Tech Tuesday - Useful 3D Printing (Middletown)

Join us on October 9 from 12:15-1:00pm for our Tech Tuesday workshop to learn about useful items you can create with our 3D printers. Attendees will receive a certificate for $5.00 of free 3D printing in the library's TEC Lab.

We will meet in Room 111 of the Gardner-Harvey Library (Middletown campus).

All are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be available, but also feel free to bring your lunch.

Remember, if you attend two or more of our library events in Fall 2018, you will be entered in a drawing for a Kindle Fire tablet.

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TEC Lab Wednesday Workshop - Hologram Videos and Viewers

Come to the Library on October 3rd to make your own hologram video in the One Button Studio, then head next door to the TEC Lab to create a mini hologram viewer to show off your video!

Drop in anytime between 11am-1pm OR between 6pm-8pm in Rooms 125 and 126 Gardner-Harvey Library.

All are welcome to attend.

Remember, if you attend two or more of our library events in Fall 2018, 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 m_hweldon.

VolunTECLab! Dog Toys (Service Project)

The TEC Lab goes on the road to help out some dogs, and you can help!

Head over to Hawk Haven in Johnston Hall on the Middletown Campus between 11:00am and 1:00pm on Thursday, September 27th to help create dog toys for PAWS animal adoption center in Middletown.

You may also create a dog toy to take home for your own pup.

This is our first official VolunTECLab (in which we volunteer to help out a local non-profit agency that serves our community), but not the first time we've had people making a change in the community with their making activities (see the glowing flowers, cat shelters, and our Valentine's Day and holiday wreath workshops from last academic year).

Come make a toy, and make a difference for PAWS!

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

Tech Tuesday - Don’t Be Fooled By Fake News

In an ever growing field of information at your fingertips, it is harder than ever to know what information is real and what isn’t. 

Join us on September 18th from 12:15-1:00pm room 111 of the Gardner-Harvey Library (Middletown Campus) for a session on how to spot fake news. 

Our instructor, ace researcher Jessie Long, will show attendees how to know what sources are worth citing, and which ones are bogus.

All are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be available, but also feel free to bring your lunch.

Remember, if you attend two or more of our library events in Fall 2018, 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 David Stewart.

Dr. Tammie Gerke’s National Park Talks: Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park (at Middletown)

Join us as Dr. Gerke talks talks about Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park and the current situation happening in the area. Stop by to hear about the geology and other interesting information about the park.

This session will run Tuesday, September 25th from 4:45pm to 6:15pm 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 2018, 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 lwtt93.

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

We are adding dozens and dozens of items to the collection each month!  See our new materials list of items we added to the collection in August! We added 149 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: 

• Secret nation : the hidden Armenians of Turkey / Avedis Hadjian
• An American quilt : unfolding a story of family and slavery / Rachel May
• Give people money : how a universal basic income would end poverty, revolutionize work, and remake the world / Annie Lowrey
• Blockchain basics : a non-technical introduction in 25 steps / Daniel Drescher
• Embarrassment : and the emotional underlife of learning / Thomas Newkirk
• Flights / Olga Tokarczuk
• Crazy rich Asians / Kevin Kwan
• The poisoned city : Flint's water and the American urban tragedy / Anna Clark

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.

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!