IRC Hours Update: July 4th Holiday

The Instructional Resource Center will be closed Friday, June 30th through Tuesday, July 4th. Summer hours resume on Wednesday, July 5th.

A complete list of IRC hours and updates is available on the IRC web site.

Libraries Transform

"The ways in which libraries transform are as nuanced and varied as the people they serve. Physical transformations are easy to spot. Transformations in service and scope can be less apparent, but are ever changing." - Libraries Transform

Originally posted: AU Library News 6/8/17

IRC Circulating: Book Kits

The following Book Kits have been added to the IRC circulating collection; each book kit contains six paperback copies of the same title, information pertaining to suggested reading levels is detailed. Book kits are located next to the big books, directly outside of the Instructional Resource Center, AU Library second floor.

• Seasons of the Year
  Bookkit 118
• Animals in Winter
  Bookkit 119
• Heavy & Light: Learning to Compare Weights of Objects
  Bookkit 120
• What Can I Buy?
  Bookkit 121
• Birds Build a House
  Bookkit 122
• Game Day
  Bookkit 123
• How Many Fish
  Bookkit 124
• Bears, Bears, Everywhere
  Bookkit 125
• Mice Squeak, We Speak: A Poem
  Bookkit 126
• Popcorn
  Bookkit 127

Recreational & Main Collections: Pulitzer 2017

The following books have been added to the libraries circulating collection. Included are several of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize winners in Letters, Drama, and Fiction. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the main floor of the library or in their regular location.

• Return: Fathers, Sons, and the land in Between
  PR6113.A87 Z46 2016
• The Underground Railroad: A Novel
  PS3573 .H4768 U53 2016
• Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of  1971 & Its Legacy
  HV9475.N17 T46 2016
• Olio
  PS3610.E874 A6 2016.
• Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
  HD7287.96 U6 D24 2016

Recreational Reading: Alex Awards

Looking for titles to add to your summer reading list? The following books, including 2017 Alex Award Winners, have been added to the library's main recreational reading collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display, library main floor, or in their regular location.

• The Queen of Blood
  PS3604.U7578 Q44 2016
• The Regional Office is Under Attach
  PS3607.O56227 R44 2016
• In the Country We Love: My Family Divided
  PN2287 .G7455 A3 2016
• Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded
  PN2287 .H378 B84 2016
• Every Heart a Doorway
  PS3607.R36395 E94 2016
• Die Young with Me: A Memoir
  ML420.R8932 A3 2016
• The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko
  PS3619. T354 I58 2016

Alex Award winners are featured on the IRC's Alex Award Winners Pinterest board.

Follow IRC's board Alex Award Winners on Pinterest.

Main Collection: eBooks

The following eBooks have been added to the library's main circulating collection. You will find these eBooks (electronic books) via the AU Library Catalog. Titles are part of our EBSCOhost collection and have single user licenses; access is available to Ashland University users.

• Doing Case Study Research: A Practical Guide for Beginning Researchers
  LB1028.H313 2017
• The Diversity Bargain: And Other Dilemmas of Race, Admissions, and Meritocracy at Elite Universities
  LA229.W37 2016
• Digital Media in Today's Classrooms: the Potential for Meaningful Teaching, learning, and Assessment
  LB1028.3.W556 2017
• Blending leadership: Six Simple Beliefs foro leading online and Off
  LB2806.V24 2016

Please note authentication will be required for off-campus use.

IRC Circulating: Kits / Games

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, materials kit shelving in the IRC is labeled.

• Measuring Worms
  Kit 527
• All About Me: Family Counters
  Kit 528
• Dive into Shapes
  Kit 529
• Game Tracker: Visual Timer & Clock
  Kit 530
• Classic Jenga
  Kit 531
• All About Me: 2 in 1 Mirrors
  Kit 532
• The Game of Life
  Kit 533
• Vowel Owls: A Vowel Sounds Sorting Set
  Kit 534

The IRC's Materials Kit Pinterest board, includes 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.