Kuznekoff Speaks On Texting and Learning, and Gender in Online Gaming

Join Jeffrey Kuznekoff (Communication) at the Gardner-Harvey Library to discuss his research and publications on October 1 from 2:30pm-3:30pm.  

Dr. Kuznekoff will discuss two main areas of research: the impact of texting on student learning and how people respond differently to men and women in online gaming. His work on the texting in the classroom has demonstrated that active use of mobile devices during class hinders student learning, note taking, and performance on tests. Dr. Kuznekoff's most recent research has demonstrated that men and women are treated differently in an online multiplayer video game, with women receiving more negative comments than men. Light refreshments will be served.

Jeffrey H. Kuznekoff is an Assistant Professor of Communication and joined Miami University Middletown in the fall of 2013.  His research interests focus on how people use new communication technologies to interact with others and the ways that communication is altered by these new technologies.  His general areas of research interest include: computer-mediated communication, interpersonal communication, and instructional communication.   His most recent work examines the influence of student texting messaging, during classroom lecture, on student learning (Communication Education) and investigating issues of gender voice in multiplayer video gaming (New Media & Society).  He has received several teaching awards, including the 2012 Pamela J. Cooper Award for Teaching by the Central States Communication Association.

Library materials added in August

To bring you up to date on what has recently been added to the collection, a new materials list is now available that reflects additions during August. We added 51 books, e-books, DVDs, and other items during that time, thanks to your selections and suggestions. The list is sorted by call number, with items grouped roughly by subject area.  

This tag will show you all of the prior lists of new materials, in reverse chronological order.  We are starting off buying materials for 2015/16, and 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 Jennifer Hicks (hicksjl2@miamioh.edu), or drop by the library with your request.  And pass your general suggestions or comments on the collection to us in those same ways.

Thanks again for keeping our collection vibrant and your information needs met!

Ch..Ch..Ch..Changes Happening at Gardner-Harvey Library this Fall!

Find our what's happening at the Gardner-Harvey Library this semester by reading our online newsletter!

The Fall 2015 edition is now available.  Earlier semesters can also be found in our newsletter archive.

Highlights include:

• Experience the new library catalog!
• Watch new library videos!
• Use new subject guides for Commerce, Information Technology, Liberal Studies, and more!
• Attend or teach a workshop at the TEC Lab Makerspace!
• Pay for 3D printing or library fines with your ID!
• Embed a librarian in your Canvas course!
• Ask us to buy a book or DVD!
• Learn how to make bulleted lists with exclamation points at the end! (in the Spring Newsletter)

Book Page Crafts at the TEC Lab

The library will be hosting a drop-in workshop September 2nd in our TEC Lab Makerspace. Stop by between 12pm and 2pm to make one of several book page crafts with materials provided by GHL. Use pages from some of our discarded books so you don’t have to ruin your own!

Projects available:

• Book page drink coasters- coasters with words! Mod Podge book pages onto coasters and be the envy of the office! 
• Book page art- Stamp, draw, or paint on a book page! The Etsy craze is easy to DIY, and we provide the materials. Frames not provided. 
• Votives- Decorate a candle holder with book pages and watch them glow.
• Stamped buttons and magnets- design your own button or magnet with book pages so you can show off your love for literacy.

Questions?  Let us know.

Help Students Succeed: Support the Gardner-Harvey Library!

#MoveInMiami -- a one-day fundraiser for Miami University -- is on Thursday, August 20. It supports activities throughout the University, and the library has been added to the list of possible funds to receive donations. 

As an added bonus to regional campus donors and friends, Regional Campus Dean Mike Pratt and his wife Patty will personally contribute $10 to the fund of your choice for each new gift raised by 8/20 (a gift must be $5 or more and must be given to a regional campus fund).

This is an exciting opportunity for the library to raise gift funds to support our programming, add new books and technology, and provide services to students, faculty and staff members, and members of the Middletown community.  We hope to increase the number of textbooks and the number of laptops we are able to check out to students, and, as a stretch goal, to add a laser cutter to our TEC Lab makerspace.

If you are interested in making even a small gift to the Gardner-Harvey Library (or our sister library in Hamilton), please use the form at http://www.forloveandhonor.org/RegionalLibraries. All gifts are tax deductible, and you will be emailed a receipt upon making a gift online. Gifts must be made between now and August 20 to qualify for this initiative.

Thank you very much for your time!

John

John J. Burke, MSLS
Library Director & Principal Librarian
Gardner-Harvey Library
Miami University Middletown

burkejj@miamioh.edu
513-727-3293
http://miamioh.edu/burkejj

The new library catalog is here!

The new library catalog is now in place for Miami University.  You will find it under the Books & More tab on our website.  A new searching guide for it has been made available that shows what search results look like and identifies new features.

And, even more guidance:  if you are looking for the Journal Titles tab, we had to remove it as part of the new catalog introduction.  However, you may still find journals in the new catalog using the tips in this handy guide.

If you have any difficulty accessing or using the new catalog, please use our Classic Catalog as a substitute.  And, please let us know what is happening so that we can address the issue.  Thank you, and enjoy the new catalog!

Library materials added in July

To bring you up to date on what has recently been added to the collection, a new materials list is now available that reflects additions during July. We added 100 books, e-books, DVDs, and other items during that time, thanks to your selections and suggestions. The list is sorted by call number, with items grouped roughly by subject area.  

This tag will show you all of the prior lists of new materials, in reverse chronological order.  We are starting off buying materials for 2015/16, and 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 Jennifer Hicks or one of our other staff members, or drop by the library with your request.  And pass your general suggestions or comments on the collection to us in those same ways.

Thanks again for keeping our collection vibrant and your information needs met!

New library catalog arrives on August 10

Miami University Libraries is switching from our current library catalog to a new one starting on August 10.  The catalog will look and function much like our Articles & More database, but will just include books, e-books, DVDs, and other physical and electronic items owned by the libraries.

The catalog will look the same on our website (we'll still call it Books and More):

You may experience some interruption in service while we get the new catalog linked from the GHL website.  The catalog will be operational on the University Libraries website starting on the 10th.

If you use the Folder function in the current catalog, you will want to export any saved records for materials that you have in your Folder.  Please see the University Libraries blog for more instructions on exporting those records.

If you have any questions about the catalog change, be sure to contact the GHL Staff.

Library materials added in June (and a 2014/15 wrap up)

To bring you up to date on what has recently been added to the collection, a new materials list is now available that reflects additions during May. We added 70 books, e-books, DVDs, and other items during that time, thanks to your selections and suggestions. The list is sorted by call number, with items grouped roughly by subject area.  

This tag will show you all of the prior lists of new materials, in reverse chronological order.  We have purchased 994 items for the collection since July 2014.  We are currently reviewing our ordering activities for the year, and looking for new ways to approach buying materials for 2015/16.  We will be seeking input from students, faculty, and staff on the state of the collection and how to better amass the information you need as we start the Fall Semester.

If you have a suggestion of something to order, please use our "Tell GHL to Buy It" form, email Jennifer Hicks or one of our other staff members, or drop by the library with your request.  

Thanks again for keeping our collection vibrant and your information needs met!

Print from your device or ours . . . through the cloud!

The Pay for Print system in the Library can now accept print jobs from your phone, tablet, or laptop (or tablets and laptops you borrow from us) using Google Cloud Print.  Learn how to do it on our Printers/Copiers page, or ask at the InfoDesk.

Don't let the need to print delay your progress:  take it to the Cloud!

This image was provided through a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 2.0) by Konstantin Leonov.

Library materials added in May

To bring you up to date on what has recently been added to the collection, a new materials list is now available that reflects additions during May. We added 113 books, DVDs, and other items during that time, thanks to your selections and suggestions. The list is sorted by call number, with items grouped roughly by subject area.  

This tag will show you all of the prior lists of new materials, in reverse chronological order.  We have purchased 922 items for the collection since July 2014.  We are wrapping up our ordering and receiving of materials for the year, but there is still time to add more items.

If you have a suggestion of something to order, please use our "Tell GHL to Buy It" form, email Jennifer Hicks or one of our other staff members, or drop by the library with your request.  

Thanks again for keeping our collection vibrant and your information needs met!

Want to Collaborate with an Embedded Librarian in Canvas?

Librarians at the Gardner-Harvey Library invite you to collaborate with us in Canvas, as you transition to Miami’s new learning management system! 

In Spring 2015, we were embedded in 30 course sections, reaching more than 700 students.  We would be thrilled to expand this research service and partner with you this summer or fall.

Would you like to develop your students’ online scholarly research skills and deepen their understanding of metaliteracy concepts such as academic integrity or open access? 

Your LMS embedded librarians link or embed library digital collections such as:

• Individual or subject collections of e-books (such as this one for nursing)
• Media such as streaming videos from Alexander Street Press in counseling or history, documentaries from Kanopy, ARTstor images, or Naxos music files
• Subject databases like Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
• Open access scholarly portals like Public Library of Science or the  Digital Public Library of America

Other services we provide include:

• Creating customized screencasts  & course guides
• Help citing sources
• Demonstrating library finding tools like the EBSCO Discovery Service, Online Catalog, and Discipline-specific databases
• In-class instruction
• Research consultations with student groups
• 3D printing projects
• Virtual reference assistance
• Research assignment review and redesign

Faculty who use the LMS Embedded Librarian service appreciate the personalized information literacy instruction their students receive.

Students have also expressed appreciation.

This is the first class that I have had an embedded librarian. I think it is great knowing that someone is there to answer any question we may have!

She presented us decent places to find credible articles. She also told us how to narrow down search results on the online library.

Please contact us this summer to begin a joint adventure in Canvas.

Regards,

John Burke, Director, burkejj@miamioh.edu

Jessie Long, Public Services Librarian, longjh@miamioh.edu

Beth Tumbleson, Assistant Director, tumbleb@miamioh.edu

Good Reads for Summer

So you have extra time to sit in the shade or on the beach and read.  What a treat!  Now which book might you pick up?  Check out this list of new fiction!

All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr, 2014

The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins, 2015

The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd, 2014

Lila, Mariynne Robinson, 2014

Mermaids in Paradise, Lydia Millet, 2014

One Day, David Nicholls, 2010

The Plover, Brian Doyle, 2014

Telegraph Avenue, Michael Chabon, 2012

Some Luck, Jane Smiley, 2014

Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good, Jan Karon, 2014

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry, Gabrielle Feyin, 2014

Us, David Nicholls, 2014

We Were Liars, E. Lockhart, 2014

Best Apps for Academics

So you have your To-Do List for summer.  Please think about adding 1 more item.

Explore Best Apps for Academics a companion site to a 2014 book by the same title, by independent user experience professional and former MIT Librarian Nicole Hennig and Pam Nicholas.  

Who knows when you may want to update your smartphone or tablet?

Summer hours may change, but great services remain

The Gardner-Harvey Library has moved to its summer hours, but our services are still available to you.  What can you do at the library all summer?  Here are a few ideas:

• Borrow books and DVDs from our collection and from over 100 academic and public libraries in Ohio.  Get some recreational summer reading and watching going!
• Use our phenomenal array of databases (over 400 choices!).  Keep up with articles on a wide variety of topics, but also collections of images, videos, and more!
• Drop by the library for some peaceful study and reflection.  Our summer hours are:
• Monday through Thursday, 8:00am to 6:00pm
• Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm
• Use a computer and printer/copier while you're here, or check out a laptop or iPad to use at home.  Stay connected!
• Try out our 3D printers or the library makerspace.  We're going to have some making activities going on during the Week of Making, June 12 to 18 in conjunction with the National Maker Faire in Washington, DC.  Make this summer special!

We hope you won't be a stranger this summer.  Stop by the library and use our stuff.  And, if you can't find what you need here, let us know and we'll buy it.

Read. Learn. Make. Grow. Peace. Summer.

Study at the Library With a Free Refreshing Beverage

The Library will offer free coffee, tea, hot cocoa, and lemonade all during finals week, starting on Monday, May 11th. It will be set up in our entrance area from roughly 8:00am to 8:00pm, Monday through Thursday, and from 8:00am to 5:00pm on Friday. Please drop on by and enjoy a cup!

It's our way of making your last minute studying and paper/project preparation a bit more relaxing. Thanks for being a part of our library community!

Library materials added in March and April

To bring you up to date on what has recently been added to the collection, a new materials list is now available that reflects additions during December. We added 98 books, DVDs, and other items during that time, thanks to your selections and suggestions. The list is sorted by call number, with items grouped roughly by subject area.  

This tag will show you all of the prior lists of new materials, in reverse chronological order.  We have purchased 811 items for the collection since July 2014.  

If you have a suggestion of something to order, please use our "Tell GHL to Buy It" form, email Jennifer Hicks or one of our other staff members, or drop by the library with your request.  

Thanks again for keeping our collection vibrant and your information needs met!

Research Reception this Thursday in the Library

As we approach the end of the semester, we would like to take the time to highlight all of the great work our faculty and staff have done. This coming Thursday, May 7th, the library will be holding a Research Reception to honor Miami Middletown faculty/staff for your scholarly activities.
When: Thursday, May 7th, 2:00-3:00 PM
Where: Gardner-Harvey Library, Miami University Middletown
What: Light refreshments will be served.

There is also still time to have your research added to our display. Just email Jessie Long at longjh@miamioh.edu with the titles or citations of any journal articles, conference papers, book chapters, books or other work that you have completed within the last 2 years.

Thanks again to everyone who has already sent us their research lists. We hope to see you all on Thursday.

Library Open on Saturday Before Finals for Study Space and Refreshing Beverages

The Gardner-Harvey Library will offer extra study hours to students on Saturday, May 9, 2015. We will be open from Noon until 4:00pm that day. If you need a quiet place to study, please come to the library and use our open seating areas, our STAR lounges, or the Group Study Area downstairs. Staff will be on hand to provide assistance.

Coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and lemonade will be available.

Need a book, DVD, or other item? Tell GHL to buy it!

The Library is eager to know what books, DVDs, and other items you would like to add to our collection.

We have long depended on input from the campus community to guide the development of the collection. Our new goal is to expand the sources of that input beyond a small number of faculty and staff members.

Students, faculty, staff, or members of the Middletown community: we want to know what items interest you! Help us shape an ever-growing collection of resources to meet your scholarly and recreational reading and viewing needs.

Please have a look at our collection policy, and then use our Tell GHL to Buy It form to make your request.  We are trying to wrap up our buying for the 2014/15 fiscal year, so now is the time to get your requests in.  Thanks so much!