Lend a paw: make cat shelters @ the TEC Lab!

Stop by the Gardner-Harvey Library on Wednesday, October 4 and create a T-shirt cat tent to take home! Bring your own T-shirt or choose from our stash.

No cat? No problem! We will also be working to create extra cat tents as well as utility tote cat shelters to donate to our local animal shelter. This is a wonderful volunteer opportunity to make something useful for our larger community!

While we will have extra materials on hand if you forget, please RSVP to Jennifer Hicks at HICKSJL2@miamioh.edu so we don’t run out of supplies.

The workshops are held at 11am-1pm and 6pm-8pm

Remember, if you attend two or more of our TEC Lab workshops and speaker events in Fall 2017, you will be entered in a drawing for a Kindle Fire tablet.

Image provided through a Creative Commons Attribution License by Darren Fick.

Middletown book discussion title for October

The MUM Book Discussion group will next meet on Tuesday, October 24 to discuss Larry Watson's American Boy.  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 Miami, 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):  

"On Thanksgiving Day 1962, the shooting of a young woman sets off a chain of unsettling events in Willow Falls, Minnesota, all revolving around Matthew Garth, who becomes obsessed with the shooting victim and with the lavish lifestyle of a local doctor's family."

Miami, 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

Learn to use Google Tools at Middletown

Thursday, September 28

12:00pm-1:00pm

Gardner-Harvey Library, Room 111

Join Jennifer Hicks to learn the basics of several Google apps, including Gmail, Drive, Docs, Forms, and Calendar. These free Google productivity tools help sync, simplify, and tackle projects for classes and for your life!

All are welcome to attend this free event.  Feel free to bring your lunch!

Remember, if you attend two or more of our library events in Fall 2017, you will be entered in a drawing for a Kindle Fire tablet.

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

PZ7 Book Club discusses The Gunslinger

Come discuss The Gunslinger, by Stephen King.

We'll meet on Wednesday, October 11, from 1:00pm to 1:45pm in Room 124 in the Gardner-Harvey Library.  Refreshments will be available.

We have a copy available for short-term loan at the library InfoDesk, or ask at the desk for help to request a copy from OhioLINK.

Remember, if you attend two or more of our library events in Fall 2017, you will be entered in a drawing for a Kindle Fire tablet.

PZ7 Book Club discusses 13 Reasons Why (in Middletown)

Come discuss 13 Reasons Why, by James Asher.  

We'll meet on Wednesday, September 13, from 1:00pm to 1:45pm in Room 124 in the Gardner-Harvey Library.  Refreshments will be available.

We have a copy available for short-term loan at the library InfoDesk, or ask at the desk for help to request a copy from OhioLINK.

Remember, if you attend two or more of our library events in Fall 2017, you will be entered in a drawing for a Kindle Fire tablet.

Learn about Petrified Forest National Park in Middletown!

"National Parks with Dr. Tammie Gerke" is a speaking series presented by the Gardner Harvey Library and Dr. Tammie Gerke - a professor of Geology at Miami University Regionals. Each session will focus on a different national park.

This time, Dr. Tammie Gerke will discuss Petrified Forest National Park. Stop by to hear about the geology and other interesting information about the park.

This session will run Tuesday, September 12th from 4:30pm to 6:00pm with time for questions and discussion. The event will be held in the seating area at the entrance of the Gardner-Harvey Library.

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

Remember, if you attend two or more of our library events in Fall 2017, you will be entered in a drawing for a Kindle Fire tablet.

The above image was provided through a Creative Commons CC-BY-2.0 license by Andrew Kearns.

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

See our new materials list of items we added to the collection in August! We added 125 books, e-books, DVDs, and other items during that time, thanks to your selections and suggestions. The list can be sorted by call number, area of our collection, or by title.

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

• Earth at the crossroads : understanding the ecology of a changing planet / [videorecording] Eric G. Strauss
• Listen, we need to talk : how to change attitudes about LGBT rights / Brian F. Harrison and Melissa R. Michelson
• We demand : the university and student protests / Roderick A. Ferguson
• The only pirate at the party / Lindsey Stirling and Brooke S. Passey
• The Wendy project / written and created by Melissa Jane Osborne art, colors, and letters by Veronica Fish
• Breakaway learners : strategies for post-secondary success with at-risk students / Karen Gross
• Science wars : what scientists know and how they know it / {videorecording] taught by Steven L. Goldman
• Mask of the sun : the science, history, and forgotten lore of eclipses / John Dvorak

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.

This month we're adding some new materials along with replacements for items that have gone missing from the collection (and those that patrons have chosen to replace). 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!