-
Reflecting on my Graduate Assistant Experience in Rare Books
By Alexis Voisard, MA Student in English, 2022-23 Rare Book Graduate Assistant Athens has been spoiled by beautiful weather, and I’ve taken advantage by going around campus getting photos in some of my favorite spots wearing my graduation robe! It’s starting to feel bittersweet going to classes and working at the library knowing I only…
-
1970 Campus Security Records, May 11 to May 15: From Ohio University to Eternity
By John Higgins, BA ’23, History and Political Science, Student Assistant, Digital Initiatives Read other posts from this series which recounts the spring 1970 student demonstrations at Ohio University and the administrative response, as documented in campus security reports from the time period. The 11th through the 15th of May witnessed the dramatic ending to…
-
Reflections on a Description Remediation Project of the Civil War Correspondence Collection and How to Search it Better
By Camilla Stegall, MS student in Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Civil War Metadata Assistant at Ohio University Libraries during the spring 2023 semester. These past few months I’ve had the amazing opportunity to work remotely as the Civil War Metadata Assistant with the Civil War Correspondence Digital Archive at…
-
1970 Campus Security Records, May 4 to May 10: The Bridge on the River Hocking
By John Higgins, BA ’23, History and Political Science, Student Assistant, Digital Initiatives Read other posts from this series which recounts the spring 1970 student demonstrations at Ohio University and the administrative response, as documented in campus security reports from the time period. At approximately 1:45 p.m. on May 4th, university officials organized their control…
-
Plants and Printing: 1485-1925, An Exhibit
By Morganna Marks, senior History major and OhioLink Luminaries intern, 2022-2023 As the Ohio University Libraries OhioLINK Luminaries intern for 2022-2023, I knew from the beginning that I wanted to create an exhibit. I wanted to do something very different from what I do in class. As a history major, I write a great many…
-
1970 Campus Security Records, April 23 to May 5: All Quiet on the College Green
By John Higgins, BA ’23, History and Political Science, Student Assistant, Digital Initiatives Read other posts from this series which recounts the spring 1970 student demonstrations at Ohio University and the administrative response, as documented in campus security reports from the time period. For Ohio University, the month of April was considerably quieter than the…