicle Use Map, Clear Creek Ranger, Arapaho National Forest, Colorado / U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service
• Motor Vehicle Use Map, Boulder Ranger District, Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado / United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
• Motor Vehicle Use Map, Sulphur Ranger District, Arapaho National Forest, Colorado / Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture

All park maps are located in map file cabinets 51 and 52 and are arranged alphabetically by park name.

Located in 240 Braunstein Hall, the Geology-Mathematics-Physics Library supports instruction and research in geology, geography, environmental science, mathematics, physics, and astronomy, and includes over 145,000 books, more than 700 journal subscriptions, and over 130,000 maps. More information is available on their website.

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A Special Addition...

This winter, Oak Knoll Press published a monograph compiled by Pamela Train Leutz containing 20 interviews with private practice book binders entitled The Thread that Binds. One of the featured artists is Cincinnati book binder and conservator Gabrielle Fox. In addition to running a robust private practice, Gabrielle works part-time in the Preservation Services Department of the University of Cincinnati Libraries. Gabrielle conserves rare book holdings and provides hands-on instruction to the department’s staff and student assistants.

To celebrate Gabrielle’s inclusion in this compilation, the Libraries purchased two unbound copies of the work. Laura Carvantes, a long-time student assistant in the department, and Lucy Schultz, a volunteer in the department, each hand bound a copy. The colorful bindings feature paste paper made on-site and hot-stamped foil spine titles and showcase the techniques and skills both have learned under the direction of Gabrielle and the Preservation staff.

Preservation Services will retain one of the copies for our working reference library and the other will be given to the Archives and Rare Book Library where the majority of Gabrielle’s conserved materials reside.

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