An Eerie Evening Awaits: James A. Willis' Southern Ohio Legends and Lore (Oct. 7)

Southern Ohio Legends and Lore: An Evening with Author James A. Willis

Friday, Oct. 7th, 6:00pm-8:00pm, at Dave Finkelman Auditorium, Middletown Campus

Join James A. Willis as he speaks about unusual happenings in Ohio. His latest book, 'Southern Ohio Legends & Lore,' includes interesting stories about Middletown and the surrounding area.

James is the Founder and Director of The Ghosts of Ohio and the author of various books such as 'The Big Book of Ohio Ghost Stories', 'Weird Ohio', and 'Central Ohio Legends & Lore.'  We have several of his books available at the Gardner-Harvey Library for your reading enjoyment.

Light refreshments will be available. All are welcome to attend at no charge.  Copies of James' books will be available for sale by the author.  Questions? Let me or Jennifer Hicks (hicksjl2@miamioh.edu) know.

John (burkejj@miamioh.edu)

Don't miss our next TEC Lab: 80s Photos with the Green Screen! (Oct. 4)

 

TEC Lab: 80s Photos with the Green Screen and Basic Photo Editing.
Tuesday, Oct. 4th, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Stop by the TEC Lab (GRD 125 in the Gardner-Harvey Library) and the One-Button Studio to go back in time with us, as we do our own 80’s photoshoot! 

We'll demonstrate using the green screen and basic photo editing for any of your image creation needs!

October's Middletown Book for Discussion: When the Emperor Was Divine (Oct. 21)

 

The MUM Book Discussion group will next meet on Friday, October 21.  Our title is Julie Otsuka's When the Emperor Was Divine.  Here is a brief summary:

"Otsuka's commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese internment camps unlike any previously written--a haunting evocation of a family in wartime and an unmistakably resonant lesson for our times. A story told from five different points of view chronicles the experiences of Japanese Americans caught up in the nightmare of the World War II internment camps."  

Here is where you can find the book:

• There are several copies available through Miami, OhioLINK, and SearchOhio.  
  
• Amazon has the hardcover, Kindle, and audiobook available, and Bookshop.org has links to purchase the title from independent booksellers.

Our group is always finding interesting titles to share, and we look forward to the new things you'll bring to the table.  In addition to discussing Crying in H-Mart, the group also shared these titles for consideration at their September 16 meeting:

• When the Emperor Was Divine, Julie Otsuka (also the Buddha in the Attic and The Swimmers)
• Thank You, Mr. Nixon, Gish Jen
• Breathe, Joyce Carol Oates
• The Way Life Should Be, Christina Baker Kline (a novel that includes recipes)
• Diane Mott Davidson (another author who routinely includes recipes in her mystery novels)
• Sue Grafton books (no recipes, but much enjoyed)
• Sparring Partners, John Grisham
• Pachinko, Min Jin Lee
• Tracy Flick Can't Win, Tom Perrotta
• The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, Becky Chambers
• Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think, Hans Rosling
• The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World, Laura Imai Messina
• The Daughters of Yalta, Catherine Grace Katz

We will meet at 12 pm on the 21st both in Room 123 in the Library and in Zoom at 

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Passcode: 252331

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Please come along to our discussion to share what you've been reading/watching/listening to/experiencing!

If you're looking for something interesting to read, check out our page of past and future reads at http://www.mid.miamioh.edu/library/bookdiscussion.htm

"Los Angeles. The Amache Japanese Internment Camp" by Mentat Kibernes is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.

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

We add many new items to the collection each month, and we hope you'll check some out. Take a look at our New Books shelves or the New Media Display (above) for some of the title, or skim down our new materials list of items we added to the collection in August! 

We added 274 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. There is definitely something here for everyone!

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

• Algorithmic culture : how big data and artificial intelligence are transforming everyday life / edited by Stefka Hristova, Soonkwan Hong, and Jennifer Daryl Slack
• Radical curiosity : questioning commonly held beliefs to imagine flourishing futures / Seth Goldenberg
• All the living and the dead : from embalmers to executioners, an exploration of the people who have made death their life's work / Hayley Campbell
• Red Valkyries : feminist lessons from five revolutionary women / Kristen R. Ghodsee
• Laboratories against democracy : how national parties transformed state politics / Jacob M. Grumbach
• Academic outsider : stories of exclusion and hope / Victoria Reyes
• Wild life : the life and work of Charley Harper / text and introduction by Margaret Rhodes
• The backstreets : a novel from Xinjiang / Perhat Tursun   translated by Darren Byler and Anonymous
• The last white man / Mohsin Hamid
• Endless forms : the secret world of wasps / Seirian Sumner

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 look out 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 Alan Kelley (kelleya@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. 

We're still at the beginning our fiscal year for 2022/23, and we have acquisitions funds aplenty.  We look forward to your suggestions of items to add to the collection.  

 

Sign up for our October Diversity Book Discussion: "Girls Like Us" (October 13)

The Regional Campus Libraries and the Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are co-sponsoring a book discussion for students, faculty, and staff! Join us for our October discussion  where we will be reading Girls Like Us by Randi Pink. We will meet on Thursday, October 13th, from 12:00PM-1:00PM, and our discussion will be led by Dr. Theresa Kulbaga.

The discussion will be simulcast to both locations of the Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (100 Johnston Hall at Middletown and 114 Rentschler Hall at Hamilton) for attendees who would like to meet face-to-face. You will also be able to attend via Zoom. Lunch will be provided for face-to-face attendees.

Below is a brief synopsis of the book:

Set in the summer of 1972, this moving YA historical novel is narrated by teen girls from different backgrounds with one thing in common: Each girl is dealing with pregnancy.
Four teenage girls. Four different stories. What they all have in common is that they’re dealing with unplanned pregnancies.

In rural Georgia, Izella is wise beyond her years, but burdened with the responsibility of her older sister, Ola, who has found out she’s pregnant. Their young neighbor, Missippi, is also pregnant, but doesn’t fully understand the extent of her predicament. When her father sends her to Chicago to give birth, she meets the final narrator, Susan, who is white and the daughter of an anti-choice senator. (Goodreads)

Please use our sign up form so we will know if you're coming to one of the Centers for lunch, or if you'll join us on Zoom.  You can also tell us how you'd like to receive your free copy of the book (provided by the Center for Diversity , Equity, and Inclusion).

Thank you to our wonderful sponsors:

John Burke, Director, Gardner-Harvey Library

Krista McDonald, Director, Rentschler Library

Bennyce Hamilton, Director, Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We look forward to an excellent discussion!

(Thanks to Brea McQueen, Rentschler Library, for sharing this announcement!)

National Park Talk: New River Gorge National Park (Sept. 20)

 

Join us for an overview of New River Gorge National Park and its geology on Tuesday, September 20 at 4:45pm, either in the Gardner-Harvey Library SPACE (Room GRD 014 on the library's lower level) or on Zoom (Join us in Zoom - Passcode 931578) . 

Dr. Tammie L. Gerke, Teaching Professor in Geology at Miami University, will share the geology and other interesting information about the national park. Get your questions answered and participate in a lively discussion on this national treasure.

This is the first of three National Parks Talks that Dr. Gerke will present this semester, all highlighting some of the newest parks.  Look for our upcoming talks, at the same starting time, on October 18 (Pinnacles National Park) and November 15 (Great Sand Dunes National Park).

Add this event to your Google Calendar!

"New River Gorge, WV" by mac9001 is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

October events at the Gardner-Harvey Library

Our September events are still ahead on the calendar, but we wanted to let you know in advance of our exciting events for October!  If you have any questions about them, please let me know.. Additional information on the events is available (and will be updated) in our Events Calendar.  Everyone is welcome to attend!

TEC Lab: 80s Photos with the Green Screen and Basic Photo Editing.
Tuesday, Oct. 4th, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Stop by the TEC Lab (GRD 125) and the One-Button Studio to go back in time with us, as we do our own 80’s photoshoot! 



Southern Ohio Legends and Lore: An Evening with Author James A. Willis
Friday, Oct. 7th, 6:00pm-8:00pm, at Dave Finkelman Auditorium
Join James A. Willis as he speaks about unusual happenings in Ohio. Focusing on interesting stories about Middletown and the surrounding area.



National Park Talk: Pinnacles National Park
Tuesday Oct. 18, 4:45pm-6:15 pm
Join Dr. Tammie Gerke in GRD 014 or on Zoom as she teaches about the geology and other interesting information about the Pinnacles National Park.

TEC Lab: Pumpkin Decorating
Friday, Oct. 28th, 11:00 am-1:00pm
Join us in the TEC Lab (GRD 125), with Halloween around the corner we will be decorating our own pumpkins!

Don't miss the Mini-Maker Faire next week! (Sept. 13)

 

TEC Lab Mini-Maker Faire

Tuesday, September 13,  11:00am - 1:00pm
Stop by the library (GRD 125)  to see the TEC Lab in action:  Make your own tote! Try a 3D pen! Make a drink coaster with your name engraved! Win your own maker supplies!