IRC Hours Update: July 4th Holiday

The Instructional Resource Center will close at 4:00 pm on Thursday, July 2nd and be closed Friday, July 3rd. Regular summer hours resume. Monday, July 6th. A complete listing of IRC hours and updates is available on our website.

@IRCAULibrary on Twitter

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Keep up to date with IRC news and information including hours updates, new books, IRC resources, Pinterest boards, and more. Here's a sampling of items you may have missed:

Good morning, from Ashland University Library #AU #IRC #AULibrary pic.twitter.com/NW1K5qq3I9

— IRC - AU Library (@IRCaulibrary) June 29, 2015

"Where do you work out?" "At the library." via @Grammarly pic.twitter.com/8ID1B69igz

— IRC - AU Library (@IRCaulibrary) June 27, 2015

Juvenile Books: Picture Books

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.

• Should You Be a River: A Poem About Love
  PZ7.Y85 Sh 2015
• Outstanding in the Rain
  PZ8.3.V773 Out 2015
• My Bike
  PZ7.B2848 My 2015
• Yard Sale 
  PZ7.B91527 Yar 2015
• Skunk
  PZ7.B2662 Sku 2015
• Song of Delphine
  PZ7.K8577 So 2015
• Counting Chickens
  PZ7.A3148 Cou 2014

2015 Boston Globe-Horn Book Winners

The 2015 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winners for children's literature were announced May 27, 2015.

"Celebrating their 49th year, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards are among the most prestigious honors in the field of children’s and young adult literature."

This year's selection included a winner and honor books in three categories: Picture Book, Fiction, and Nonfiction.

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Picture Book Winner: The Farmer and the Clown
Picture Book Honor Books: It's Only Stanley and Once Upon an Alphabet

Fiction Award Winner: Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
Fiction Honor Books: Egg & Spoon and Challenger Deep

Non-fiction Award Winner: The Family Romanov
Non-fiction Honor Books: The Boys Who Challenged Hitler and Brown Girl Dreaming

Juvenile Books: Fiction

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.

• Great War: Stories Inspired by Items From the First World War
  PZ5. G74 2015
• Truth Commission
  PZ7. J858 Tru 2015
• Wonder at the Edge of the World
  PZ7.H374085 Won 2015
• Challenger Deep
  PZ7.S55987 Ch 2015
• Gone Crazy in Alabama
  PZ7.W6713 Gon 2015

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.

• Immigration
  JV6201.F53 2015
• Trapped! A Whale's Rescue
  QL737.C424 B87 2015
• Experiment With What A Plant Needs to Grow
  QK745.H54 2015
• Cailyn and Chloe Learn About Conjunctions
  PE1345. A89 2015
• Art Installations
  N6494.I56 W67 2015
• Playground Math
  QA113. J372 2015

Main Collection: General

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

• Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor
  NC1764.5.U62 B37 2014

IRC Hours Update

The Instructional Resource Center will be closed Friday, June 12th. Regular summer hours will resume on Monday, June 15th. A complete listing of IRC hours and updates is available on our website.

Juvenile Books: YA Fiction

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.

• Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel
  PZ8.M8313 Gro 2015
• Backlash
  PZ7.L7369 Bac 2015
• Magonia
  PZ7.H3428 Mag 2015
• Porcupine of Truth
  PZ7.K83516 Po 2015

IRC Pinterest: Materials Kits

Visit the IRC Pinterest board, Materials Kits to view recent additions to this circulating collection. Our materials kit collection features puppets, flannel board stories, dry erase boards, and games for math, science, language arts, social studies, music, and other subject areas.


Follow IRC's board IRC Materials Kits on Pinterest.

Materials kits are part of the IRC circulating collection, located on the second floor of AU Library. Check availability by clicking the catalog link after each call number.

IRC Circulating: Kits

The following materials 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, shelving in the IRC are labeled.

• Common Core Collaborative Cards: Base Ten
  Kit 483
• Common Core Collaborative Cards: Algebraic Thinking
  Kit 484
• Professor Noggin's Presidents of the United States Card Game
  Kit 485
• Mental Blox: Make-You-Think Game
  Kit 486
• Explore the World: A Game of Who, Where, and What!
  Kit 487
• Explore the 50 States: A Game of Who, Where, and What!
  Kit 488
• Q-BA-Maze 2.0: the Next Generation Marble Maze
  Kit 489

IRC Activity Books

The following activity books have been added to the IRC circulating collection. Activity books are located directly outside the Instructional Resource Center, AU Library second floor, adjacent to the curriculum textbook collection.

• Mathfinder: One Knight Too Many
  ACTIV Math 2014
• Mathfinder: The Haunted Amusement Park
  ACTIV Math 2014
• Mathfinder: The Ghost in the Ruby
  ACTIV Math 2014
• Mathfinder: The Alien Encounter
  ACTIV Math 2014

Curriculum Textbooks: Social Studies

The following curriculum textbooks have been added to the IRC circulating collection. They are located in the curriculum textbook area directly outside of the Instructional Resource Center, AU Library second floor.

• My World Social Studies: Here We Are
  SOCST Pear 2013 Gr. K
• My World Social Studies: Making Our Way
  SOCST Pear 2013 Gr. 1
• My World Social Studies: We Do Our Part
  SOCST Pear 2013 Gr. 2
• My World Social Studies: We Are Connected
  SOCST Pear 2013 Gr. 3
• My World Social Studies: Regions of Our Contry
  SOCST Pear 2013 Gr. 4
• My World Social Studies: The Growth of Our Contry
  SOCST Pear 2013 Gr. 5

IRC Summer Hours

IRC Summer hours resume Monday, June 1 , 2015.
Exceptions to regular operating hours are posted on the IRC web site. The IRC is closed daily from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm for lunch.

• Monday through Thursday:  8:00 am to 5:00 pm
• Friday:  8:00 am to noon
• Saturday & Sunday:  Closed