Monday, November 11, 2024

Solve a new (or old) Miami Middletown Mystery, and enter a prize drawing

You may have solved the mystery of The Forgotten Pool in the past, but now we offer a new digital escape room - The Tiled Room. Read a brief introduction to each of the escape rooms below, and then click the links to begin your journey.


Everyone who solves one (or both) of the mysteries between now and November 15 will be entered in a drawing for one of five Gardner-Harvey Library prizes!  We hope you have fun with them, and let us know what you think!


The Tiled Room - a Miami Middletown Mystery
Image of a white tiled wall.


"You awake in a small, white, tiled room.  There is nothing in the room but a fluorescent light overhead, a vent in the ceiling, a heavy metal door, and a laptop on the floor."

This digital escape room is designed to teach you a little about how Wikipedia works and a little bit about evaluating information.  Can you solve the mystery and escape the room?  Enter The Tiled Room and find out! We hope you enjoy it!


The Forgotten Pool - a Miami Middletown Mystery

A black and white photo of a pool.

"It's another ordinary spring semester day.  You've just left class at Levey Hall, and headed over to the library to sit and study for a bit." So begins your chance to solve a mystery:  is there a pool on the Middletown Campus?  Where is it?

This digital escape room is designed to teach you a little about the history of the Miami University Middletown campus and a little bit about searching for information and using archival resources.  Can you solve the mystery?  Enter the search for The Forgotten Pool!  We hope you enjoy it!  


Friday, November 01, 2024

Join us for our November and December events at the Gardner-Harvey Library!

 Mark your calendar for these great events happening this November and December at the Gardner-Harvey Library!


Sublimated tags

TEC Lab: Design a Sublimated Tag for Your Pet
Wednesday, November 6th, 2-4pm
Do you have the best pup? Make your furry friend a fancy tag! Drop by the library between 2-4pm to choose a sublimated pet tag --- one tag per person. 


There There book cover

DEI Book Club: There There by Tommy Orange
Tuesday, November 12th, 12pm
Join representatives from Miami Regionals Libraries and the Center of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion this spring in an exploration of literature that embraces diversity in a variety of subject matters. The discussions will be simulcast to both Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion locations for attendees who would like to meet face-to-face, or there is an option to attend via Zoom. Starting at 12:00 pm



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Big Bend National Park, Texas" by Robbie's Photo Art is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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National Park Talk: A Visit to Big Bend National Park
Tuesday, November 19th, 4:30pm

Join us this fall as Tammie L. Gerke, teaching professor in Geology at Miami University, shares the geology and other interesting information about fossils and national parks. Get your questions answered and participate in a lively discussion on these national treasures. Held in the TEC Space or on Zoom at 4:30 pm


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The Indoor Orchid" by morroelsie is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.


Underground Academy: Orchids: One of the Two Largest Families of Flowering Plants
Wednesday, November 20th, 4:00pm

Join us in the Gardner-Harvey Library’s spacious lower-level Makerspace and event area or on Zoom for Janelle Allen’s series on indoor plants. Starting at 4:00 pm.  
























"Birthday gifts" by Droid Gingerbread is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

TEC Lab: Enjoy Our Open House and Make a Gift
Wednesday, December 4th, 2-4pm
Are you ready for the semester to be over? Take a break from studying, learn about our tools and materials, and make a gift or something beautiful to take home! From 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

November's Middletown Book for Discussion: 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds in this Strange World (November 22)

Market Streets, Istanbul


The MUM Book Discussion group will next meet on Friday, November 22.  Our title is 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak. Here is a brief summary:

"In the pulsating moments after she has been murdered and left in a dumpster outside Istanbul, Tequila Leila enters a state of heightened awareness. Her heart has stopped beating but her brain is still active - for 10 minutes 38 seconds. While the Turkish sun rises and her friends sleep soundly nearby, she remembers her life - and the lives of others, outcasts like her."  (publisher)

Here is where you can find the book:
  • There are several copies available in MiamiOhioLINK, and SearchOhio libraries.  
  • Amazon has the hardcover, paperback, and Kindle available, and Bookshop.org has links to purchase the title from independent booksellers.
Our group is always finding interesting titles to share, and we look forward to the new things you'll bring to the table. In addition to discussing Becoming Madam Secretary, the group also shared these titles for consideration at their October 25 meeting:

Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare (documentary)
My Dear Hamilton, Stephanie Dray
Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton and Grant
The Women, Kristin Hannah
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, Kim Michele Robinson and The Book Woman's Daughter, a sequel
First Ladies, Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Unrooted, Erin Zimmerman, 
Mrs Lincoln’s Dressmaker, Jennifer Chevarini
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, Lisa See
Sweet Bean Paste, Durian Sukegawa
Still Life with Bread Crumbs, Anna Quindlen
Rednecks, Taylor brown
The Stolen Child, Ann Hood
James, Percival Everett
Absent in the Spring, Mary Westmacott
How to Read a Book, a novel - Monica Wood

We will meet at 12 pm on the 22nd both in Room 123 in the Library and in Zoom at 

Passcode:  551474
Add this event to your Google Calendar!  (which includes the Zoom information) 

Please come along to our discussion to share what you've been reading/watching/listening to/experiencing!

If you're looking for something interesting to read, check out our page of past and future reads at http://www.mid.miamioh.edu/library/bookdiscussion.htm

John


Friday, October 11, 2024

Looking forward to the second half of the semester with the Gardner-Harvey Library Middmester Newsletter

 

First page of Fall 2024 Middmester newsletter.

The weather is finally feeling like fall, and that means it is time for Fall Break and a look into what the second half of the semester holds. Check out our library events, services, and more in the Middmester Newsletter!

Tuesday, October 01, 2024

Join Us for October Events at the Gardner-Harvey Library

Mark your calendar for these great events happening this month at the Gardner-Harvey Library!


TEC Lab: Make an Automata, a Self-Propelled Object
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2-4pm

Create an object or scene that moves at the turn of a crank or completely independently with a motor! We’ll work from a basic design that you can expand into a larger automaton as you wish. From 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm





DEI Book Club: There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib
Tuesday, October 8th, 12pm

Join representatives from Miami Regionals Libraries and the Center of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion this spring in an exploration of literature that embraces diversity in a variety of subject matters. The discussions will be simulcast to both Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion locations for attendees who would like to meet face-to-face, or there is an option to attend via Zoom. Starting at 12:00 pm



National Park Talk: How to Plan a Trip to a National Park/Sharing Your Fossils
Tuesday, October 15th, 4:30pm

Join us this fall as Tammie L. Gerke, teaching professor in Geology at Miami University, shares the geology and other interesting information about fossils and national parks. Get your questions answered and participate in a lively discussion on these national treasures. Held in the TEC Space or on Zoom at 4:30 pm


Underground Academy: Indoor Plant Composting to Support Plant Health
Wednesday, October 16th, 4pm

Join us in the Gardner-Harvey Library’s spacious lower-level Makerspace and event area or on Zoom for Janelle Allen’s following series of presentations. Starting at 4:00 pm.


Friday, September 27, 2024

October's Middletown Book for Discussion: Becoming Madam Secretary (October 25)

Frances Perkins, 1880-1965


The MUM Book Discussion group will next meet on Friday, October 25.  Our title is Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray. Here is a brief summary:

"Raised on tales of her revolutionary ancestors, Frances Perkins arrives in New York City at the turn of the century, armed with her trusty parasol and an unyielding determination to make a difference. When she's not working with children in the crowded tenements in Hell's Kitchen, Frances throws herself into the social scene in Greenwich Village, befriending an eclectic group of politicians, artists, and activists . . .  But when Frances meets a young lawyer named Franklin Delano Roosevelt at a tea dance, sparks fly in all the wrong directions. Neither knows it yet, but over the next twenty years, they will form a historic partnership that will carry them both to the White House."  (publisher)

Here is where you can find the book:
  • There are several copies available in Miami and SearchOhio libraries.  
  • Amazon has the hardcover, paperback, and Kindle available, and Bookshop.org has links to purchase the title from independent booksellers.
Our group is always finding interesting titles to share, and we look forward to the new things you'll bring to the table. In addition to discussing The Collected Regrets of Clover, the group also shared these titles for consideration at their September 27 meeting:

Six Feet Under (TV Series)
Shetland (TV Series)
Morning in This Broken World, Katrina Kittle
The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller
The Iliad, Homer (translated by Emily Wilson)
The Island of Sea Women, Lisa See
West with Giraffes, Lynda Rutledge
James, Percival Everett
We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood, Dani McClain
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, Hanif Abdurraqib

We will meet at 12 pm on the 25th both in Room 123 in the Library and in Zoom at 

Passcode:  478978
Add this event to your Google Calendar!  (which includes the Zoom information) 

Please come along to our discussion to share what you've been reading/watching/listening to/experiencing!

If you're looking for something interesting to read, check out our page of past and future reads at http://www.mid.miamioh.edu/library/bookdiscussion.htm

John

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Join us for our September events at the Gardner-Harvey Library

 Mark your calendar for two great events happening this month at the Gardner-Harvey Library!

Xenocrinus baeri fossil crinoids in fossiliferous limestone (Whitewater Formation, Upper Ordovician; northeastern Warren County, southwestern Ohio, USA)



National Park Talk: Fossils of the Tri-State
Tuesday, September 17th, 4:30pm-6:00pm

Join us this fall as Tammie L. Gerke, teaching professor in Geology at Miami University, shares the geology and other interesting information about fossils and national parks. Get your questions answered and participate in a lively discussion on these national treasures. Held in the TEC SPACE or on Zoom at 4:30 pm. 


Indoor plants Feb 2009, picture of indoor plants in front of a window



Underground Academy: The Wonderful World of Indoor Plants
Wednesday, September 18th, starting at 4pm

Join us in the Gardner-Harvey Library’s spacious lower-level Makerspace and event area (TEC SPACE) or on Zoom for Janelle Allen’s series of presentations on the wonderful world of plants. 

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Jessie Long, MLIS, MA Instructional Design & Technology [she, her, hers]

Outreach & Instruction Librarian, Principal Librarian

Gardner-Harvey Library

Miami University | Regional Campuses
Middletown | 513-727-3225

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