[SOA] Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries National Conference hosted by the Lloyd Library and Museum, Cincinnati, OH

[Anna Heran]

PRESS RELEASE                                        
Contact: Maggie Heran, Director
Lloyd Library & Museum
513-721-3707
mheran at lloydlibrary.org

For Immediate Release

May 29, 2007

Lloyd Library and Museum Temporarily Closes June 4 through June 8, 2007
to Host the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries

39th Annual Meeting and Conference, June 5-9, 2007

Cincinnati, Ohio-The Lloyd Library and Museum proudly serves as host
institution for the 39th Annual Meeting and Conference of the Council on
Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) June 5 through June 9,
2007.  Working with the Lloyd Library are co-hosts Civic Garden Center
of Greater Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union
Terminal.  CBHL is the leading professional organization in the field of
botanical and horticultural information services with over 200 members
worldwide.  The conference theme is "Eclectic Cincinnati: Legacies,
Legends, and the Lloyds" and local venues for CBHL meetings,
presentations, tours, and special events will emphasize the region's
diverse heritage and flavor.  They include the Mercantile Library, the
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, the Cincinnati Hilton
Netherland, Lloyd Library and Museum, the Cincinnati Museum Center at
Union Terminal, Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati, Spring Grove
Cemetery and Arboretum, BB Riverboats, Big Bone Lick, Curtis Gates Lloyd
Wildlife Management Area in Crittenden (Kentucky), Shaker Village at
Pleasant Hill (Kentucky), and Grant County (Kentucky) Parks.  Event
sponsors include Procter and Gamble, EBSCO Subscription Services,
Gaylord Bros., Inc., Missouri Botanical Garden Press, and Natural
Medicines Comprehensive Database.

Nationally known speakers include, Keynote Speaker John S. Haller,
Ph.D., Vice President for Academic Affairs, Southern Illinois
University, Carbondale.  Haller is a professor of history and medical
humanities, teaching courses in American intellectual history and the
history of medicine.  He also serves on Lloyd Library's Board of
Directors.  Haller will deliver "The Eclectic Medical College of
Cincinnati: A Case Study in the Promise and Disappointment of
Alternative Medicine" at the Lloyd Library the morning of June 6th.
Guest Lecturer, Mark Blumenthal, Founder and Executive Director of the
American Botanical Council, the leading independent, nonprofit
organization dedicated to disseminating accurate, reliable, and
responsible information on herbs and medicinal plants, will lecture the
evening of June 6th on "Herbal Medicine Today: The State of the Art."

Local speakers include Connie Booth, Volunteer Coordinator of the Civic
Garden Center, and Kevin Grace and Thomas White, both of the University
of Cincinnati Libraries.  Booth will speak on the history of the Civic
Garden Center and Sooty Acres, Cornelius J. Hauck's inspiration for
developing the Hauck Botanic Garden.  Grace and White will deliver a
presentation based on their book Cincinnati Cemeteries: The Queen City
Underground, relating intriguing stories about the characters and
personalities reflected in the monuments of Spring Grove Cemetery.

The Lloyd Library and Museum, located at 917 Plum Street, downtown
Cincinnati, is a local and regional treasure.  The library was developed
in the nineteenth century by the Lloyd brothers-John Uri, Curtis Gates,
and Nelson Ashley to provide reference sources for Lloyd Brothers
Pharmacists, Inc., one of the leading pharmaceutical companies of the
period.  Today the library is recognized worldwide by the scientific
community a <C:\DOCUME~1\anna\LOCALS~1\Temp\\atte57da.jpg> s a vital
research center. The library holds, acquires, and provides access to
both historic and current materials on the subjects of pharmacy, botany,
horticulture, herbal and alternative medicine, pharmacognosy, and
related topics.  Although our collections have a scientific focus, they
also have relevance to humanities topics, such as visual arts and
foreign languages through resources that feature botanical and natural
history illustrations, original artworks, and travel literature, thereby
revealing the convergence of science and art.  The Lloyd is open to
anyone with an interest in these topics.  Free parking is available for
patrons and visitors behind the library building.  For more information,
visit the Lloyd website at www.lloydlibrary.org.  

Lloyd Library and Museum
917 Plum Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
513-721-3707
www.lloydlibrary.org

Open Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
And, the third Saturday of the month, September through May, 9:00
a.m.-4:00 p.m.

IMPORTANT NOTICE
The Lloyd Will Be Closed June 4 through June 8, 2007
We Reopen to Serve You June 11, 2007

Bringing Science, Art, and History to Life

Anna K. Heran
Archivist/IT Specialist
Lloyd Library and Museum
917 Plum Street
Cincinnati OH 45202
(513) 721-3707
www.lloydlibrary.org <http://www.lloydlibrary.org/>