Make Wreaths for the Holidays at the TEC Lab!

Stop in the TEC Lab (Room 125, Gardner-Harvey Library) on Wednesday December 6th during the lunch session (11am-1pm) or the late session (6pm-8pm) to make a holiday wreath!.

You may make a wreath to take, or you can make a wreath to donate to a local nursing home. You can even make one to take and one to donate! We will have a variety of wreath fixin’s available.

Walk-ins welcome, or RSVP to Jennifer Hicks - hicksjl2@miamioh.edu.

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 Tony Alter.

PZ7 Book Club discusses Fahrenheit 451 (Dec. 6)

Come discuss Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury.  We'll look at Tim Hamilton's authorized adaptation of the book as a graphic novel.

We'll meet on Wednesday, December 6, 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 other OhioLINK libraries.

In 1953, Ray Bradbury envisioned one of the world's most unforgettable dystopian futures, and in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, the artist Tim Hamilton translates this frightening modern masterpiece into a gorgeously imagined graphic novel.  ... He has created a striking work of art that uniquely captures Montag's awakening to the evil of government-controlled thought and the inestimable value of philosophy, theology, and literature. (Amazon.com)

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.

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

See our new materials list of items we added to the collection in October! We added 299 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:

• Odd girl out : the hidden culture of aggression in girls / Rachel Simmons
• Sucking up : a brief consideration of sycophancy / Deborah Parker and Mark Parker
• We were eight years in power : an American tragedy / Ta-Nehisi Coates
• This blessed earth : a year in the life of an American family farm / Ted Genoways
• Move fast and break things : how Facebook, Google, and Amazon cornered culture and undermined democracy / Jonathan Taplin
• A flag worth dying for : the power and politics of national symbols / Tim Marshall
• Moonshots in education : launching blended learning in the classroom / by Esther Wojcicki and Lance T. Izumi
• The sun and her flowers / Rupi Kaur

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!

Learn about Hawaii Volcanoes National Park in Middletown!

"National Parks with Dr. Tammie Gerke" is a speaking and video 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. Gerke will discuss Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Stop by to hear about the geology and other interesting information about the park.

This session will run Tuesday, November 7th 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 NASA Goddard's Space Flight Center.