June 11, 2026

IRC Hours Update

IRC Hours Update

The Instructional Resource Center will be closed Friday, June 12 through Sunday, June 21. Our summer hours schedule resumes on Monday, June 22.  A complete listing of IRC hours & updates is available on the main library calendar.

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June 10, 2026

New Books • Juvenile Fiction

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 2nd floor location.

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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 2nd floor, outside the IRC, or in their regular 2nd floor location.

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June 9, 2026

New Books • Juvenile Fiction

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 2nd floor location.

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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 2nd floor, outside the IRC, or in their regular 2nd floor location.

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June 8, 2026

New Books • Juvenile Non Fiction

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 2nd floor location.

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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 2nd floor, outside the IRC, or in their regular 2nd floor location.

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New Books • Juvenile Non Fiction

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 2nd floor location.

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June 5, 2026

New Books • Juvenile Non Fiction

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 2nd floor location.

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Juvenile Books • Historical Fiction

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 2nd floor location.

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New Books • YA

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 2nd floor location.

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New Books • Juvenile Non Fiction

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 2nd floor location.

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June 4, 2026

2026 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 2nd floor location.

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults

YALSA's Award for Excellence in Nonfiction honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) during a Nov. 1 – Oct. 31 publishing year. 


The William C. Morris Award

The William C. Morris Award "honors a book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature."

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal

The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is "awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in English during the preceding year."
The first and most enduring award for LGBTQIA+ books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table. Titles are recognized for "exceptional merit relating to the LGBTQIA+ experience."

Mildred L. Batchelder Award

The Mildred L. Batchelder Award is awarded to an American publisher for a children’s book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originating in a country other than the United States and in a language other than English and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States during the preceding year.
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2026 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 2nd floor location.

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year.

Schneider Family Book Award

The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.

Pura Belpré Award

The Pura Belpré Award is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.

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New Books • Juvenile Non Fiction

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 2nd floor location.

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June 3, 2026

2026 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 2nd floor location.

Caldecott Medal

The Caldecott Medal "is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children."

The Newbery Medal is "awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

Coretta Scott King Award books recognize "outstanding books by African American authors and illustrators. The award encourages the artistic expression of the African American experience via literature and the graphic arts, including biographical, historical, and social history treatments."

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2026 Youth Media Awards • Alex Awards

The following books have been added to the library's general 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.

About the Alex Award

"The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing. The Alex Awards were first given annually beginning in 1998 and became an official ALA award in 2002."

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New Books • Graphic Novels

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 2nd floor location.

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June 2, 2026

New Books • General Collection

The following titles have been added to the library's circulating collection. You will find these titles in their regular location in Archer Library.

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June 1, 2026

Summer Shifting & More


It's summer ☀️

You know what that means ...
🚧Pardon the noise.🚧

We are making adjustments to stack size and location, shifting collections for better access, and weeding dated and damaged materials along the way.

Phase one is complete and it includes making use of space gained.

We aren't quite dancing on the ceiling, but ...

• There's more room around each cafe table.
• Curriculum texts were weeded & shifted
• Activity Books were weeded & shifted

Next up? Caldecott, Newbery, Big Books, and juvenile oversized.

We're working!
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May 20, 2026

IRC Hours Update

IRC Hours Update

The Instructional Resource Center will be closed Friday, May 22nd through Sunday, May 31st. Our summer hours schedule resumes on Monday, June 1st.  A complete listing of IRC hours & updates is available on the main library calendar.

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