IRC Weekend Hours

The Instructional Resource Center will be open Saturday, December 6th from 10 am to 4 pm and Sunday, December 7th from 5 pm to 10 pm for extended finals week hours.

A complete list of IRC Hours Updates is available on our web site. Remember, you can still make holiday buttons on Saturday.

IRC Pinterest: Materials Kits

Visit the IRC Pinterest board, Materials Kits to view recent additions to this circulating collection. Our materials kit collection features puppets, flannel board stories, dry erase boards, and games for math, science, language arts, social studies, music, and other subject areas.


Follow IRC's board IRC Materials Kits on Pinterest.

Materials kits are part of the IRC circulating collection, located on the second floor of AU Library. Check availability by clicking the catalog link after each call number.

IRC Circulating: Kits

The following materials kits have been added to the Instructional Resource Center circulating collection. Materials Kits are located inside of the IRC, on right side/east wall, and shelved numerically. For ease of use, shelving in the IRC are labeled.

• Jumbo Magnifiers
  Kit 0472
• Plastic Safety Compasses (set 10)
  Kit 0473
• Plastic Safety Compasses (set 9)
  Kit 0473
• Magnetic Fraction Number Lines
  Kit 0474
• Magnetic Ten Frame Answer Boards
  Kit 0475
• Dry Erase Paddles (1 cm)
  Kit 0476
• Dry Erase Paddles (2 cm)
  Kit 0476

IRC Circulating: Kits

The following materials kits have been added to the Instructional Resource Center circulating collection. Materials Kits are located inside of the IRC, on right side/east wall, and shelved numerically. For ease of use, shelving in the IRC are labeled.

• Busy Bodies: Gross Motor Exercise Cards
  Kit 0465
• Estimation Station
  Kit 0466
• Angles: Flash Cards
  Kit 0467
• Math Stacks: Least Common Multiple & Greatest Common Factor, Gr. 3-5
  Kit 0468
• Math Stacks: Least Common Multiple & Greatest Common Factor, Gr. 6-8
  Kit 0469
• Math Stacks: Geometry, Gr. 6-8
  Kit 0470
• Buggy Beads Counting Frame
  Kit 0471

IRC Posters & Maps

The following items have been added to the poster and map collection. You can find them in the poster and map file located outside the listening lab, library second floor.

• Tree of Life
  Poster 0265
• As an Oak Tree Grows
  Poster 0266
• Beneath the Oceans
  Poster 0267

Holiday Buttons During Finals

Did you know the IRC has a button maker?

Button, button, who has the button maker? We do!

Need a break from studying for finals? Come to the Instructional Resource Center, library second floor, and make a small holiday button for free. Starting Wednesday, December 3rd and continuing through Monday, December 8th, choose one of six available designs and make your own button during regular IRC hours. Offer is limited to one button per person while supplies last. We’re excited to button up for finals!

Finals Week: Quiet Spaces

Looking for a quiet space to study during finals?

AU Library has designated the 4th and 5th floors as quiet spaces during extended hours and finals week, November 30th - December 10th. Comfortable open study areas are available to students on both floors.

Interested in reserving a study room?  

Stop at the circulation desk and reserve one of our study rooms on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors for a maximum of three hours. Please note, students using a reserved study room will be asked to vacate the room.