IRC Spotlight: Games

Need a study break? 
Of course you do ...

Did you know we have games in the IRC materials kit collection?

We have Life, Jenga, Monopoly, Battleship, Clue, Backgammon (+ Chess & Checkers), 5 Second Rule, Logo, and two versions of Trivial Pursuit (2000s & Star Wars). These items circulate for a period of one week. Check out our Pinterest site (see below) for additional items of interest  ... like Twister and Sorry.

Take them back to your room and enjoy!

IRC & Library Materials

Be sure to return borrowed library materials, IRC resources, and especially OhioLINK items, before leaving campus for summer.

Returning after hours? There is a book drop located on the library ground floor, near the UPS pick up area. Keep in mind, IRC kits and big books will NOT fit in the book return. Return these items during regular library operating hours.

IRC Sunday Hours: Extended

The Instructional Resource Center will be open 1 pm to 10 pm on Sunday, April 29th. A complete list of IRC hours and updates is available on our web site: IRC Hours & Updates.

IRC Hours Update: 4/27

The Instructional Resource Center will be open 9 am to noon and 1 pm to 5 pm on Friday, April 27th.. A complete list of IRC hours and updates is available on our web site: IRC Hours & Updates.

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.

• Sam & Ilsa's Last Hurrah
  PZ7.C6665 Sam 2018
• Live in Infamy: A Companion to the Only Thing to Fear
  PZ7.R39867 Li 2018
• Ghost Boys
  PZ7.R3476235 Gho 2018

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.

• Island at the End of Everything
  PZ7.H2223 Isl 2018
• You Go First
  PZ7.K2942 You 2018
• Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess
  PZ7.5.G74 Mac 2017

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.

• My Kite is Stuck! And Other Stories
  PZ7.Y817 My 2017
• There Was an Old Mermaid Who Swallowed a Shark
  PZ8.3.C6654 Tk 2018

Juvenile Books: Non-fiction

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

• Crash: The Fall and Rise of America in the 1930s
  E806.F269 2018

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.

• Hello, Lighthouse
  PZ7.B5319 Hel 2018
• I Got It!
  PZ7.W6367 Iag 2018
• Sometimes You Fly
  PZ8.3 .A558 So 2018
• Field
  PZ7.P2783423 Fl 2018
• Honey
  PZ7.S8179 Hon 2018
• Alma and How She Got Her Name
  PZ7.M367153 Alm 2018

Questions? Ask the IRC

Have you used Questions? Ask the IRC?

Our chat service is staffed by the curriculum librarian and Instructional Resource Center student workers. We can help with general information and questions about the IRC, collections, juvenile books, equipment, and hours.

Did you know you could text the IRC?
Text the IRC at 419.938.4134, standard messaging rates will apply.

IRC text questions will be answered during regular Ask the IRC hours. Text inquiries sent after scheduled hours will be answered the following business day.

The IRC and AU Library share a text number. Non-IRC related text questions may be referred to circulation or reference staff as needed.

Phone icon by Madebyoliver from www.flaticon.com is licensed by CC 3.0 BY

COM 474 Public Relations Campaign

The Instructional Resource Center is excited to be a client for a "student agency team of Ashland University's Public Relations Campaigns course for the spring semester of 2018." Our PR team, Anthony Snider, Morgan Badenhop, and Ricardo Loera, has developed a three-pronged approach for promoting the IRC;  social media and Twitter using the hashtag #IRCashland, table tents in Convo, and tear-off signs in Dwight Schar College of Education.  Hope to see you soon.

Not following the IRC on Twitter (psst, you should be)?  Follow the hashtag here:

#IRCashland Tweets

IRC Spotlight: Poetry Month

National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month -
or rather, National Poet Tree Month.

The IRC white board display features poets and poetry in children's literature. Our 'poet tree' highlights poetry picture books and poets available in the juvenile collection.  Interested in learning more about the leaves and books on our tree? Stop in the IRC, we can help you find them.

Additional poetry month books area available on the IRC's National Poetry Month board on Pinterest. It includes juvenile & YA poetry and poetry collections.

New Ellison Dies

The following new Ellison Dies have been added to the IRC collection. Visit the IRC on Pinterest to view all of our available Ellison dies and alphabets.

• Circles, 1" set of 9
• Border, City Scape
• Border, Paw Prints
• Border, Ivy
• Border, Bookworm

Need help using a double cut die?  Ask in the IRC, we can show you how it works.

Interested in what borders we have available? Preview our Ellison Borders board below.

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.

• I Can Be Anything! Don't Tell me I Can't
  PZ7.D57917 Iak 2017
• Busy Creatures Day Eating
  PZ7.W65535 Bus 2018
• King & Kayla and the Case of the Missing Dog Treats
  PZ7.B9759 Kin 2017
• This is the Nest That Robin Built
  PZ8.3.F6378 Th 2018
• Seb and the Sun
  PZ7.G367 Seb 2018
• Teddy's Favorite Toy
  PZ7.T73538 Ted 2018
• Old Hat
  PZ7.G77577 Ol 2018
• Noodleheads See the Future
  PZ7.A7379 Nu 2017
• Baby Monkey, Private Eye
  PZ7.S4654 Bab 2018
• Natsumi!
  PZ7.L5384 Nat 2018
• I'm a Duck
  PZ8.3 .B92 Imd 2018
• Funeral
  PZ7.J154178 Fun 2018

Juvenile Collection: New Book Area

New Books! New Books!
Looking for one (or more) of the new children's books recently posted to the IRC blog? All new titles added to the juvenile collection, both fiction and non-fiction, are initially shelved in the new book area on the second floor. Once a book circulates, it is shelved with the main juvenile collection.

Problems locating a new book? 
Ask in the Instructional Resource Center, we can help you find one of our new books, or any other IRC and juvenile collection item.