July 6, 2026

IRC Update • Moving right along


It's a beautiful day on campus! 

Archer Library looks quiet on the outside ... but behind the scenes we are managing database updates, facilitating library guide and FAQs page migration to new platforms, preparing for fall instruction, and updating and working on new displays (stay tuned for the front window reveal). 

Second floor is moving right along, the PZ7s are crazy!

June 30, 2026

IRC Hours Update


IRC Holiday Hours
The Instructional Resource Center will be closed Friday, July 3rd, for Independence Day.  Our summer hours schedule will resume on Monday, July 6th, A complete listing of IRC hours are available on the IRC website and updates available on the main library hours calendar.

Have a safe and happy 4th of July holiday!

June 24, 2026

New 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.

June 23, 2026

New 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.

June 22, 2026

New 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.

New 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."