IRC Reference

The following book has been added to the IRC reference collection. You will find it shelved directly inside the Instructional Resource Center, library second floor, in the IRC reference section.

• Newbery & Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books, 2011
  IRC Ref PN1009.A1 N49

IRC Hours Update: Thanksgiving Break

IRC hours for Thanksgiving Break are:

• Close 9 pm - Tuesday, November 22
• Closed - Wednesday, November 23 through Saturday, November 26
• Open 6 to 10 pm - Sunday, November 27
• Open 9 to 11 am & 1 to 10 pm, Monday, November 28

Regular IRC hours resume on Tuesday, November 29.  Visit the IRC Hours and Updates page on the IRC web site for a complete list of  currently scheduled updates for Fall 2011.

Library & IRC: AU Homepage Offline

"In preparation for the AU homepage launch this weekend, the main AU webpage will be offline for several hours Friday evening (11/18/11). This outage will have no effect on other services (e.g. Student Email, Employee Email, ANGEL, Mediasite, etc.) however, your ability to access these systems via the main AU website will be temporarily unavailable. AU web services that are bookmarked will be available but there will be no access through the main www.ashland.edu website for a few hours what the site is prepared for cutover to the new homepage." -- AU Campus Communications, Information Technology

Many library resources will remain available during the scheduled AU web site down time;  please use the following links for direct access:

• AU Library LibGuides - Research Guides
• AU Library Catalog
• AU Library Electronic Reserves
• AU Library Journal List: A to Z
• Your Library Account: View & Renew

You may also use OhioLINK for access to databases:

• OhioLINK Catalog
  
• OhioLINK Databases
  
• OhioLINK Quick Search

Please feel free to call the library with questions regarding access to these resources. AU library will open at the regularly scheduled time for weekend services: Saturday (10 am to 5 pm) and Sunday (1 pm to midnight).  The IRC will open at it's regularly scheduled time for weekend hours: Saturday (1 pm to 5 pm) and Sunday (6 pm to 10 pm).

*Blog post was originally published on the AU Library News blog.

IRC Hours Update

The IRC will close this evening, Tuesday, November 15th, at 7:00 pm.  We will open Wednesday morning (11/16) at 8:00 am as scheduled. 

Thanksgiving Picture Books

Ready for the holidays? Here are a few children's picture books from the library's juvenile collection that celebrate Thanksgiving; new, old, and a few favorites along the way.

• Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
  PN1982.S27 S84 2011
• Turkey Trouble
  PZ7.S58558 Tur 2009
• Thanksgiving, The True Story
  GT4975 .C55 2008
• One is a Feast for a Mouse
  PZ7.C83835 On 2008
• Turkey Bowl
  PZ7.B4923 Tur 2008
• Autumn: September, October, and November  
  GT4502 .G64 2005
• Over the River: A Turkey's Tale
  PZ8.3.A5453 Ov 2005
• Turkey Surprise
  PZ7.A6749 Tu 2005
• An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving
  PZ7.A335 Om 2005
• Thanksgiving on Plymouth Plantation
  PZ7.S7869 Tj 2004
• The Very First Thanksgiving Day
  PZ8.3.G824 Ve 2002
• Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest Feast
  GT4975 .W38 2001

And ... a few old favorites

• A Turkey for Thanksgiving
  PZ7.B91527 Tu 1991
• Gracias the Thanksgiving Turkey
  PZ7.C8375 Gr 1998
• Thanksgiving in the White House
  PZ7.H5715 Th 2002
• Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving
  PZ8.3.P55867 Tw 1990
• I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie
  PZ8.3.J13435 Ik 1997

More juvenile holiday book resources are available on the Children's Literature Topics LibGuide, just choose the Holidays tab!

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Author Event: J. Patrick Lewis

Schar College of Education Hosts Children's Author and Poet

The Schar College of Education is sponsoring a guest author event this semester that will feature children's author and poet J. Patrick Lewis on Nov. 8 at 10 a.m. in the Ronk Lecture Hall in the College of Education. The event is free and open to the public.

Lewis is the current U.S. Children's Poet Laureate and winner of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) 2011 Excellence in Children's Poetry Award.

"This will be a lively, interactive experience for students, teachers and faculty," said Dr. Mary Rycik, chair of the Early Childhood Department. "Formerly a professor of economics, Mr. Lewis has published over 65 children's books and is known for his wicked sense of humor and his connection to non-fiction topics."

Lewis travels throughout the country holding events that are designed to get children excited about the wonders of poetry.

"Students and those in attendance can expect to hear a lot of poetry reading but not stuffy verse," Rycik said. "You will hear poems about animals, nature, people and holidays and that will include limericks, haiku, riddles, shape poems, narrative poems, song lyrics and nonsense verse."

More information about Lewis can be found at his website at: http://www.jpatricklewis.com/. Those wanting more information about the guest author event can contact Rycik at 419-289-5256 or email her at mrycik@ashland.edu.

Originally published in Campus Communications 10/18/11