Ohio University Libraries News and Events

As part of the 10-year anniversary celebration of the Institute of the African Child, part of Ohio University’s Center for International Studies, artist Betty LaDuke will exhibit her paintings at Alden Library, from March 3rd through April 20, 2009.

The exhibit, titled Surviving War, Dreaming Home, includes 23 giclee prints and 3 exhibit story panels. An upbeat, contemporary view of African life emerges in LaDuke’s paintings, drawings and etchings. Inspired by ten years of travel in Africa, her images reflect war zone life and camps for internally displaced people. The exhibit depicts survival conditions in the camps, as well as people’s spirit of community, their resilience and their dreams of returning home. According to LaDuke, “While Africa is the catalyst for this exhibit, the themes are too common throughout our world today.”

Betty LaDuke is a commissioned artist for Heifer International, a global NGO dedicated to ending hunger and caring for the earth. She is a highly accomplished painter, printmaker, activist and teacher whose work celebrates cultural diversity and the planet. It bridges people, continents and cultures by sharpening the viewer’s sensitivity to life’s diversity.

This exhibit will offer students and the university community a unique opportunity to experience the work of an international artist using her gifts to improve the lives of Africa’s children.

Location: 3rd floor, Fine Arts Collection, Alden Library

Exhibit is in conjunction with the Including Children Conference, March 12-14.

Update for Tuesday, February 24: part of the contents of the Electronic Journal Center has now been restored; details are available on this page. The OhioLINK staff are working with journal providers to provide alternate access. In some cases, some of the volumes of a given journal may be back in place in the EJC, while other volumes are still available only via the publisher’s website. If you’re having trouble getting an article in a particular journal, don’t hesitate to Ask a Librarian.

For more details and updates from OhioLINK, see their What’s New page.

The Friends of the Libraries at Ohio University will hold a book sale on February 12-14, 2009 in Alden Library’s 4th floor lounge area.

The hours are: Thursday, 7-9 p.m.; Friday, 10-6 p.m.; and Saturday, 10-4 p.m.

“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.”