December 18, 2006

IRC Holiday Break Hours update


The Instructional Resource Center (IRC) will be closed Monday, December 18th, 2006 through Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007.

Please check the IRC web site for additional hours updates.

December 12, 2006

AU Circulating: Education

The following books have been added to the circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the regular location or in the new book display in the reference area on the main floor.

Juvenile Books

The following books have been added to the juvenile collection. They will be initially placed in the new book shelves on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, and then located within the juvenile collection.

Juvenile Books: Dean

The following books have been added to the juvenile collection. They will be initially placed in the new book shelves on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, and then located within the juvenile collection.

AU Circulating: Technology

The following book has been added to the circulating collection. You will find it shelved in the regular location or in the new book display in the reference area on the main floor.

IRC Reference: Technology

The following book has been added to the IRC reference collection. You will find it shelved directly inside the IRC, library second floor, in the reference section.

December 6, 2006

New! Ellison Dies

The following new Ellison Dies arrived yesterday:

  • Pumpkin w/face
  • Firetruck
  • Footprint, child
  • Basketball
  • Baseball
  • Soccer ball
  • Snowflake
  • Raindrops
  • Clouds
  • Sun
  • Computer laptop
  • Globe
  • Toothbrush & tooth
  • Toothpaste
  • Food Pyramid (XL die)
  • Food pyramid food # 1 = six small cuts
    tomato, apple, cheese, bread, oil, & meat

The food pyramid is the new USDA pyramid, see also the sign above the die cut that details usage of the new pyramid and references to the USDA.

Don't forget there are two IRC Ellison Die Library's, alphabets and general, available to help you search for dies. Each library has it's own ID and a single guest user password:

This information is also located on the IRC website, resources page.

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December 5, 2006

Book Lists of Interest

Several annual children's and young adult literature book lists are announced between November (2006) and January (2007) each year. Below is a compilation of a few that may be of interest. Be sure to check the catalog for individual title availability.

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Juvenile Books

The following books have been added to the juvenile collection. They will be initially placed in the new book shelves on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, and then located within the juvenile collection.

Juvenile Books

The following books have been added to the juvenile collection. They will be initially placed in the new book shelves on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, and then located within the juvenile collection.

Juvenile Books: Harry Potter Collection

The following books have been added to the juvenile collection. A second copy of the Harry Potter series, they will be part of the general reserves collection and available at the reserves desk. Another copy of each title has been removed from reserves and placed back in the juvenile collection.

Juvenile Books

The following books have been added to the juvenile collection. They will be initially placed in the new book shelves on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, and then located within the juvenile collection.

AU Reference: Education, Special Education

The following books have been added to the circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the regular location or in the new book display in the reference area on the main floor.

AU Circulating: DVD

The following DVD has been added to the circulating collection. DVD's are located in the listening lab, room 201, on the library second floor.