How to TEC: Basic Wiring, How to 3D Print

For this First Wednesday TEC Lab Workshop, how to wire a basic light as well as gain information on 3D printing. Participants will be able to use their knowledge to design their own 3D printed light.

This workshop is free and open to the public.

Join us on May 1 at anytime between 11am-1pm & 6pm-8pm in the TEC Lab (Room 125) at Gardner-Harvey Library.

Remember, if you attend two or more of our library events in Spring 2019, you will be entered in a drawing for a Kindle Fire tablet.

Dr. Tammie Gerke’s National Park Talks: Yosemite National Park (at Middletown)

Join us as Dr. Gerke talks talks about Yosemite National Park. Stop by to hear about the geology and other interesting information about the park.

This session will run Wednesday, April 24th 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 Spring 2019, 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 edward stojakovic.

TEC Lab Guest Maker: Dr. Carolyn Keiffer (Succulents and Bird House planters)

Join us on Tuesday, April 16 between 3:30pm and 4:30pm to build a small bird house planter and add succulents to it. This workshop will be led by Dr. Carolyn Keiffer, a Biology professor at Miami University Middletown who specializes in botany.

Dr. Keiffer will be offering her knowledge of plants to participants as they create the bird houses.

Stop in the TEC Lab (Room 125 GRD) at any time during the workshop hours. This workshop is free and open to the public.

Remember, if you attend two or more of our library events in Spring 2019, you will be entered in a drawing for a Kindle Fire tablet.

VolunTEC Lab: Pet Beds (make them for yourself and others)

For our final VolunTEC Lab of the semester, participants will be making no-sew pet beds which will be donated to PAWS no kill shelter. Participants are welcome to make one to take and one to donate.

The program will run on Tuesday, April 9, between 11am and 1pm in Hawk Haven on the main floor of Johnston Hall.

Remember, if you attend two or more of our library events in Spring 2019, you will be entered in a drawing for a Kindle Fire tablet.

How to TEC: Use a Laser to Engrave and Make a Stamp

For this First Wednesday TEC Lab Workshop, participants will be learning the basics of using a laser engraver. Participants will be able to use their knowledge to design their own rubber stamp. 

This workshop is free and open to the public. 

Join us on April 3 at anytime between 11am-1pm & 6pm-8pm in the TEC Lab (Room 125) at Gardner-Harvey Library.

Remember, if you attend two or more of our library events in Spring 2019, you will be entered in a drawing for a Kindle Fire tablet.

Dr. Tammie Gerke’s National Park Talks: Grand Canyon National Park (at Middletown)

Join us as Dr. Gerke talks talks about Grand Canyon National Park. Stop by to hear about the geology and other interesting information about the park.

This session will run Wednesday, March 20th 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 Spring 2019, 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.

TEC Lab Guest Maker: Dr. Gerke teaches you how to mend clothes

Join us in the Gardner Harvey Library TEC Lab (GRD 125) on Tuesday, March 19, to learn about basic sewing and mending techniques by Miami’s very own Geology Professor Tammie Gerke.

The program will run from 12pm-1pm covering the basics so that next time you need to add a button or stitch a hole in your shirt, you will have the skills to save your clothing!

If you would like to learn specific techniques, Dr. Gerke has sweet skills with hand sewing as well as sewing machines she would love to share. Bring an item you would like to repair, or stop in and we will have sample pieces to work with.

Remember, if you attend two or more of our library events in Spring 2019, you will be entered in a drawing for a Kindle Fire tablet.

VolunTEC Lab: Grip Socks (make them for yourself and others)

For our second VolunTEC Lab of the semester, we will be making  grip socks for local cancer center patients. Participants can add fun designs or words of encouragement to socks so patients can stay warm and safe from slips.

Pairs of grip socks can be made to keep, donate, or both!

The program will run on Tuesday, March 12, between 11am and 1pm in Hawk Haven on the main floor of Johnston Hall.

Remember, if you attend two or more of our library events in Spring 2019, you will be entered in a drawing for a Kindle Fire tablet.

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

We are adding many new items to the collection each month, and making sure that you can see them on display! Watch for our recent DVD display, as well as our ongoing New Books shelves (as shown above). See our new materials list of items we added to the collection in February! We added 155 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: 

• I think you're wrong (but I'm listening) : a guide to grace-filled political conversations / Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers
• It was all a dream : a new generation confronts the broken promise to Black America / Reniqua Allen
• The goodness paradox : the strange relationship between virtue and violence in human evolution / Richard Wrangham
• Digital minimalism : choosing a focused life in a noisy world / Cal Newport
• Divergent paths to college : race, class, and inequality in high schools / Megan M. Holland
• Lost children archive / by Valeria Luiselli
• The hundred-page machine learning book / Andriy Burkov
• Midnight in Chernobyl : the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster / Adam Higginbotham

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!