Events at GHL this week!

 Hello from Gardner-Harvey Library!

This week we have 2 events you can join in-person or on Zoom! Find Zoom links and more information below.

Thursday, Feb. 26th-noon- Using AI in Your Research

Friday, Feb. 27th-noon-Short Story Club- The Yellow Wallpaper

Your AI Toolkit

Using AI in Your Research Thursday, Feb. 26 | Noon | Gardner-Harvey Library, 111 | Middletown Zoom and In-person event There are ways to use the power of AI to ease your research journey. Generative AI tools can help with grammar and suggest ways to edit text, but they can also help you develop a topic and find search terms. Join John Burke, Middletown Library director, to learn strategies for using AI tools as you research sources for papers and presentations. No RSVP is required. MiamiOH.edu/Regionals/GHL-Events | BurkeJJ@MiamiOH.edu

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Check out the GHL Short Story Club! We will be meeting once a month to discuss a short story. The short story of the month for February is: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. You may access the short story through this link: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1952 When: Friday, February 27th, 12pm-1pm, both on Zoom & at GHL   Sign up for the Short Story Club to receive info on future meetings

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Jennifer Hicks, MLIS, MA Instructional Design & Technology

Outreach & Instruction Assistant Librarian

Gardner-Harvey Library

Miami University Middletown

513-727-3221

Help us help students! The Gardner-Harvey Library Care Cabinet is stocked with personal hygiene items for students in need. We also provide free snacks in the lounge because students can't focus when they are hungry. If you would like to help, we would gladly accept donations in person or sent directly through our Amazon Wishlist

New this Semester! GHL Short Story Club (Feb. 27)

Do you like the idea of being in a book club, but you don’t have the time to read full books?

Check out the GHL Short Story Club! We will be meeting once a month to discuss a short story.

The short story of the month for February is: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. You may access the short story through this link: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1952

When: Friday, February 27th, 12pm-1pm, both on Zoom & at GHL  

Sign-up to receive information about stories, Zoom links, and meeting dates. 

Questions? Contact Jennifer Hicks at hicksjl2@miamioh.edu

"Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Yellow Wallpaper House" by juliejordanscott is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Join us on Zoom today to learn about Iceland's volcanoes!

 

National Parks

Iceland's Volcanoes Tuesday, Feb. 17 | 4:30 p.m. | Zoom event Did Iceland’s volcanoes really cost airlines millions of euros in 2011, disrupt parts of Africa and Asia, and even contribute to famines in Europe? Join us as Tammie Gerke, Ph.D. in Geology, breaks down the lcanoes cause mass emigration to Canada and the US, how are they responsible for a loss of millions of euros to airlines in 2011, how have they impacted areas as far away as Africa and Asia, and how have they caused famines in Europe? If these are events that you would like to learn more about, then this is a presentation you will not want to miss. Join us as Tammie Gerke Ph.D. in Geology, will share more about these events, the relationship between Iceland’s volcanoes and plate tectonics, and the possible connection between Iceland’s volcanoes. No RSVP is required MiamiOH.edu/Regionals/GHL-Events | BurkeJJ@MiamiOH.edu

Check out what's going on at GHL!

Welcome back for the spring semester!

• See what we dragged out of the archives
• Learn about the grant the library was recently awarded (new TEC Lab equipment incoming!)
• Find out about our upcoming events

And that's not all! I don't want to spoil it, so check out the Spring 2026 newsletter and see what else GHL is up to this semester!

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Jennifer Hicks, MLIS, MA Instructional Design & Technology

Outreach & Instruction Assistant Librarian

Gardner-Harvey Library

Miami University Middletown

Gardner-Harvey Library events this week!

 Join us at the Gardner-Harvey Library in Middletown this week for our first two events of the semester! 

What's In Our Backyard Series

A Virtual Tour of the Natural Areas Around Miami University Middletown, A Campus Among the Trees! Wednesday, Feb. 4 | 4 p.m. | Gardner-Harvey Library, 014 TEC SPACE | Middletown Zoom and In-person event The beautiful, natural areas around the Middletown Campus are a positive protective factor for our region and our university. These areas are a favorable investment for our Metroparks and are open to the community to improve their health through visiting the green spaces. No RSVP is required. MiamiOH.edu/Regionals/GHL-Events | BurkeJJ@MiamiOH.edu

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You Can Make It @ the TEC Lab Makerspace!

Valentine's Day: Wood Burning Pens and 3D Pens Thursday, Feb. 5 | Noon - 2 p.m. | Gardner-Harvey Library, 014 TEC SPACE | Middletown Burnin' love! Join us in the TEC Space to create a wooden heart Valentine using our wood burning pens or create your own design with 3D pens. No RSVP is required. MiamiOH.edu/Regionals/GHL-Events | BurkeJJ@MiamiOH.edu

Double the Fun! Two Middletown Books for Discussion in March: A Sand County Almanac (March 6) and Broken Country (March 27)

The MUM Book Discussion group will have two book discussions in March! First, we'll join forces with the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Writing (LLW) and their community read of Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac on Friday, March 6. Here is a brief summary:

"First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as "a trenchant book, full of vigor and bite," A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land." (publisher)

Then on Friday, March 27, we will discuss Claire Leslie Hall's Broken Country. Here is a brief summary:

"Beth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married, though their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth's brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep, Beth doesn't realize that the gunshot will alter the course of their lives."

Here is where you can find the books:

• For A Sand County Almanac, thanks to a grant that Marianne Cotugno received, there are free copies of the book available at the Gardner-Harvey Library, while supplies last. Please let me know if you'd like one.
• For Broken Country, there are copies available at Miami and in OhioLINK. Use Miami University Libraries Search to search both of those catalogs. SearchOhio, allowing for lending among over 40 public library systems in Ohio and also OhioLINK, is still not operating (but should return to service in February -- I will send an update once that is operating again). If you have a card for MidPointe, Lane, or Cincinnati Public, you can find available copies through those systems. Amazon has the hardcover, paperback, and Kindle available, and Bookshop.org has links to purchase the title from independent booksellers.

For A Sand County Almanac, we will meet at 12 noon on the 6th both in Room 123 in the Library and on Zoom. Join the Sand County Zoom here!

For Broken Country, we will meet at 11:30 am on the 27th both in Room 123 in the Library and on Zoom.  Join the Broken Country Zoom here! 

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 What Happened to the Bennetts, the group also shared these titles for consideration at their January 23 meeting:

Eternal, Loyalty, The Unraveling of Julia, and The Truth About the Devlins, Lisa Scottoline

Harlan Coben (author)

Call the Midwife (the show)

West Wing (the show)

Landman (the show)

Dark Winds (the show)

11/22/63 (the show and the book by Stephen King)

Frankenstein (the movie and the book)

F1 (the movie)

Eleanor of Avignon, Elizabeth DeLozier

Rebellion 1776, Laurie Halse Anderson

The Girl From Greenwich Street, Lauren Willig

Kingmaker, Sonia Purnell

Life of the Party, Christopher Ogden

Which Way Tree, Elizabeth Crook

A Woman of No Importance, Sonia Purnell

Fight Night, Miriam Toews

Please come along to our discussions 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

"Wisconsin Farmland in the Fall" by pistosbooks is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.

January's Middletown Book for Discussion: What Happened to the Bennetts (January 23)

 

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The MUM Book Discussion group will next meet on Friday, January 23.  Our title is What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline.  Here is a brief summary:

"Jason Bennett is a suburban dad who owns a court-reporting business, but one night, his life takes a horrific turn. He is driving his family home after his daughter's field hockey game when a pickup truck begins tailgating them, on a dark stretch of road. Suddenly two men jump from the pickup and pull guns on Jason, demanding the car. A horrific flash of violence changes his life forever. Later that awful night, Jason and his family receive a visit from the FBI. The agents tell them that the carjackers were members of a dangerous drug-trafficking organization - and now Jason and his family are in their crosshairs. The agents advise the Bennetts to enter the witness protection program right away, and they have no choice but to agree." (publisher)

Here is where you can find the book (well, this gets interesting):

• There are no copies available at Miami, but there are some available in OhioLINK. Use Miami University Libraries Search for both of those catalogs.
  
• SearchOhio, allowing for lending among over 40 public library systems in Ohio and also OhioLINK, is still not operating (but should come back in February 2026). If you have a card for MidPointe, Lane, or Cincinnati Public, you can find available copies through those systems. Germantown Public Library has a copy of their own, but they are also part of the SEO (Serving Every Ohioan) Consortium, and there are 86 copies available from those 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 Time of the Child, the group also shared these titles for consideration at their December 19 meeting:

Four Letters of Love, Niall Williams

Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold

The Correspondent, Virginia Evans

Mona's Eyes, Thomas Schlesser
Atmosphere, Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Poisoner's Handbook, Deborah Blum

The 13th Gift, Joanne Huist Smith

The Imperial Cruise, James Bradley

Has Anyone Seen My Toes?, Christopher Buckley

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, Balli Kaur Jaswal

Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away, Ann Hagedorn

I'd Give Anything, Marisa De Los Santos

Hail Mary,  Andy Weir

Fever Beach, Carl Hiaasen

Angelica: For Love and Country in a Time of Revolution, Molly Beer

Ann Cleves (author)

And, an encouragement was offered to check out Blue Dog Books in Springboro, a new local bookstore.

We will meet at 11:30 am on the 23rd both in Room 123 in the Library and in Zoom at 

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Passcode:  989282

‬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

"Pickup truck crash on Park Boulevard (ii)" by allaboutgeorge is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.

The Truth About Trees: Special Trees on the Oxford Campus (Dec. 3)

The Underground Academy Presents: The Truth About Trees Series

Your Guide to Special Trees on the Oxford Campus Wednesday, Dec. 3 | 4 p.m. | Gardner Harvey Library, 014 TEC Space | Middletown Campus Biology faculty member Janelle Allen knows trees, and she wants to share that knowledge with you. Learn about the importance of trees in our world and the unique examples we have in our   campus ecosystems. Zoom and In-person Event. MiamiOH.edu/Regionals/Libraries | BurkeJJ@MiamiOH.edu

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