New Materials for March

We have just posted our new materials list for March. These are the items (books, DVDs, etc.) that were added to the collection during this month. We are awaiting a large number of items from earlier orders that should come in during April.

You can find our current and previous new materials lists on the left hand side of our web site under "New Materials Lists."
Have a suggestion of something to order? Email one of our staff members or drop by the library. Thanks!

John

Searching for a Career Direction?

An information specialist by any other name would inform and teach. Despite the long-term image management issues, librarians do more than books. In 21st century academic circles, they build Web sites, databases, repositories, and online courses; customize search engines; tag sources; provide 24/7 access to electronic resources; and create wikis, blogs, and research tools. They study up on the shifting sands of plagiarism, copyright, and digital rights management. They share resources around the university, state, and world in print and electronically. They read and write and compute and communicate. They are wizards of multitasking and problem-solving. Above all, the knowledge managers I know are intelligent, creative, and witty. They go to bat for the tentative researcher and are service-minded. In honor of who they are and what they do, take a whimsical YouTube moment and listen to: “The Librarian Song” and view “This is My OhioLINK” by Eric Rieper, OhioLINK video contest winner.

April 1: Eric Melbye Reads From Tru

The Gardner-Harvey Library and the Miami University Middletown Campus Bookstore are proud to present a reading by Eric Melbye of his novel Tru.

The event will be held on Tuesday, April 1, 2008, from 12:00-1:00 on the main level of the Gardner-Harvey Library.

Read a description of Tru here.

Eric will share some selections from Tru, take questions from the audience, and sign copies of his book (which will be available for purchase at the event). Light refreshments will be served.

Please set an hour aside for this opportunity to experience literature with a talented author and to celebrate his work.

In the lap(top) of luxury

Well, that might be overstating things a bit, but we are very happy to let you know the array of laptops that are available to Miami Middletown students, faculty, and staff thanks to a partnership between Technology Services and the library. With our combined financial support, we can now offer the following equipment for use:

For students:

• 4 laptops are available for three-hour loan
• 3 laptops are available for one-day loan

For faculty and staff members:

• 5 laptops are available for seven-day loan
• 2 tablet PCs are available for seven-day loan

We hope that these machines will assist students who would like to use a laptop anywhere on campus (given our campus-wide wireless network) or who need to take a laptop home for overnight use. Faculty and staff who need to travel and present or who need a laptop for use on campus can also benefit.

Checking out a laptop requires your Miami University ID and the one-time completion of a laptop loan form. Please let us know how we can assist you with these devices.

Let me also add that the library, thanks to Technology Services, also has on library reserve the manuals for Microsoft Outlook 2007 and Entourage for Mac OS X 2004 (five copies of each, available to students, faculty, and staff).

March 11: Book Discussion

The MUM Book Discussion Group will next meet on Tuesday, March 11, from 12:00-1:00 to discuss Eric Melbye’s novel Tru. We are so excited to have a chance to read and discuss this work by Middletown’s own notable author. We’ll meet in the reference/current periodicals area for our usual round of discussion, brown-bagged lunches, and a dessert of some sort. Please join us for this exciting event!

Stay tuned for an upcoming announcement of a campus reading/book signing by Eric which will come later in March. We may raise some questions on the 11th that Eric can solve for us at that later event. Thanks!

(see the Book Discussion page at http://www.mid.muohio.edu/library/bookdiscussion.cfm)