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Photograph of a detail of the Adams Building terrazzo and mosaic floor

Terrazzo: Beauty Under our Feet

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

We rarely take the time to stop and notice the artistic details that go into decorating a building. If anything, we tend to take these creative endeavors for granted. Every day we walk on some sort of flooring, be it hardwood, linoleum, carpet, marble, or tiles, and if we look at what is under our …

Silver stylized owl with radiant circles around its head, surrounded by a gold frame

Pic of the Week: Architectural Drawing

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

Today’s Pic of the Week is a colorful drawing of the proposed interior of one of our reading rooms by our building’s architects, Pierson & Wilson. This drawing epitomizes the amount of detail, labor, and materials that went into the construction of the Adams Building- from the green formica wall paneling (Formica Insulation Co., Cincinnati, …

side on the left has places for the author, title, call number, volume/date, patron name/address where in the desk it was to be sent; image on the left shows the other side has boxes to signify status like not on shelf, veriy book number, clarify book number, give volume or bulletin number, give complete date, and and other

Pic of the Week: Verify Book Number

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

Sometimes when I am using material from the collections, I run across items that have been left in the books by earlier researchers.  Today’s post features one such item. This is a photo of one of the Library’s old call slips used in what is now the Adams Building.  A call slip is the form …