Affiliated Organizations
The University of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Art Museum have formed a partnership to encourage greater use of the Art Museum and its collections by UC faculty and students. The partnership fosters a heightened level of engagement between UC and the Art Museum that will result in a wide array of cross-institutional, multi-disciplinary programs and opportunities. Among the activities planned as part of the partnership are: library resource-sharing, internships, exhibition design, digital projects, guest lectures, and faculty and staff exchanges. Already, events have been held to engage UC students and faculty with the Art Museum including a Student Career Night and a recent All Professors Night at which UC faculty met with Art Museum curators and educators to learn about museum collections and upcoming exhibits
The libraries of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
(CCHMC) and the University of Cincinnati (UC) have recently joined forces
to provide increased access to research materials for library users
at both institutions. With this partnership, UC Libraries, founding members of OhioLINK, the
nationally acclaimed consortium of 82 Ohio college and university libraries
and the State Library of Ohio, are extending “OhioLINK affiliated
institution” status to CCHMC. This new endeavor, a direct result
of the longstanding educational and research collaboration of UC and
CCHMC, will provide CCHMC researchers and staff with access to the more
than 31 million items held by OhioLINK libraries, including thousands
of electronic journals and over one hundred electronic databases. In
turn, OhioLINK members throughout the state will now have access to
the unique pediatric medical journals and books held by CCHMC libraries.
The Lloyd Library is a world class research institution that
collects, preserves, and provides access for scholars and
educators to published and archival materials in the areas
of botany, pharmacy and complimentary medicines, and horticulture.
Its outreach programs promote and encourage scholarly investigation
and education based on the areas of knowledge represented
in its collection areas.
In 1996, the Lloyd Library and the University of Cincinnati
Libraries teamed to bring information about the Lloyd's holdings
into the University of Cincinnati Libraries' online catalog
(nickname is UCLID).
This partnership has resulted in increased visibility and
availability of the Lloyd's holdings to the academic and research
communities as well as other interested users worldwide who
are able to search the collections via the Internet.
Consortium Relationships
 UC
is a founding member of the Ohio Library and Information Network,
OhioLINK, a consortium of Ohio's college and university libraries
and the State Library of Ohio. Serving more than 500,000 students,
faculty, and staff at 80 institutions, OhioLINK's membership
includes 17 public universities, 23 community/technical colleges,
39 private colleges and the State Library of Ohio. OhioLINK
serves faculty, students, staff and other researchers at member
institutions via 120 campus-based library systems and networks,
and the Internet. OhioLINK offers access to more than 31 million
library items statewide.
To date, the OhioLINK central catalog contains more than
8 million unique master records from its 80 institutions,
encompassing a spectrum of library material including law,
medical and special collections. The catalog systems throughout
the state provide capacity for more than 4,500 simultaneous
users.
The OhioLINK central catalog also is available to outside
users via the Internet. OhioLINK offers user-initiated, non-mediated
online borrowing through its statewide central catalog.
Students and faculty alliliated with OhioLINK institutions
have the ability to electronically request items while searching
the OhioLINK central catalog. OhioLINK also provides a delivery
service among member institutions to speed the exchange of
library items. In addition to items in the central catalog,
OhioLINK member institutions enjoy access to thousands of
electronic indexes and databases through the Electronic Journal
Center, many of which are full-text resources, as well as
thousands of images and sound recordings in the Digital Media
Center.
UC is a member of the SouthWest Ohio and Neighboring Libraries (SWON), a cooperative of area libraries organized to promote library services among and through member institutions. SWON Libraries consists of academic, public, school and special libraries in Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky.
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