IRC Hours Update: Labor Day

Instructional Resource Center hours for the Labor Day Holiday weekend are:

• Saturday, September 1 - Closed
• Sunday, September 2 - Closed
• Monday, September 3 - Open 6pm to 10 pm

IRC regular hours resume on Tuesday, September 4th. A complete list of IRC hours updates is available on the IRC web site. Have a safe and happy Labor Day weekend!

IRC Reference

The following books have been added to the IRC reference collection. You will find them shelved directly inside the Instructional Resource Center, library second floor, in the IRC reference section.

• Mostly Manga: A Genre Guide to Popular Manga
  PN6710 .K23 2012
• Picture Books for Children: Fiction, Folktales, and Poetry
  PN1009.A1 .C565 2012

IRC Hours: Fall 2012

Welcome to the Instructional Resource Center! IRC hours are posted on the IRC web site, blog, and on the IRC door (AU Library, second floor). Updates and exceptions to regular operating hours are noted on the IRC hours page, this blog, via the IRC Twitter account and in the IRC.

You will also see updates to IRC hours on the library's digital sign on the main floor and on the IRC Pinterest board AU Library Digital Sign.

AU Library Hours: Fall 2012

Ashland University Library fall hours begin on Monday, August 20th.  Updates and exceptions to regular operating hours are posted on the AU Library web site Hours & Updates page and will be posted to this blog.

Ashland Theological Seminary (ATS) Library hours are posted on the ATS library web site.

Welcome to Ashland University Library!

IRC Circulating: Kits

The following kits have been added to the Instructional Resource Center circulating collection. Materials kits are located inside of the IRC, on right side/east wall, and shelved numerically; for ease of use, shelves in the IRC are labeled.

• Fun & Learning with Loose Change
  Kit 394
• Noodlers: 80 Spatial Puzzles to Noodle Your Noggin
  Kit 395
• Conceptual Bingo: Money: Dollars and Cents
  Kit 396
• Bingo Numeros [Spanish]
  Kit 397
• Bingo colores y formas [Spanish]
  Kit 398
• Fence it in: Exploring Area and Perimeter
  Kit 399
• Spell it! Spell it to Win!
  Kit 400
• Blind Spell: The Word Game that's Out of Sight
  Kit 401
• Roll 'n Multiply: The Game of Multiplication, Strategy, and Fun
  Kit 402
• Make 7
  Kit 403

AU Circulating: Education

The following books have been added to the library circulating collection. You will find them displayed in the new book area on the library's main floor or in their regular location on the second floor.

• Picture books, Pedagogy and Philosophy
  LB14.7 .H39 2012
• Republic of Noise: The Loss of Solitude in Schools and Culture
  LB1027.23 .S46 2012
• Teaching Minds: how Cognitive Science Can Save our Schools
  LB1060 .S34 2011
• Hundred Languages of Children: The Reggio Emilia Experience in Transformation
  LB1139.3.I8 H85 2012
• Curriculum in Early Childhood Education: Re-examined, Rediscovered, Renewed
  LB1139.4 .C874 2012
• Teaching Literacy for Love and Wisdom: Being the Book and being the Change
  LB1576 .W48767 2011
• Critical Curriculum Studies: Education, Consciousness, and the Politics of Knowing
  LB1570 .A93 2012
• Regenerating the Philosophy of Education: What Happened to Soul?
  LB1707 .R445 2011
• History of "Tolerance" in American Public Schooling
  LB3012.3.C2 K35 2011

AU Circulating: Education & Technology

The following books have been added to the library circulating collection. You will find them displayed in the new book area on the library's main floor or in their regular location on the second floor.

• Natural Learning for a Connected World: Educaiton, Technology, and the Human Brain
  LB1060 .C334 2011
• Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Designing and Teaching Online Courses
  LB1044.87 .T57 2012
• Classrooms Without Borders: Using Internet Projects To Teach Communication and Collaboration
  LB1044.87 .B425 2011
• Learning Edge: What Technology Can Do to Education All Children
  LB1028.3 .B357 2012
• Learning in the Cloud: How (and Why) To Transform Schools with Digital Media
  LB1028.3 .W35 2011

IRC Reference

The following books have been added to the IRC reference collection. You will find them shelved directly inside the Instructional Resource Center, library second floor, in the IRC reference section.

• Read with Me: Best Books for Preschoolers 
  Z1037 .Z88 2012
• Bridges to Understanding: Envisioning the World  Through Children's Books
  PN1009.A1 B766 2011

AU Circulating: Education

The following books have been added to the library circulating collection. You will find them displayed in the new book area on the library's main floor or in their regular location.

• How Deaf Children Learn: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know
  HV2391 .M257 2012
• Over-tested: How High-stakes Accountability Fails English Language Learners
  PE1128.A2 P287 2011
• Every Closed Eye Ain't Sleep: African American Perspectives on the Achievement Gap
  LC2717 .H55 2011
• Starting With Their Strengths: Using the Project Approach in Early Childhood Special Education
  LC4019.3 .L54 2011

Juvenile Books: Nonfiction

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, or in their regular location within the juvenile collection.

• Chuck Close: Face Book
  N6537.C54 A2 2012
• It Jes' Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
  ND237.T717 T38 2012
• Survival Guide for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders
  RJ506.A9 V466 2012

AU Circulating: Praxis

The following books have been added to the library circulating collection. You will find them displayed in the new book area on the library's main floor or in their regular location on the second floor.

• Education of Young Children and Prekindergarten Education
  Test Codes: 0021/5021, 0531/5531
  LB1762 .Y68 2012
• Principles of Learning and Teaching: Grades 5-9 and 7-12
  Test Codes: 0623/4623, 0624/5624
  LB1762 .P755 2012
• Principles of Learning and Teaching: Early Childhood and grades K-6
  Test Codes: 0621/5621, 0622/5622
  LB1762 .P753 2012
• Middle School: Social Studies
  Test Code: 0089
  LB1762 .M538 2010
• Middle School: Science
  Test Code: 0439
  LB1762 .M537 2008
• Middle School: Mathematics
  Test Code: 0069
  LB1762 .M536 2008
• Middle School: English Language Arts
  Test Code: 0049
  LB 1762.M534 2008
• Mathematics: Content Knowledge
  Test Code: 0061
  LB1762 .M38 2009

Praxis titles are also available at the reserves desk, library main floor.  All Praxis reserve titles have a three hour in-library circulation designation.

Praxis titles are no longer part of the IRC reference collection.

IRC Circulating: Activity Books

The following activity books have been added to the circulating curriculum collection. Activity books are located in the textbook annex on the library second floor, directly outside of the Instructional Resource Center (IRC).

• Choose & Do Math Grids
  ACTIV Math 2012 Gr. 4-6
• Envelope Math Centers
  ACTIV Math 2006 Gr. Pre
• Busy Kids Busy Days
  ACTIV Gen 2002 Gr, P-K
• Preschool Fun Days
  ACTIV Gen 2012 Gr. Pre
• Songs, Poems, and Fingerplays
  ACTIV Mus 2006 Gr. Pre-K
• Games: Intermediate
  ACTIV Games 2012 Gr. 4-6
• Centers & Games
  ACTIV Centr 2012 Gr. 2-3
• Centers & Games
  ACTIV Centr 2012 Gr. K-1

Text a librarian

Text service is now available from AU Library.  You can text a reference librarian at 419-768-6106. If a reference librarian is not available (they'll BRB), a response will be sent whenever the next reference librarian is on duty.