November's Middletown Book for Discussion: Klara and the Sun (Nov. 18)

 

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The MUM Book Discussion group will next meet on Friday, November 18.  Our title is Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun.  Here is a brief summary:

"From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change forever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans. In Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro looks at our rapidly changing modern world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator to explore a fundamental question: what does it mean to love?"  (publisher)

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 When the Emperor Was Divine, the group also shared these titles for consideration at their October 21 meeting:

• The Buddha in the Attic, Julie Otsuka 
• The Swimmers, Julie Otsuka
• Anybody's Daughter, Pamela Samuels Young
• Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone, Diana Gabaldon (Outlander series)
• The Daughters of Yalta, Catherine Grace Katz
• Fellowship Point, Alice Elliott Dark
• Hoot, Carl Hiaasen
• The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett
• Passing, Nella Larsen
• Lupin (Netflix series)
• Colleen Hoover (the publishing phenomenon)

We will meet at 12 pm on the 18th both in Room 123 in the Library and in Zoom at 

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Passcode: 474822

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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

"James' robot friend" by rcolonna is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Friday Frightful Fun: Movies and Pumpkin Decorating at the Gardner-Harvey Library (Oct. 28)

 Join us this Friday, October 28 for two events at the Gardner-Harvey Library:

TEC Lab: Pumpkin Decorating

11:00am-1:00pm
With Halloween around the corner, join us in the TEC Lab (GRD 125) to decorate and take home a real or artificial pumpkin! 

Friday Fright Movie Marathon

10:00am to 5:00pm

Join us in the GHL Lounge (GRD 110) for a horror movie marathon.  There will be free popcorn and scares for all who dare!

Let me know (burkejj@miamioh.edu) if you have any questions about the events.  See you there!

GHL Middmester Newsletter: Keeping the horror in the books, not your research

Autumn is the perfect time to cuddle up with a good book, and October is the prime time to throw in a dash of horror to your reading routine. Check out what we have added, what books and movies are suggested by other students, faculty, and staff, and what events we have left not just for October, but the rest of the semester. All of this and more can be found in our 'middmester' newsletter.

National Park Talk: Pinnacles National Park (Oct. 18)

 

Join us for an overview of Pinnacles National Park and its geology on Tuesday, October 18 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 768612). 

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 second of three National Parks Talks that Dr. Gerke will present this semester, all highlighting some of the newest parks.  Look for our upcoming talk, at the same starting time, on November 15 (Great Sand Dunes National Park).

Add this event to your Google Calendar!

Dr. Gerke will also be presenting an online overview of the park system for the MU Alumni Association entitled "National Parks: All You Ever Wanted to Know and More." The event will be held on November 8 at noon, and you may register at this link.

"Pinnacles National Park" by Joe Parks is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.

November (and December) events at the Gardner-Harvey Library

Our October events are still ahead on the calendar, but we wanted to let you know in advance of our exciting events for November (and the first of December)!  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: Laser engraving wooden spoons (and more)
Wednesday, Nov. 9th, 11:00am-1:00pm
Join us in the TEC Lab (GRD 125) as we use our laser engraver to make custom spoons and more! 

       

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

    

Albanian Discoveries: the Excavation of the Unknown Temple of Apollonia

Tuesday, Nov. 29th, 6:30pm

Join Dr. Tammie Gerke in GRD 014 or on Zoom as she discusses her contributions to archaeological work in the ancient Greek colony of Apollonia.

    

TEC Lab: Make Holiday Gifts

Thursday, Dec. 1st, 11:00am-1:00pm
Join us in the TEC Lab (GRD 125) to make some gifts for the holiday season! 

New books (and more) added to the Gardner-Harvey Library in September!

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 for some of the title, or skim down our new materials list of items we added to the collection in September! 

We added 311 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: 

• Fostering student success : academic, social, and financial initiatives / edited by Sigrid Kelsey
• Long hard road : the lithium-ion battery and the electric car / Charles J. Murray
• American sirens : the incredible story of the Black men who became America's first paramedics / Kevin Hazzard
• A history of the world through body parts : the stories behind the organs, appendages, digits, and the like attached to (or detached from) famous bodies / Kathryn Petras, Ross Petras
• The marriage portrait / Maggie O'Farrell
• Acne : a memoir / Laura Chinn
• Racial equity on college campuses : connecting research and practice / edited by Royel M. Johnson, Uju Anya, and Liliana M. Garces
• So you want to work in a museum? / Tara Young
• Gender queer : a memoir / by Maia Kobabe   colors by Phoebe Kobabe
• Fen, bog & swamp : a short history of peatland destruction and its role in the climate crisis / Annie Proulx

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.