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IRC Hours Update

The Instructional Resource Center will be closed Friday, May 23 through Friday, May 30. Our summer hours schedule will resume on Monday, June 2nd.  IRC Hours & Updates are available on the main library hours calendar @ https://ashland.libcal.com/hours

Library Service Reminder

Important Library Service Reminder

OhioLINK, SearchOhio, and InterLibrary Loan book requests are currently paused through Monday, June 23.  The library catalog will be offline beginning Tuesday, June 3rd until our new catalog is available.

Library databases are not impacted by these service pauses. 

Library Website • News & Updates

Library Website Update

In anticipation of our new library services platform, we are making both content and design updates to the library website which will enable us to better support the new catalog and discovery layer. The first wave of updates include:

About the Library: Image Gallery

Thanks to web content specialist Bethany Frazer, we have a new image gallery adjacent to the Welcome to Archer Library introductory information. Here we will feature photos from around Archer Library that spotlight different areas and resources, as well as important news & events.

Library Mission & Vision

Content, resources, and platform updates being made this summer support our stated mission and vision. Including these statements in a more prominent place is a natural progression of the same. Archer Library's mission and vision statements continue to be available on our Faculty & Staff page.

Numismatics Center

The Leo and Laura Thomas Numismatic Center now has its own web page. The Numismatic Center is located on the sixth floor of Archer Library. Visit their new page to discover more!

May 23 • Library Services Freeze

May 23:  Library Services Freeze
May 23 - June 20, 2025

We are excited to announce that as a member of the OhioLINK consortium Archer Library will be upgrading its library services platform to Ex Libris Alma/Primo in the summer of 2025.

Our campus can expect an improved user experience with a more intuitive interface to find print and electronic articles, books and other kinds of library materials. As we get closer to “go live,” you will see more information about the new system and changes. Training will be available to help you through the transition.

In preparation for these beneficial enhanced library services, all OhioLINK libraries will pause requesting, lending and borrowing, beginning on May 23, 2025. OhioLINK library transactions will resume June 20, 2025, in conjunction with the release of our new library services platform. All Archer Library-owned and Ashland Theological Seminary Library-owned items will continue to circulate as normal.

Learn more on our Library Services Platform Guide.

Questions? email us at: library@ashland.edu.

Juvenile Books • 2025 ALA Youth Media Awards

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the 2nd floor, outside the IRC, or in their regular location.

Note;  Due to the Library Services Platform migration, catalog links are not provided with these titles.

Sydney Taylor Book Award

• An etrog from across the sea
   PZ7.1.O458 Et 2024  
• Night Owls
  PZ7.1.V584 Ni 2024  
• Just shy of ordinary
  PZ7.1.S26476 Ju 2024 
• Joyful song : a naming story
   PZ7.N47988 Jo 2024  

YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction

• Shackled : a tale of wronged kids, rogue judges, and a town that looked away
   KFP595 .C66 2024  
• Watch Me Bloom
   PZ7.5.P38 Wa 2023 
•  Aisle Nine
  PZ7.1.C53115 Ais 2024  

Juvenile Books • 2025 ALAO Youth Media Awards

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the 2nd floor, outside the IRC, or in their regular location.

Note;  Due to the Library Services Platform migration, catalog links are not provided with these titles.

Siebert Award

• The girl who sang : a Holocaust memoir of hope and survival  
  D804.48 .N34 2024  
• Wings of an eagle : the gold medal dreams of Billy Mills 
  GV1061.15.M56 A3 2024  
• Call me Roberto! : Roberto Clemente goes to bat for Latinos
  GV865.C45 A46 2024  
  
  

Batchelder Award

• John the Skeleton
   PZ90.E7 L33613 2024  
• Pardalita
  PZ7.7.E884 Par 2023 
• Johnny, the sea, and me
  PZ7.1.E8177 Jo 2024  
• A Sleepless night 
  PZ7.1.C51647 Sle 2024  
• Mr. Lepron's mystery soup 
  PZ7.1.Z714 Mr 2024  
  

Juvenile Books • 2025 ALA Youth Media Awards

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the 2nd floor, outside the IRC, or in their regular location.

Note;  Due to the Library Services Platform migration, catalog links are not provided with these titles.

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

• Vacation : three-and-a-half stories 
  PZ7.D9715 Vac 2024  
• Fox versus fox
  PZ7.1.T29 Fx 2024 
• Towed by Toad
  PZ7.1.A93 Tow 2024  
  
  

Michael L. Printz Award

• Compound Fracture
  PZ7.1.W4418 Co 2024 
• The Deep Dark  
  PZ7.7.O767 De 2024  
• Brownstone
  PZ7.7.T44 Br 2024  
• Road Home
  HV1431 .O35 2024 

Next Week: Library Services Freeze

Next week:  Library Services Freeze
May 23 - June 20, 2025

We are excited to announce that as a member of the OhioLINK consortium Archer Library will be upgrading its library services platform to Ex Libris Alma/Primo in the summer of 2025.

Our campus can expect an improved user experience with a more intuitive interface to find print and electronic articles, books and other kinds of library materials. As we get closer to “go live,” you will see more information about the new system and changes. Training will be available to help you through the transition.

In preparation for these beneficial enhanced library services, all OhioLINK libraries will pause requesting, lending and borrowing, beginning on May 23, 2025. OhioLINK library transactions will resume June 20, 2025, in conjunction with the release of our new library services platform. All Archer Library-owned and Ashland Theological Seminary Library-owned items will continue to circulate as normal.

Learn more on our Library Services Platform Guide.

Questions? email us at: library@ashland.edu.

Juvenile Books • 2025 ALA Youth Media Awards

 The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the 2nd floor, outside the IRC, or in their regular location.

Note;  Due to the Library Services Platform migration, catalog links are not provided with these titles.

Asian/Pacific Award

• Continental drifter
   CT275.M32 A3 2024  
• Aloha Everything
  PZ8.3.G293685 Alo 2024  
• Everything we never had
  PZ7.1.R5 Ev 2024  
  
  

Stonewall Book Award

• Canto contigo : a novel 
  PZ7.1.G3783 Can 2024  
• The flicker
  PZ7.1.E274 Fl 2024  
• Lunar Boy
  PZ7.7.W546 Lu 2024  
• Murry Out of Water
  PZ7.5.T72 Mu 2024  
• Marley's Pride
   PZ7.1.R466 Mar 2024  
• Navigating with you
  PZ7.7.W545 Nav 2024 
• Most ardently : a Pride & prejudice remix
  PZ7.1.N687 Mo 2024  

Juvenile Books • 2025 ALA Youth Media Awards

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the 2nd floor, outside the IRC, or in their regular location.

Note;  Due to the Library Services Platform migration, catalog links are not provided with these titles.

Schneider Family Book Award

• On the bright side 
  PZ7.1.S6796 On 2024  
• You're so amazing!
   PZ7.1.C46345 You 2024  
• A Little Like Magic
  PZ7.1.K87 Lit 2024  
• Light Enough to Float
  PZ7.5.S39 Li 2024  
• Popcorn: A Novel
  PZ7.H2348 Po 2024  
  

Main Collection • 2025 Youth Media Awards

 Unless otherwise noted, the following books have been added to the main circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the main floor, near the information desk, or in their regular location.

Note;  Due to the Library Services Platform migration, catalog links are not provided with these titles.

Alex Award Winners (Adult Books for YA)

• Beautiful people : my thirteen truths about disability
  HV3013.B53 B43 2024  
• The witch of Colchis : Medea's story
  PR6108.E98 M43 2024  
• Big Jim and the white boy : an American classic reimagined (Juvenile)
  PN6727.W2665 B54 2024  
•  I feel awful, thanks
   PN6777.S29 P53513 2024 
• Woman, life, freedom
  HQ1735.2 .S28 2024  
• I was a teenage slasher 
  PS3560.O5395 I93 2024  
• The dead cat tail assassins
   PS3603.L36843 D43 2024  
• How to solve your own murder : a novel
   PS3616.E785 H69 2024  
• Daughters of Shandong
  PS3603.H85334 D38 2024  

Children's Book Week

Children's Book Week • May 5-11

Established in 1919, Children’s Book Week is a celebration of books and the connection they bring. The 2025 slogan is An Ocean of Stories. Celebrate the vast, collective ocean populated by the stories we read, share, and tell.  Children’s Book Week is not only a celebration of books, but of connection. It is a vehicle to unite kids and adults with books, authors, and illustrators in order to foster a love of reading (Children's Book Week FAQs).

Interested in learning more? Check out these free resources:

• Official poster & coloring page
• Bookmarks & Activity Pages
• "It's Book Week" Coloring Pages
• Draw-Your-Own Bookmark
• 105 Fun Facts

Check out a children's book this week!  Archer Library's juvenile collection is located on the second floor.  Stop in the IRC for help locating your favorite book - or find a new favorite read.

IRC Summer Hours

IRC Summer Hours

The IRC's summer hours schedule begins on Monday, May 5th,  

• Monday - Wednesday:  7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Thursday:  7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Friday:  Online Hours 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The IRC is closed daily from1 - 1:30 p.m. for lunch. 

A Complete listing of scheduled holiday closures and updates is available on the Main Library calendar. IRC hours are subject to change.

Congratulations Class of 2025

Reminder • New Library Services Platform

About the Project

As a member of the OhioLINK library consortium, Archer Library and Ashland Theological Seminary Library will be upgrading our library system software to Ex Libris's Alma and Primo VE, scheduled to go live on June 18, 2025. The new system will replace the existing Library Catalog, OhioLINK/SearchOhio Catalogs, and OneSearch. All Libraries in OhioLINK are migrating to the new system.

What Does This Mean?

• New websites will replace the existing Library Catalog, OhioLINK/SearchOhio Catalogs, and OneSearch sites. The library collections will remain the same, but the interface used to search them will look different.
• There will be temporary interruptions to borrowing and requesting, purchase of new library materials, and updates to the library catalog.
• Links to items and searches in the Ashland Library Catalog and the OhioLINK/SearchOhio Catalogs will need to be updated.

Visit our Library Services Platform Migration site for additional information about this project, including a project timeline, information for instructors, and a preview of the new Library catalog.