New Materials List for January

We are trying something new here (or something old done in a new way). We have created a list of items that we purchased and received between the start of December and the first week of January. They include books and DVDs. Take a look and see what's new on our shelves. Be sure to click the title of any items to see more information about them or to request that they be held for you at our front desk.

Here's the link to the list: http://www.mid.muohio.edu/library/newbooklistjan08.cfm

Let us know if you find this useful. Thanks!

Book Discussion for January

We have switched our book choice for January's discussion. We are now reading Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. We'll meet on January 28 from 12:00-1:00 in the reference/current periodicals area of the library.

Indeed, the recent controversy regarding this book and its appearance in play form at Lakota East High School piqued our group’s interest. The book’s original title (and its initial replacement) are quite clearly racist, as is the “nursery rhyme” which is central to the movement of its plot. We have heard it’s a good mystery story, though, and we’d like to approach it as such. More information on the book is available at http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/andthenthere/summary.html and further information on the title is available at http://www.bookscans.com/Oddities/worst_title.htm Copies of various editions of the work are available through OhioLINK at the following link: http://tinyurl.com/2afqqe

So, please feel free to join us for discussion and refreshments. And remember, in February we’ll be reading and discussing Eric Melbye’s Tru (more details forthcoming). Thanks!

Pssst! Need a textbook?

If you need to take a look at a textbook for one of your classes, the library just might have it. We have assembled a collection of Textbooks on Reserve for over 60 Miami Plan courses offered at the Middletown campus.

Textbooks can be checked out for two hours at a time. If you check one out within two hours of our closing time, you can keep it overnight (it's due back at 9:00am the next morning).

See a full list of the courses for which we have textbooks at http://www.mid.muohio.edu/library/textbooks.cfm We have updated the collection for spring semester and added texts for the following courses:

EDP 201
EDT 181
PHL 105
PHY 172
PHS 242
ZOO 114

So the textbooks are here for you. Let us know if we can be of any assistance.