Learn about Mammoth Cave National Park in Middletown!

Dr. Tammie Gerke will discuss the geology and other interesting information about Mammoth Cave National Park on the Middletown campus next week.  She will show a video on the geology of the park as part of her presentation.

This session is on Tuesday, June 20th from 2:00pm to 3:30pm with time for questions and discussion.  The event will be held in the Open Seating Area at the entrance of the Gardner-Harvey Library.

All are welcome to attend.  Light refreshments will be provided.

The above image was provided through a Creative Commons CC-BY-2.0 license by Garden State Hiker.

Middletown Library has a student job opening!

There is a student assistant job opening at the Gardner-Harvey Library on the Middletown campus.

See https://goo.gl/bnQlRS for details and to apply.  Questions? Contact Jennifer Hicks at 513-727-3221 or hicksjl2@miamioh.edu

Middletown Book Discussion Title for July!

The MUM Book Discussion group will next meet on Wednesday, July 12 to discuss Jean Kwok's Girl in Translation.  We will meet at 12 pm in Room 124 in the Library. 

Here is a brief summary of the title, along with links to request the book from  OhioLINK and SearchOhio libraries (Just click "Request" and choose "Miami University" from the dropdown list.  Then enter your UniqueID and password, and the library from which you would like to retrieve the item):  

"Caught between the pressure to succeed in America, her duty to their family, and her own personal desires, Kimberly Chang, an immigrant girl from Hong Kong, learns to constantly translate not just her language but herself back and forth between the worlds she straddles."

OhioLINK and  SearchOhio 

Read the book (or read something else interesting), then come along to our discussion to share what else you've been reading/watching/listening to/experiencing, and help us plan our future readings.  

Have an idea for a book to discuss?  Let us know and check out our page of past and future reads at http://www.mid.miamioh.edu/library/bookdiscussion.htm

New books added to the Gardner-Harvey Library in May!

See our new materials list of items we added to the collection in May! We added 135 books, e-books, DVDs, and other items during that time, thanks to your selections and suggestions. The list is sorted by call number, with items grouped roughly by subject area.

Here are eight titles from the list, to give you an idea of what we've been buying:

• Yin‐yang : American perspectives on living in China / edited by Alice Renouf and Mary Beth Ryan-Maher
• Community‐based corrections / Leanne Fiftal Alarid
Climate change and the health of nations : famines, fevers, and the fate of populations / Anthony J. McMichael
• How autism is reshaping special education : the unbundling of IDEA / Mark K. Claypool and John M. McLaughlin
• Making places for people : 12 questions every designer should ask / Christie Johnson Coffin
• Into the water / Paula Hawkins
• Pachinko / Min Jin Lee
• Generation wealth / Lauren Greenfield

This tag will show you all of the prior lists of new materials, in reverse chronological order. We are eager to hear from you about individual items you would like us to buy, or types of items we should be on the lookout for, or general subject areas we should build up in the collection.

There is still time to add books from this year's budget!  Your input will help us keep the collection working well as we add items during the remainder of the 2016/17 fiscal year  We're looking forward to what you'll recommend next!

If you have a suggestion of something to order, please use our "Tell GHL to Buy It" form, email Amy Carmichael (carmicae@miamioh.edu), or drop by the library with your request. And pass your general suggestions or comments about the collection to us in those same ways.

Thanks again for keeping our collection vibrant and your information needs met!