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

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 January! We added 147 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: 

• The person you mean to be : how good people fight bias / Dolly Chugh
• Destroying a nation : the civil war in Syria / Nikolaos van Dam
• Why we fight : one man's search for meaning inside the ring / Josh Rosenblatt
• The age of surveillance capitalism : the fight for a human future at the new frontier of power / Shoshana Zuboff
• How to read a protest : the art of organizing and resistance / L.A. Kauffman
• Erasing America : losing our future by destroying our past / James S. Robbins
• Young Frankenstein (Motion picture)
• Creating things that matter : the art & science of innovations that last / David Edwards

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!

VolunTEC Lab: Scarves (make them for yourself and others)

For the first VolunTEC Lab of the semester we will be creating no-sew scarves for kids!

As always, you can make one to give and make one to take.

Completed scarves will be donated to local schools for kids in need.   

The program will run on Wednesday, February 13, between 11am and 1pm in Hawk Haven on the main floor of Johnston Hall.

Guest Workshop: Kay Helps You Create Jewelry

Join us on February 19 between 11:00am and 1:00pm to create your own jewelry.  This workshop will be led by Kay, a student employee at Miami University Middletown. 

Kay will be offering her knowledge to participants as they create their own jewelry. 

Stop in the TEC Lab (Room 125 GRD) at any time during the workshop hours to create your own unique jewelry piece. 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.

How to TEC: Design & Cut Vinyl, Operate a Heat Press

For this First Wednesday TEC Lab Workshop, participants will be learning how to design and cut their own heat transfer vinyl designs, as well as how to use a heat press. 

Participants will be able to use their new knowledge to design their own tote bag. 

This workshop is free and open to the public. 

Join us on February 6 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: Isle Royale National Park (at Middletown)

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

This session will run Wednesday, February 27th 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.

February's Middletown book discussion title: The Reckoning

The MUM Book Discussion group will next meet on Tuesday, February 19 to discuss John Grisham's The Reckoning.  We will meet at 12 pm in Room 124 in the Library.   

Here is a brief summary of the title, along with links to request the book from Miami, OhioLINK, and SearchOhio libraries (Just click "Request" and choose "Miami University" from the dropdown list.  Then enter your UniqueID and password, and the library from which you would like to retrieve the item):  

"Pete Banning was Clanton's favorite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbor, and a faithful member of the Methodist church. Then one cool October morning in 1946. he rose early, drove into town, walked into the Church, and calmly shot and killed the Reverend Dexter Bell. As if the murder wasn't shocking enough, it was even more baffling that Pete's only statement about it, to the sheriff, to his defense attorney, to the judge, to his family and friends, and to the people of Clanton, was "I have nothing to say." And so the murder of the esteemed Reverend Bell became the most mysterious and unforgettable crime Ford County had ever known."  

Not in Miami yet (Middletown just bought a copy), OhioLINK  and SearchOhio

Read the book (or read something else interesting), then come along to our discussion to share what else you've been reading/watching/listening to/experiencing, and help us plan our future readings.  

Have an idea for a book to discuss?  Let us know and check out our page of past and future reads at http://www.mid.miamioh.edu/library/bookdiscussion.htm

The above image was provided through a Creative Commons CC-BY-2.0 license by Rob Westbrook.

Great Decisions 2019 - Discuss Global Issues on the Middletown Campus!

Great Decisions is a national program of the Foreign Policy Association. For 100 years the mission of FPA has been to serve as a catalyst for developing awareness, understanding, and informed opinion on U.S. foreign policy and global issues. Through its balanced, nonpartisan programs and publications, the FPA encourages citizens to participate in the foreign policy process. More information can be obtained on the FPA website: http://fpa.org/about/

The public is invited to the following eight Great Decision sessions, sponsored by the Middletown chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). In addition to the background reading from the program booklet, a DVD with additional background on the topic is shown at each meeting. Anyone with personal background information on the various topics is particularly welcome to participate.             

All sessions will be held from 1:00 - 2:30 pm at the Gardner Harvey Library, Miami University Middletown campus on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month:

• January 10     Refugees and Global Migration
• January 24     The Middle East Regional Disorder
• February 14   Nuclear Negotiations: Back to the Future?
• February 28   The Rise of Populism in Europe
• March 14       Decoding U.S.- China Trade
• March 28       Cyber Conflicts and Geopolitics
• April 11         The United States and Mexico: Partnership Tested
• April 25         State of the State Department and Diplomacy

For more information call Katie McNeil, AAUW public policy chair at 513-470-9031 or kmcneil@whitegardeninn.com (She has pre-ordered 10 booklets at a cost of $35 each).  The Gardner-Harvey Library has also purchased a booklet that we have on reserve at our InfoDesk for anyone to borrow.

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

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 December! We added 160 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: 

• How to behave badly in Elizabethan England : a guide for knaves, fools, harlots, cuckolds, drunkards, liars, thieves, and braggarts / Ruth Goodman
• The global economy as you've never seen it / Thomas Ramge and Jan Schwochow with Adrian Garcia-Landa 
• A handbook of food crime : immoral and illegal practices in the food industry and what to do about them / edited by Allison Gray and Ronald Hinch
• The blockchain and the new architecture of trust / Kevin Werbach
• Why they can't write : killing the five-paragraph essay and other necessities / John Warner
• Ball lightning / Cixin Liu translated by Joel Martinsen
• Handmaid's tale (Television program). Season 1;"The handmaid's tale. Season one [videorecording]
• Hellfire boys : the birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and the race for the world's deadliest weapons / Theo Emery

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!

Free coffee, tea, hot chocolate,and mints at the Middletown Library during Finals Week!

The Library will offer free coffee, tea, hot cocoa, and mints all during finals week, starting on Monday, December 10th and lasting through Friday, December 14th. 

It will be set up in our entrance area from 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!

The image above was provided through a Creative Commons CC-BY-2.0 license by fronx.

New Books Added to the Gardner-Harvey Library in November!

We are adding many new items to the collection each month, and making sure that you can see them on display! Watch for our upcoming scary movie 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 November! We added 175 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: 

• When women ruled the world : six queens of Egypt / Kara Cooney
• Anatomy of victory : why the United States triumphed in World War II, fought to a stalemate in Korea, lost in Vietnam, and failed in Iraq / John D. Caldwell
• The job : work and its future in a time of radical change / Ellen Ruppel Shell
• Race on campus : debunking myths with data / Julie J. Park
• Stripped bare : the art of animal anatomy / David Bainbridge
• In extremis : the life and death of the war correspondent Marie Colvin / Lindsey Hilsum
• The electric state / Simon Stålenhag
• The medical marijuana guide : cannabis and your health / by Patricia C. Frye with Dave Smitherman

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!

January's Middletown book discussion title: The Bear and the Nightingale

The MUM Book Discussion group will be taking December off to catch up on our reading.  We will next meet on Tuesday, January 15 to discuss Katherine Arden's The Bear and the Nightingale.  We will meet at 12 pm in Room 124 in the Library.   

Here is a brief summary of the title, along with links to request the book from Miami, OhioLINK, and SearchOhio libraries (Just click "Request" and choose "Miami University" from the dropdown list.  Then enter your UniqueID and password, and the library from which you would like to retrieve the item):  

"In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls many months of the year, a stranger with piercing blue eyes presents a new father with a gift - a precious jewel on a delicate chain, intended for his young daughter. Uncertain of its meaning, Pytor hides the gift away and Vasya grows up a wild, willful girl, to the chagrin of her family. But when mysterious forces threaten the happiness of their village, Vasya discovers that, armed only with the necklace, she may be the only one who can keep the darkness at bay."  

Miami, OhioLINK  and SearchOhio

Read the book (or read something else interesting), then come along to our discussion to share what else you've been reading/watching/listening to/experiencing, and help us plan our future readings.  

Have an idea for a book to discuss?  Let us know and check out our page of past and future reads at http://www.mid.miamioh.edu/library/bookdiscussion.htm

The above image was provided through a Creative Commons CC-BY-2.0 license by Евгений Сухарников.

TEC Lab Wednesday Workshop - Jewelry Making

Join us on December 5th for one of our sessions 11am-1pm or 6pm-8pm to create some crazy jewelry! We will be using 3D pens, book pages, 3D printers, and other items to create jewelry.

Learn how to use new TEC Lab tools, have some fun designing your own jewelry, or make a gift for someone!

We'll meet in the TEC Lab, 125 Gardner-Harvey Library.
All are welcome to attend.

Remember, if you attend two or more of our library events in Fall 2018, 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 GlueGunGlory.

Use the Saturday CRAM JAM at the library to get ready for Finals!

Join the Tutoring and Learning Center staff, peer tutors, and library staff on Saturday, December 1 for CRAM JAM!  

Get ready for Finals in a great location for studying with an all-star cast of folks who can help!

Come to the Gardner-Harvey Library on the Middletown Campus between 12 and 4pm and enjoy:

• Peer tutors in a variety of subjects
• Free coffee and snacks
• Study rooms
• Research assistance

This event is open to ALL Miami students.

Sponsored by the Tutoring and Learning Center.

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

We are adding many new items to the collection each month, and making sure that you can see them on display! Watch for our upcoming scary movie 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 October! We added 165 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:

• Godless citizens in a godly republic : atheists in American public life / R. Laurence Moore and Isaac Kramnick
• Empress : the astonishing reign of Nur Jahan / Ruby Lal
• American like me : reflections on life between cultures / edited by America Ferrera with E. Cayce Dumont
• Northland : a 4,000-mile journey along America's forgotten border / Porter Fox
• Good and mad : the revolutionary power of women's anger / Rebecca Traister
• Skin folk : stories / Nalo Hopkinson
• The fourth age : smart robots, conscious computers, and the future of humanity / Byron Reese
• The poison squad : one chemist's single-minded crusade for food safety at the turn of the twentieth century / Deborah Blum

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!

VolunTECLab! Wreath making (Service Project)

The TEC Lab goes on the road to create some seasonal cheer, and you can help!

Head over to Hawk Haven in Johnston Hall on the Middletown Campus between 11:00am and 1:00pm on Thursday, November 29th to create wreaths for residents of a local nursing home.

Participants may also make a wreath to take home!

This is our second official VolunTECLab (in which we volunteer to help out a local non-profit agency that serves our community), but not the first time we've had people making a change in the community with their making activities (see the dog toys VolunTECLab from earlier this semester and the glowing flowers, cat shelters, and our Valentine's Day and holiday wreath workshops from last academic year).

Come make a wreath, and make a difference!

The above image was provided through a Creative Commons CC-BY-2.0 license by Tony Alter.

Tech Tuesday - Google Tools

Join us on November 13 from 12:15-1:00pm for our Tech Tuesday workshop to learn the basics of several Google apps, including Gmail, Drive, Docs, Forms, and Calendar. These free Google productivity tools help sync, simplify, and tackle projects for classes and for your life!

Your guide will be Jennifer Hicks, GHL Circulation Supervisor and maker extraordinaire.

We will meet in Room 111 of the Gardner-Harvey Library (Middletown campus).

All are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be available, but also feel free to bring your lunch.

Remember, if you attend two or more of our library events in Fall 2018, 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 Abby Lanes.

TEC Lab Wednesday Workshop - Mobile Phone Projectors

Come to the Library on November 7th to create a mobile phone projector in the TEC Lab!  Turn your phone into a projector to watch videos, etc. on the big screen! 

Drop in anytime between 11am-1pm OR between 6pm-8pm in Room 125 in the Gardner-Harvey Library.

This project uses a shoe box to create the projector, so bring one with you if can. Shoe box donations by anyone would also gladly be accepted.

All are welcome to attend.

Remember, if you attend two or more of our library events in Fall 2018, 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 gerlao.

Heroes Week Book Discussion: The Yellow Birds

On November 6, join us in the Gardner-Harvey Library from 12pm-1pm to discuss the book The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers.  The book is a national bestseller, a National Book Award finalist, and a recent motion picture adaptation (we have a copy of the film).

This event is being held as part of Heroes Week, which runs from November 5-12.  We will meet in Room 123 in the Library.

Here is a brief summary of the book: 

""The war tried to kill us in the spring," begins this unforgettable account of friendship and loss. In Al Tafar, Iraq, twenty-one-year-old Private Bartle and eighteen-year-old Private Murphy have been dropped into a war neither is prepared for. When Bartle makes a promise to bring Murphy safely home, the two are inextricably bound together. The young soldiers fight to protect each other from the insurgents, physical fatigue, and the mental stress that comes from constant danger. As reality begins to blur, Murphy becomes increasingly unmoored - and Bartle must take actions he never could have imagined."

Use the links below to request the book from Miami, OhioLINK, and SearchOhio libraries (Just click "Request" and choose "Miami University" from the dropdown list.  Then enter your UniqueID and password, and the library from which you would like to retrieve the item):  

Miami, OhioLINK  and SearchOhio

The above image was provided through a Creative Commons CC-BY-2.0 license by Sgt. Dakota Meyer.