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The OSU Libraries ReadAloud program continues in a new location: the Berry Café lounge near the Neil Avenue (west) entrance of Thompson Library. This week’s program, Thursday, October 8, from 3-4 p.m., features Dr. Gordon Gee, President of The Ohio State University, sharing his favorite reading. Maryann Walther-Keisel, Center for East European and Slavic Studies, [...]
OSU Names Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum
The Ohio State University Board of Trustees approved the naming of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in recognition of a $7 million gift from the Elizabeth Ireland Graves Foundation to support the renovation of Sullivant Hall, an historic building located at a main gateway to the university’s campus. The project is estimated to [...]
Gee Lecture 10-9
Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee, author of two books that address the role of academic libraries in higher education, will offer the inaugural lecture at the newly reopened Thompson Library on October 9 at 2 p.m. Gee’s lecture, the first in the Libraries’ 2009-2010 series, “Sharing Knowledge: The Global Information Society,” will highlight the [...]
Course Enhancement Grants
University Libraries is accepting proposals for the 2010 Course Enhancement Grant program. A $2,000 grant will be given to faculty members to enhance a course by substantially integrating library resources and information literacy instruction. Proposal deadline is November 2, 2009 for courses that will taught during any academic quarter of 2010. For more information, see [...]
292-OSUL
Now calling the OSU Libraries is easy. Just remember 292-OSUL (6785). That number connects you to the Libraries’ new call center. The librarians and staff can answer your questions, and direct you to the people you need for information. Add the number to your cell phone!
Thompson Dedication Today
The Ohio State University Libraries invites students, faculty and staff to the ribbon cutting of the William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library, 1858 Neil Avenue, Thursday, September 24 at 4 p.m. The ceremony will be held on the plaza outside the library, at the Oval (east) entrance. A brief reception will follow the program, which features [...]
Winsor McCay
Winsor McCay: Legendary Cartoonist September 15-December 31, 2009 Cartoon Library and Museum Reading Room Gallery Winsor McCay was an unusually prolific cartoonist. More than 30 comic strip titles and ten animated films are credited to him. The decade between 1903 and 1913 was his most creative period. His biographer, John Canemaker, states, “…when the American [...]