Ohio University Libraries News and Events

The Friends of the Libraries at Ohio University will hold a book sale on Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2008 located in Alden Library’s 4th floor lounge. The hours are:

Thursday, 7-9 pm (Presale for members only)

Friday, 10-6 pm

Saturday, 10-4 pm

“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.”

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Black History month is this February and Alden Library will be honoring this occasion by celebrating the Bicentennial of the Abolition of the Anglo-American Trade in African Captives. The law, which went into effect on January 1, 1808, put an end to the importation of slaves from Africa. A poster project commemorating this event was created by the African American Studies Department, the Social Work Department, and the Multicultural Genealogical Center of Chesterhill, Ohio, with images from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and the University of Virginia. The display, available in February, will be located on the fourth floor of Alden Library and copies of the legislation will be available and distributed for free at the display so stop by, have a look, and walk away with a little piece of history.

This is a link to the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities page that includes the images used for the exhibit as well as many more.

Historical Statistics of the United States, the standard source for the quantitative facts of American history, is now available online.  HSUS provides data on social, behavioral, humanistic, and natural sciences including history, economics, government, finance, sociology, demography, education, law, natural resources, climate, religion, international migration, and trade – quantitative facts of American History.  The fully searchable and downloadable electronic edition permits users to graph individual tables and create customized tables and spreadsheets reflecting their own particular areas of interest.

This database is available to all campuses of Ohio University.

Copies of the printed version of HSUS are available at the service desk of the Government Documents Department (5th floor) and on the 6th floor. The call number is HA202 .H57 2006.