Ohio University Libraries News and Events

Alden Library will keep later hours on all floors during final exam week.

Monday – Thursday,  Nov 16, 17, 18, & 19 All floors will remain open until 2 AM.  The second floor will be open its usual 24 hours.

Friday, Nov 20 All floors will remain open until midnight.  The second floor will continue to remain open until 2 AM.

Saturday, Nov 21 All floors will remain open until midnight.  The second floor will continue to remain open until 2 AM.

Sunday, Nov 22 The second floor will open early at 10 AM and remain open until Tuesday evening at 9 PM.  All other floors will keep their usual hours of 12 noon – midnight.

The Cion Fall Festival of Events kicks off next Wednesday, October 21 with the first of three Common Reader Project sponsored activities.

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Consciousness: Films to change the World

Sunday: Oct 18, Nov 1 and Nov 15
Alden Library, Friends of the Library Room
Refreshments and Discussion after!

Oct 18 @ 6 pm “American Outrage”
A documentary of the 35-year fight of Carrie
Dann and Mary Dann against the U.S. government’s attempts to take over traditional Shoshone land in Nevada, part of 60 million acres guaranteed to them in the 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley.

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On Tuesday, November 10 Deanda Johnson, Coordinator of the African American Research and Service Institute and a Visiting Instructor in the Department of African American Studies at Ohio University, will speak on “Freedom Denied: African American Prison Literature and Other Stories of Confinement.” Her presentation is part of the Libraries’ Culture Showcase series.

Ms. Johnson’s presentation will be from 3:00 – 4:00 pm in the Friends of the Library Room (Alden 319). Refreshments will be available.

On Tuesday, October 20 Dr. Akil Houston, Assistant Professor in the African American Studies Department, will speak on “Re-Membering African American Studies at Ohio University.” His presentation, part of the Culture Showcase series, will focus on a film he is doing about the department’s history.

Dr. Houston’s presentation will be from 2:00 – 3:00 pm in the Friends of the Library Room. Refreshments will be available.

The Friends of the Libraries of Ohio University will hold a book sale from October 22-24, 2009 in Alden Library’s 4th floor lounge.

The hours are:

• Thursday, Oct. 22, 7-9pm
• Friday, Oct. 23, 10-6pm
• Saturday, Oct. 24. 10-4pm

“When you support the Friends, you are supporting all of Ohio University-every discipline, every student, every faculty-by helping to build and maintain a great library.”

During Fall Quarter 2009, we will be offering several workshops on the RefWorks bibliographic management software. For more information about RefWorks and why you might want to learn about it, see our RefWorks pages.

All workshops will take place in ALden 323. Pre-registration is NOT required. Just show up at the day and time listed for each workshop.

Click here to link to Workshop Page

Sciences: Friday, Sept. 25, 1-3 pm

Social Sciences: Wednesday, Sept. 30, 5-7 pm

Humanities: Friday, Oct. 2, 10-12 am

Refworks Basics in the Evening: Tuesday, Oct. 13, 7-8 pm

Join President Emeritus Vernon Alden on Saturday, October 3 from 6:30-9:30 p.m., and explore the hidden treasures within Alden Library and celebrate a special 40th anniversary commemorative evening.

Cruise: The Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections including the E.W. Scripps Collection, Cornelius Ryan Collection and the Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis Dance Collection.

Journey Through: The new Yao Ceremonial Artifacts Collection in the Frederick & Kazuko Harris Fine Arts Library.

Explore in Amazement: Cultures from around the world in the Hwa-Wei Lee Center for International Collections.

Peruse: The diverse photography of Ohio University alumni.

Discover: Rare books including a 13th-century, illuminated Bible seldom seen by the general public.

Plus, witness the unveiling of the three millionth addition to the Ohio University Libraries. Proceeds will benefit the Friends of the Libraries’ Scholarship Fund.

RSVP – kindly respond by Sept. 24, 2009.

Register now

The Yao exhibit will debut Saturday, Sept. 19, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Frederick and Kazuko Harris Fine Arts Library on the third floor of Vernon R. Alden Library. Ohio University President Emeritus Vernon R. Alden will preside over the opening reception. The artifacts comprise the largest collection of Yao Daoist ritual paintings in the U.S. and one of the largest such collections in the world.

Read more about the collection and the exhibit in Outlook. View images from the collection on the Fine Arts Library web site.

Enjoy these beautifully handmade books, each fascinating to behold: 141 items from 12 countries. Athens is just one stop on this extensive travelling exhibit. The collection will be visiting 10 countries!

On view in the Fine Arts Library on the 3rd floor of Alden through mid-September.

Alden Library will be open during Summer Session from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. The Learning Commons on the second floor will be open from 7:30 a.m. to midnight Monday through Thursday; from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday; and from noon to midnight Sunday. These hours will start with the beginning of Summer Session on Monday, June 22, 2009 and run until Friday, August 28, 2009.

Library patrons may request that books be retrieved from closed areas in Alden Library from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, from 12 to 5 p.m. Saturday; and from 12 to 9 p.m. Sunday. These requests can be made at the Library Services Desk in the Learning Commons. During the same hours, faculty and graduate students may request a pass for access to the rest of the building.

For more information on the library’s summer hours and for hours between the end of Summer Session and the beginning of Fall Quarter, visit our Hours page.

Please take a moment to check out the library winners from the Research Expo. There work is exhibited on the second floor near the plasma screens.

The graduate winner was Jessie Truchan for “Genesis of Carbonate lakes on Perennial Siliciclastic Floodplains”

The undergraduate winner was John Schindler for “Go”. It is on display on the 2nd floor plasma screen– Come have a look!

The staff association award, given to a student assistant or staff relative, was awarded to student assistant Animesh Rathore for “Influence of Gender & Ethnicity on ICT Use in Higher Education: A Case of Arts and Social Sciences Students in Universiti Malaya.” Animesh works in CIC.

The librarian’s choice award went to Andrew Crabtree and Mike Deas for their movie “A Little Bit Crooked.” Show times are listed on the poster.

Retired faculty member Betty Hollow will be presenting as part of the Culture Showcase series on Tuesday, May 26 at 3 pm. The title of her presentation is One Cool Bobcat: Vernon R. Alden and the Push for Diversity in the Sixties and Seventies.

Hollow has been a resident of Athens since 1968 and worked for Ohio University from 1975-2005. She is the author of Ohio University, 1804-2004: the Spirit of a Singular Place.

Please join us for the Culture Showcase’s last presentation of the year, and what promises to be a very interesting presentation.

The International Photography Contest is now on display on the 2^nd floor of Alden. The annual contest, sponsored by the Office of Education Abroad and Lamborn’s Studio in Athens, features photos taken by OU students, staff and alumni. Some photos were taken while participating in study abroad programs, while others were captured during independent travel or research. Ghana, Mexico, Italy, China, Ecuador and Scotland are just a few of the many destinations featured in the exhibit.

Although only 125 photos are displayed, over 350 entries were received. Photos could be submitted in four categories: People, Places, Animals & Faculty/Student/Alumni. First, second and third place winners in each category were determined by a panel of judges: One photo (attached) was selected as “the best representation of OU students abroad”. Custom framing for the winning photo in each category was generously donated by Lamborn’s Studio in Athens.

Photo:  “Exploring Yagul” by Nora Merecicy was taken in Oaxaca, Mexico while participating in OU’s Art & Design in Mexico program. Yagul is a mazelike ruin of the ancient Zapotec culture.

Herman Leonard, a 1947 BFA graduate and world-renowned photographer whose images captured the history and movement of jazz, will speak at Ohio University’s two undergraduate commencement ceremonies this year.

As an undergrad, Mr. Leonard was a photographer, and eventually photo editor for the Athena Yearbook.

His yearbooks and a selection of period photography equipment are on view in the Fine Arts Library, Alden, 3rd floor, through the summer.

A new exhibit celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Alden Library debuts Friday, May 15, 2009 on the 5th floor of Alden Library. Learn about campus life in 1969, the year Alden Library opened its doors, as well as the history of the Libraries back to 1814! This exhibit was created by University Archivist Bill Kimok and includes a variety of photos and memorabilia from the University Archives in the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections

Friday, May 15 in the Friends of the Libraries Room at noon, Prof. Butch Hill, Director of the Manasseh Cutler Scholars program, will present the collaborative work between The Cutler Scholars, Templeton Scholars, and Alden Library. One example in this continuing collaboration is the AIDS concert in the fall, which was the student generated response to readings, discussions, and information gathering. Participating students, leaders, and the “Cutler Scholar Librarian” will discuss their roles and offer their reflections.

See video of President Emeritus Vernon R. Alden speaking on the beginnings of Alden Library. Read more about the 40th Anniversary on Outlook.

CONSCIOUSNESS: FILMS TO CHANGE THE WORLD – THEME THIS WEEK: COFFEE-THE FINALS BEVERAGE
A social and environmental awareness film series sponsored by Alden Library. The last film of this quarter will be shown Sunday, May 17 starting at 6:00 pm. This weeks film is the documentary BLACK GOLD. Consciousness shows films and documentaries that deal with social and environmental justice issues for FREE to students, University faculty and staff, and community members. The film will be preceded by a five minute introduction and followed by a discussion with faculty member Dr. Brad Jokitsh, Dept of Geography. This will give people the opportunity to ask questions and clarify points made by the film as well as offering the opportunity to learn more about the topic.

Refreshments: local, organic and green, will be served!

A rededication ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Vernon R. Alden Library will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 15, in the library.

In addition to a reception, the community rededication will include historic displays, library tours and featured speakers. Former Ohio University president Vernon Alden, the library’s namesake, will be in attendance.

After three years of construction, Alden Library opened in May 1969 to replace the campus’ then-overflowing library, the building known today as Chubb Hall. That year the library held 550,000 volumes, which were moved by staff, students and community members across College Green.

The library that can be seen today was not completed until 1972 when the east and west wings were added to create floors four through seven. Original architectural drawings and archival images of the building can be viewed on the library’s Web site.

Serving the Ohio University campuses and the local community, Alden Library holds nearly 3 million volumes, 46,000 maps and more than 36,000 films, videos and DVDs. Recognized as one of the top research libraries in the country, its Web site has about 7.5 million global visitors annually.

For more information contact Kate Mason at 740-593-2702.

To RSVP for the May 15 event, view our Flickr photo gallery, and a chronology of Alden Library visit http://www.ohioalumni.org/40-alden.