Read the GHL Middmester Newsletter!

Hello!

Enjoy the Gardner-Harvey Library Middmester Newsletter! Some of the topics covered in this issue include:

• Upcoming interruptions to OhioLINK requests
• Changes to ILL services
• Events
• Information on research assistance

The library is ready to help you finish the semester strong! You can contact us by phone, email, chat, or in person. 

Have a great day!

GHL Library Staff

Join us for these April events at the Gardner-Harvey Library!

 Mark your calendar for these great events happening this April at the Gardner-Harvey Library!

The Underground Academy Presents...

Wednesday, Apr. 2 | 4 p.m. Gardner-Harvey Library 014 TEC Space, Middletown | Zoom and In-person Composting: Take a tour through the Rumpke Landfill with Biology faculty member Janelle Allen. Learn about what happens to waste in our region and how we can partner in our community to reduce our waste footprint and increase human health and the health of our ecosystem. No RSVP is required. Visit MiamiOH.edu/Regionals/Libraries for the Zoom link Know Your Body! Wednesday, Apr. 9 | 4:30 p.m. Zoom Only Event Dem Bones, Dem Bones: Al Cady, professor of Biological Sciences at Miami University Regionals, will take us on a journey through the inner workings of the human body. Get your biology questions answered as Cady shares the secrets of our insides! No RSVP is required.  Visit MiamiOH.edu/Regionals/Libraries for the Zoom link

National Parks

Tuesday, Apr. 22 | 4:30 p.m.  Zoom Only Event “The Year Without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano that Darkened the World and Changed History” Join us this spring as Tammie L. Gerke, teaching professor in Geology at Miami University, leads a book discussion of “The Year Without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano that Darkened the World and Changed History” by William Klingaman and Nicholas Klingaman. Get your geology questions answered and participate in a lively discussion! Need a copy of  "The Year Without Summer"? Contact the Gardner-Harvey Library staff. No RSVP is required.  Visit MiamiOH.edu/Regionals/Libraries for the Zoom link

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April's Middletown Book for Discussion: How to Read a Book (April 29)

 

Now I knew that if I posted this yesterday, you would think this was an April Fool. A book club that needs to learn how to read a book? Ha ha!  But this is for real, and that's why I'm posting it on the 2nd. 8-)

The MUM Book Discussion group will next meet on Tuesday, April 29.  Our title is How to Read a Book by Monica Wood.  Here is a brief summary:

"Violet Powell, a twenty-two-year-old from rural Abbott Falls, Maine, is being released from prison after serving twenty-two months for a drunk-driving crash that killed a local kindergarten teacher. Harriet Larson, a retired English teacher who runs the prison book club, is facing the unsettling prospect of an empty nest. Frank Daigle, a retired machinist, hasn't yet come to grips with the complications of his marriage to the woman Violet killed. When the three encounter each other one morning in a bookstore in Portland -- Violet to buy the novel she was reading in the prison book club before her release, Harriet to choose the next title for the women who remain, and Frank to dispatch his duties as the store handyman -- their lives begin to intersect in transformative ways."  (publisher)

Here is where you can find the book:

• There are several copies available in SearchOhio libraries.  
  
• Amazon has the hardcover, paperback, and Kindle 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 Queen of Fives, the group also shared these titles for consideration at their March 28 meeting:

Housekeepers, Alex Hay
Three Days in June, Anne Tyler
Here One Moment, Liane Moriarty
The Anomaly, Herve Le Tellier

The Life Impossible, Matt Haig
The Ministry of Time, Kaliane Bradley
Joan, Katherine Chen
Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life, Sutton Foster
A Brew to a Kill, Cleo Coyle
The Mitford Years (series), Jan Karon

Verity, Colleen Hoover

Emma, Jane Austen

The Life of Pi, Yann Martel

Welcome to the School by the Sea, Jenny Colgan

Honor, Thrity Umrigar

Angel Harp, Michael Phillips

Gamache (series), Louise Penny

General of the Dead Army, Ismail Kadare

The Wolves of Eternity, Karl Ove Knausgaard

We will meet at 12 pm on the 29th both in Room 123 in the Library and in Zoom at 

Join Zoom Meeting

Passcode:  611126

‬Add this event to your Google Calendar!  (which includes the Zoom information) 

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

John

"Print: A Bookstore in Portland, Maine" by Corey Templeton is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

She's Crazy Musical - Join Us in person or Zoom! (March 11)

The Miami Regionals Health and Wellness Steering Committee is proud to be hosting a fabulous musical called "She's Crazy" through a Rise and Thrive grant. This is a live Zoom event, and students, staff, and faculty are all welcome. 

The first event is this Tuesday, 3/11, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and we are hosting WATCH parties on both campuses! Please take a look at the image for details (the watch party for Middletown is in the TEC SPACE (GRD 014) at the Gardner-Harvey Library and the Hamilton locations are in Schwarm Hall (Dining Area) and Rentschler Hall in the SEE Suite (1st floor).

March's Middletown Book for Discussion: The Queen of Fives (March 28)

The MUM Book Discussion group will next meet on Friday, March 28.  Our title is The Queen of Fives by Alex Hay. Here is a brief summary:

"A master con woman in 1898 London, Quinn le Blanc has just five days to impersonate a wealthy heiress and ensnare a duke into marriage, but as she infiltrates the high society of the Kendal family, she discovers that deception and hidden motives run on all sides."  (publisher)

Here is where you can find the book:

• There are several copies available in SearchOhio libraries.  
  
• Amazon has the hardcover, paperback, and Kindle 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 Intermezzo, the group also shared these titles for consideration at their February 28 meeting:

Seduced by the Light: the Mina Miller Edison Story, Alexandria Rimer
Founding Gardeners: the Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation, Andrea Wulf
Basin and Range, John McPhee
The Frozen River, Ariel Lawhorn

A Midwife's Tale: the Life of Martha Ballard, Laura Ulrich
Storming Heaven, Denise Giardina
Brotherless Night, V. V. Ganeshananthan
Precipice, Robert Harris
The Margot Affair, Sanae Lemoine
We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood, Dani McClain

The Chestnut Man, Soren Sveistrup

Sweet Bean Paste, Durian Sukegawa

The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them, Elif Batuman

We will meet at 12 pm on the 28th both in Room 123 in the Library and in Zoom at 

Join Zoom Meeting

Passcode:  598698

‬Add this event to your Google Calendar!  (which includes the Zoom information) 

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

John

"London" by Tekniska museet is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Join us for these March events at the Gardner-Harvey Library!

Mark your calendar for these great events happening this March at the Gardner-Harvey Library!

Build a Terrarium
Wednesday, March 5th, 12-2pm - GRD 014 TEC SPACE
Live plants, fake plants, rocks, miniatures, all can be used to build your own terrarium. Join us in the library and create your own miniature world. You must RSVP by March 3 to take part in the workshop. Email hicksjl2@miamioh.edu to RSVP. Because of the space and supplies required, only ten spots will be available to make terrariums. If you have any glassware or small items you would like to use with your terrarium, please feel free to bring them along.

Garden Stakes
Wednesday, March 5th, 2:00-4:00pm - GRD 125 TEC Lab
Getting ready to garden? Our laser cutters/engravers can help you create labeled stakes to place in your garden to identify what you’ve planted. No green thumb? Come along to engrave something fun on a coaster. 



Underground Academy: Recycling
Wednesday, March 5th, 4:00pm - GRD 014 TEC SPACE and Zoom
Biology faculty member Janelle Allen will share what happens to waste in our region and how we can partner in our community to reduce our waste footprint and increase human health and the health of our ecosystem. Held in the TEC Space or on Zoom. 

Know Your Body! - Defense and Your Immune System

Wednesday, March 12, 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm - Zoom

Al Cady, professor of Biological Sciences at Miami University Regionals, will take us on a journey through the inner workings of the human body. Get your biology questions answered as Cady shares the secrets of our insides! Held only on Zoom 

National Parks Talks: Death Valley National Park

Tuesday, March 18, 4:30pm to 6:00pm - Zoom

Tammie L. Gerke, teaching professor in Geology at Miami University, introduces attendees to the geology of a national park. Get your geology questions answered and participate in lively discussions! Held only on Zoom 

Join us for these February events at the Gardner-Harvey Library!

Mark your calendar for these great events happening this February at the Gardner-Harvey Library!

Know Your Body: Get Under Your Skin
Wednesday, February 12th, 4:30-5:30pm
Al Cady, professor of Biological Sciences at Miami University Regionals, will take us on a journey through the inner workings of the human body. Get your biology questions answered as Cady shares the secrets of our insides! Held on Zoom.

National Park Talk: Discussion of "Basin and Range" by John McPhee

Tuesday, February 18th, 4:30pm
Tammie L. Gerke, teaching professor in Geology at Miami University, leads a book
discussion on geology topics. Get your geology questions answered and participate in lively discussions! Held on Zoom. Need a copy of “Basin and Range”? Contact the Gardner-Harvey Library staff.

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Spring happenings at the Gardner-Harvey Library (Middletown ) - Read our Newsletter!

Welcome back for the spring semester! Check out some of our library events, services and more in the Spring 2025 GHL newsletter!

Welcome Back Pop-Up Making and Textbooks for Free at the Gardner-Harvey Library (Middletown)

Join us for Pop-Up Making at the Gardner-Harvey Library this week, on Tuesday (Jan. 28) and Wednesday (Jan. 29) and take home a free handmade item you'll make with the magic of sublimation. You may drop in the library any time between 10am and 4pm on the 28th and 29th.

Did you know you can borrow Textbooks for Free from the Gardner-Harvey Library? Our Textbook on Reserve program offers copies of textbooks for the following courses.

Most textbooks are available for 1 day check-outs. Don't see your class? Stop by or contact the library, we can also help you find free options for your other textbooks! Instructors: do you wish us to have a copy of your textbook in our reserve collection? Let us know the course and textbook.

What else can you find at GHL?

• Study rooms 
• Free coffee, tea, & snacks(Please limit to 2 snacks per day) 
• The Lounge @GHL 
• TEC Lab and TEC SPACE Makerspaces 
• Laptops (1 week check-out) 
• Research assistance 
• Professor talks & workshops 
• Book groups 
• Play tunes on our keyboard 
• & More

Schedule library instruction for Spring 2025

We hope you all have had a warm and restful winter break. We are reaching out today to remind and encourage you to schedule your library instruction for the upcoming semester 

Recently, we have noticed a greater need for library instruction and support from our student body. Whether students weren't taught formal researching skills in their high school, they are our ECA students who are finishing out their high school experiences at Miami, or they just aren't confident navigating our current information landscape (use of AI, mis/disinformation, etc.), students need assistance learning the ins and outs of academic researching. 

We strongly encourage instructors with research assignments in their syllabi this semester to work with us in the Regional Campus Libraries. Together, we can ensure that your students receive the support they need as they learn about conducting academic research for the first time or need help strengthening these skills. 

When you contact us here at the libraries, we will work with you to determine what services would best meet your course needs. We offer in-class instruction, virtual instruction, and embedded instruction to both in-person and online classes. We also have research guides that can be added to your Canvas courses that walk students through the library resources that are best suited to complete your research assignments. There are many ways that we can assist you and your students and more information about these services can be found on our website: Rentschler Library - Services for Faculty. or for Middletown: Faculty Services (Middletown): Teaching & Classroom Support.

If you are ready to schedule an instruction session for a class at the Hamilton campus, you can fill out a Library Instruction Request form or contact Mark Shores at Mark.Shores@miamiOH.edu. If you want to schedule a session for a class at the Middletown campus, reach out to John Burke at burkejj@miamiOH.edu.

We appreciate your time and look forward to collaborating with you for a great spring semester. 

February's Middletown Book for Discussion: Intermezzo (February 28)

 

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The MUM Book Discussion group will next meet on Friday, February 28.  Our title is Intermezzo by Sally Rooney. Here is a brief summary:

"Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common. Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties -- successful, competent, and apparently unassailable. Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. For two grieving brothers and the people they love, this is a new interlude -- a period of desire, despair, and possibility; a chance to find out how much one life might hold inside itself without breaking."  (publisher)

Here is where you can find the book:

• There are several copies available in Miami, OhioLINK, and SearchOhio libraries.  
  
• Amazon has the hardcover, paperback, and Kindle 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 An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good, the group also shared these titles for consideration at their January 3 meeting:

The Six Triple Eight (Netflix)

Thelma (Hulu)

How the Penguins Saved Veronica, Hazel Prior
The 13th Gift: A True Story of a Christmas Miracle, Joanne Huist Smith
Texas, James Michener

Ragnar Jonasson (Icelandic crime writer)

The Paris Novel, Ruth Reichl
Revenge of the Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell

Atomic Habits, James Clear

The Gap and The Gain: The High Achievers' Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and Success, Dan Sullivan

Light Pirate, Lily Brooks-Dalton

In Ascension, Martin MacInnes

Shoplifters (Peacock)

We will meet at 12 pm on the 28th both in Room 123 in the Library and in Zoom at 

Join Zoom Meeting

Passcode:  276688

‬Add this event to your Google Calendar!  (which includes the Zoom information) 

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

John

"The romantic couple, Dublin, Ireland" by Giuseppe Milo (www.pixael.com) is licensed under CC BY 2.0.