Vic Fleischer will join a select group of other UA leaders in The UniverCity Community Leadership Institute (UCLI), a new program developed by The University of Akron in partnership with Leadership Akron. This leadership development program will benefit the campus and greater Akron community by building relationships between campus and community leaders and the organizations they serve. The program will begin in early February and continue throughout the Spring 2014 semester.
Category: General Interest
WKSU’s Kabir Bhatia reports on the University of Akron’s “Rethinking Race” week and highlights the The Race Card Project at Bierce. Access Services Student Assistant Will Carter is featured.
Click here for the story: http://www.wksu.org/news/story/38223
February 7, 2014
The UL is partnering with the School of Communications for Candid Conversations with Dr. Lin on Friday, February 7th at 11am in Einsteins. Dr. Lin, who teaches intercultural communication at UA, will use submissions from The Race Card Project display in Bierce lobby to start conversations about race, ethnicity and identity. Please join us!
February 10, 2014
The opening of the exhibit “This is Akron with Opie Evans: The Rubber City as Seen through the Lens of One of Its Earliest African-American Photographers” at the McClain Gallery of Akron’s Black History and Culture. Reception on February 10th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The exhibit is a partnership between the McClain Gallery, Pan-African Center for Community Studies and Archival Services of University Libraries.
February 14, 2014
Lisa Lazar will be hosting Different faces, different films: examining the portrayal of race in different types of film and exploring race-related film resources at Bierce Library on Friday, February 14th from 10-11:30am in room 154 in Bierce Library. The session is open to both faculty and students.
The UL sponsored Rethinking Race Film Festival, as well as the Bierce Film series, will continue through Friday February 14.
For more information about Rethinking Race activities on campus, see http://www.uakron.edu/race/
Bierce to Host The Race Card Project with NPR’s Michele Norris
In honor of National Public Radio (NPR) Michele Norris’ visit to campus on Monday, February 3, 2014 for Rethinking Race, the University Libraries will host an installation of The Race Card Project in Bierce Library.
The Race Card Project is the brainchild of Norris, developed as a tool to jumpstart conversations about race during her recent book tour. She asked people to think about their experiences, questions, hopes, dreams, laments or observations about race and identity, distill them to just one sentence that had only six words, and submit them on postcards. It has been a wildly successful and insightful project.
From Monday, January 27- Friday, February 14, 2014, UA students, faculty and alumni are encouraged to join in a conversation about race, ethnicity and identity by submitting their six-word race card essays in Bierce Library. The collection of candid submissions will be on display in the library throughout Rethinking Race 2014.
For more on The Race Card Project, http://theracecardproject.com/ For more information about Rethinking Race, http://www.uakron.edu/race/
Please join us on Thursday, January 23, 2014 at 3:00pm at the Science Faculty Research Gallery reception in the Science and Technology library.
In the sciences, most research output is in the form of journal articles and over time a tradition developed of honoring particularly excellent articles by putting art from the article on the journal’s cover. To ‘get a cover’ means the researchers have combined excellent research with something visually engaging. If you walk through the halls of a research building, you will see journal covers like these proudly displayed on doorways and lab windows.
This gallery collects journal covers from University of Akron researchers in Biology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science, Polymer Engineering and Polymer Science.
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Pre-Finals Week Events
We’ll need some volunteers to greet our WAGTime therapy dogs/owners each day and keep them company in the lobby during their stay. SIGN UP HERE: http://vols.pt/1LFo1Z
Monday, December 2
| When | Where | What |
| All Day | Bierce Lobby | Puzzles |
| 11am | Bierce Lobby | WAGTime Therapy Dogs (Ellie, Maddie, Makenna) |
| 3pm-4pm | LIB154 | Common Reading Essay Contest Awards Ceremony |
| 8pm-close | Bierce/S&T | Coffee Break |
Tuesday, December 3
| When | Where | What |
| All Day | Bierce Lobby | Puzzles |
| 10-11am | Map Room (275) | Meditation Lesson |
| 11:30am | Bierce Lobby | WAGTime Therapy Dogs (Cooper, Norman, Ellie) |
| 8pm-close | Bierce/S&T | Coffee Break |
| 8pm- | Bierce | PB& J Deli |
Wednesday, December 4
| When | Where | What |
| All Day | Bierce Lobby | Puzzles |
| 11am | Bierce Lobby | WAGTime Therapy Dogs (Tank, Vinnie, Cowboy) |
| 4:30-6:30pm | Bierce Lobby | Chair Massages |
| 8pm-close | Bierce/S&T | Coffee Break |
Thursday, December 5
| When | Where | What |
| All Day | Bierce Lobby | Puzzles |
| 10-11am | Map Room (275) | Meditation Lesson |
| 1pm | Bierce Lobby | WAGTime Therapy Dogs (Vegas, Gracie, Bentley) |
| 8pm-close | Bierce/S&T | Coffee Break |
Professional photographers will be available in the Bay Room to take headshots of UL staff and faculty on the afternoon of December 11 and morning of December 12. Each portrait session will be 10 minutes and you will have the opportunity to choose your favorite pose. The headshots can be used for LibGuides, committee/department websites, professional organizations, e-digest announcements, etc. It is not mandatory.
What: Professional Headshots for UL Faculty and Staff
When: December 12: 1-5pm and December 13: 9am-12pm
Where: Bay Room
Sign-up: http://vols.pt/yT4is9
It’s picture day again at the University Libraries.
This Wednesday, November 20 the UL will be participating in Ohio Library Snapshot Day 2013: A Day in the Life of Ohio Libraries.
We will be documenting what happens on a typical day at all of our locations, including but not limited to:
- students’ use of the building
- staff behind the scenes
- student workers
Back by popular demand will be the whiteboard in Bierce Lobby and new this year we will be running an instagram contest for the students via our Facebook page. #biercelibrary
The stories and photos we collect will be added to those of other libraries across the state to raise awareness about the important role of libraries in Ohio.
Get involved!
No one will be forced to be in pictures, but you can volunteer to be in them, or take your own photos to submit to our Flickr photo stream showing us what you do/see. (These pictures can be e-mailed to Stephanie.)
Check out last year’s photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uakronlibraries/
The 2013 United Way RooNited campaign kick-off party will be on Friday, November 1, from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. Join us for pizza and hot dogs and an all-campus celebration. Free to attend!
You can purchase tickets to participate in the raffle for a chance to win an iPad Mini and other prizes. Money raised from the raffle will support scholarships for UA students through United Way. You can also participate in games and purchase tickets to Saturday’s ‘Zippy’s Great Chili Cook-off’ (proceeds go to the campaign) and the UA/KSU football game.
The RooNited campaign runs from November 1 – 15, 2013 and provides the UA campus community the opportunity to positively impact the lives of students. You can choose to earmark any portion of your contribution to support several new scholarships designed to help University of Akron students graduate in a timely fashion.
For campaign updates, like RooNited on Facebook or follow on Twitter @RooNitedUA.
We hope to see you at this fun filled university sponsored event! Please let Kaye (x 7495) or Susan (x 7240) know if you have any questions about the kick-off party or the 2013 UA United Way Campaign.
Come on …. Get in the Game!!!
Some specialized software that the libraries do not have installed on the public workstations or that students don’t have installed on their personal machines is available via the university’s Virtual Lab.
Information about the university’s Virtual Lab is available from their site: http://www.uakron.edu/dts/virtual-lab/
The list of software available via the Virtual Lab is listed under Machine & Software Configuration.