Welcome back, Bearcats, to spring semester 2021! Check the Libraries website for any spring semester service updates and for operating hours by location. With limited exceptions, there remains no browsing of library materials in the stacks. The Click & Collect retrieval and pickup service allows UC users to request printed library materials in the Library Catalog […]
Archives and Rare Books Library
- Available by appointment 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday.
- For assistance and more information, contact (513) 556-1959, e-mail at archives@ucmail.uc.edu, or on the web at https://libraries.uc.edu/libraries/arb.html.
- All UC Students will be required to display a ‘Green’ pass to security guards on the UC COVID Check App. Faculty, staff, and visitors may also use the UC COVID Check App in order to secure a green pass or will be asked screening questions to gain entry to all locations.
- For more information on the UC COVID app, please visit https://www.uc.edu/publichealth/return-to-campus-guide/covid-check-app.html
- All researchers must wear masks, practice appropriate social distancing, and abide by UC Libaries Health and Safety Protocols.
- Blegen Library (where the Archives and Rare Books Library is located) is accessible to UC students, faculty, and staff via their Bearcat card. Non-UC researchers should call ARB staff at 513-556-1959 upon their arrival to be let into the building.
- Only two researchers may be in ARB at one time, and appointments are restricted to no more than four hours at a time.
- All materials used by researchers will be placed in quarantine for six days, including books in the reference collection.
- The ARB seminar room, room 814, will not be available for fall semester, and we are unable to accommodate onsite class visits for this same time period.
- ARB staff continue to handle reference and research questions for students, faculty, staff and UC administrative offices. Please leave a message at 513-556-1959 or send an email to archives@ucmail.uc.edu and we will return your message as soon as possible.
The Archives and Rare Books Library holds the University's Rare Books collection, University Archives, Local Government records, Urban Studies archive, and German-Americana collection. The Archives and Rare Books Library is located on the 8th floor of Blegen Library on the University of Cincinnati's uptown campus.
News
Season’s Greetings. Wishing you all a restful and restorative winter break. All UC Libraries locations are closed for Winter Season Days, December 24-January 3. We look forward to seeing you in the new year.
What a year it’s been. The University of Cincinnati Libraries Annual Progress Report, this year completely online, covers July 2019 through June 2020, an academic year that started off normally, but in the spring would be disrupted in ways never thought possible because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Fall semester was business as usual with students, […]
Hours
- Available by appointment 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday.
- For assistance and more information, contact (513) 556-1959, e-mail at archives@ucmail.uc.edu, or on the web at https://libraries.uc.edu/libraries/arb.html.
- All UC Students will be required to display a ‘Green’ pass to security guards on the UC COVID Check App. Faculty, staff, and visitors may also use the UC COVID Check App in order to secure a green pass or will be asked screening questions to gain entry to all locations.
- For more information on the UC COVID app, please visit https://www.uc.edu/publichealth/return-to-campus-guide/covid-check-app.html
Contact and Address
Archives & Rare Books Library
8th Floor Blegen Library
P.O. Box 210113
2602 McMicken Circle
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0113
Phone: 513-556-1959