Update: OhioLINK EBC

OhioLINK's Electronic Book Center (EBC) is once again fully functional. If you experience problems or need help using the EBC, contact the library at ext 5400 or email us library@ashland.edu.

OhioLINK: Electronic Book Center

OhioLINK's Electronic Book Center (EBC) is currently down and the problem has been reported to OH-Tech. Updates will be posted as they become available. Thank you for your patience.

Library Spotlight: Welcome Anita Slack

Please join Ashland University Library in welcoming Anita Slack to the AU Community. Anita is a reference and instruction librarian and will be the library liaison for Art, Communication Studies, English, Foreign Languages, Journalism and Digital Media, and Theatre.

Anita comes to us from Ursuline College, where she served as a Reference & Instruction librarian for three years. In addition to her Masters of Library and Information Science, she also possesses a Bachelor and Master of Arts in English with a concentration in literature and writing. Prior to Ursuline, Anita was an Information Services Librarian at Vincennes University.

Anita is active in the Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) serving as an executive board member, communications editor, and the communications committee co-chair. She is a regular reviewer for Reference & User Services Quarterly. Her professional interests include information literacy instruction, information seeking behaviors, educational theory, and assessment of student learning. In her spare time, Anita is a voracious reader, sporadic writer, dabbler in music, and watcher of movies.

Anita’s office is located on the main floor of AU Library, stop in and say hello! Contact her via phone at 419-289-5427 (ext 5427 on campus) or email at aslack3@ashland.edu.

AU Library: Facebook

Are you following Ashland University Library on Facebook?

News, information, updates, and library activities are a few of the things we feature. Comments (and likes) are always welcome.

Library Spotlight: New Books

New books are added to the library collection throughout the academic year. When shelf ready, titles are featured in the new books area on library main floor, near the computers and recreational reading. The following titles have been added to the library's main collection.

• The Bloomsbury Companion to Analytic Philosophy
  B808 .5 .B56 2015
• The Bloomsbury Companion to Hegel
  B2948 .B625 2015
• The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East
  D566 .R56 2015b
• Europe on Trial: The Story of Collaboration, Resistance, and Retribution During World War II
  D802 .E8 D43 2015
• The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society
  E846 .Z45 2015
• American Passage: The Communication Frontier in Early New England
  F7 .G736 2015
• Business Cycle Economics: Understanding Recessions and Depressions from Boom to Bust
  HB3711 .K627 2015
• Digital Citizenship in Schools: Nine Elements All Students Should Know
  LB1028 .43.R52 2015
• Statsu
  ND1059 .T3 A4 2015
• Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
  PE14580 .N67 2015
• The Cambridge Companion to French Literature
  PQ103 .C25 2016
• Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library
  Z731 .W734 2015

Books are selected by AU librarians and subject to the library's collection development policy which includes faculty recommendations and requests and professional reviews. If you have a purchase recommendation or request, contact your library liaison or email library@ashland.edu for more information.

Update: OhioLINK Catalog & EJC

The OhioLINK Library Catalog and Electronic Journal Center (EJC) have been restored. Please be sure to let us know if you experience any residual problems with these resource.  Thank you for your patience.

OhioLINK Catalog & EJC

We have received notice that the OhioLINK Catalog and Electronic Journal Center (EJC) are down this morning. High priority tickets have been submitted. Updates will be posted as we learn more about the situation.


AU Library's catalog is not effected by this outage.If you need help or have questions, please feel free to call AU Library at 419-248-5400 or ext 5400 on campus.

AU Library FAQs

You have questions? We have answers.

AU Library FAQs is a searchable knowledge base providing quick answers to a variety of frequently asked questions about AU Library (general), Circulation & Reserves (including OhioLINK), the Instructional Resource Center, Interlibrary Loan, and Reference & Instruction.

Getting Started: Type your question in the search box, it will auto-fill if a matching answer is available. If an answer does not display, use the Browse Our Answers tabs to review popular, recent, or select featured FAQs.

Browse Group FAQs: Does your question pertain to one of our groups? Select that group, for example Circulation & Reserves, from the Groups drop down menu located next to the search box.

Search all FAQs: Do you want to see what topics, keywords, and groups are available? Select All from the main page menu and search all the available FAQs. Use the limiters provided and narrow your search to specific topics or groups.

Submit a Q: If your question is not answered, contact information for each group including phone numbers, email, and IRC chat is available.  You may also use the submit a question form and submit your query for review and inclusion in the knowledge base.

Library Circulation: Overdue & Courtesy Notices

Due to a Sierra system issue, overdue and courtesy notices for OhioLINK and AU Library items are currently not being sent / emailed. The problem has been reported to Innovative; updates will be posted as they become available.  Thank you for your patience.

Remember, you may use My Library Account on the library web site to view and renew books online and check status of requests. Questions? Call library circulation at ext. 5400 or ask at the main desk, AU Library main floor, for additional information.

AU Library Text: Instant Answers

AU Library's Instant Answer service is a quick, convenient way to receive AU library hours and phone information from AU Library and the Instructional Resource Center. Instant Answers provides opportunity for you to text* us and have answers sent to your phone, tablet, or other mobile device.

Choose one these key* words:

• library hours - receive AU library hours
• library phone - receive AU library main and reference phone numbers
• IRC hours - receive IRC hours
• IRC phone - receive the IRC phone number

But, wait. There's more! Text welcome to receive an automatic welcome message and save the number to use at a later date.  During summer scheduled IRC chat hours, texts may be answered live. Submitted text questions must adhere to IRC chat policy,


*Key words are not case sensitive. Standard messaging rates may apply for each text.

Library Spotlight: Collection Update DVDs

AU Library is continuing with our project to replace faculty requested and high-use VHS titles in our existing media collection in DVD or Blu-ray format. AU Library's DVD collection is located on the second floor, room 201.  Having trouble finding a DVD? Ask in the IRC for help. The following DVDs have been added to the circulating collection.

• Key Largo
  DVD 0994
• The Karate Kid
  DVD 0995
• Stand and Deliver
  DVD 0996
• A Town Like Alice
  DVD 0997
• Ridicule
  DVD 0998
• Sister Act 2
  DVD 0999
• Is Paris Burning?
  DVD 1000
• Seven Sinners
  DVD 1001
• Jurassic Park
  DVD 1002
• Golden Earrings
  DVD 1003
• Pittsburgh
  DVD 1004

Media, including CDs and DVDs, are selected by AU librarians and subject to the library's collection development policy which includes faculty recommendations and requests and professional reviews.

If you have a purchase recommendation or request, contact your library liaison or email library@ashland.edu for more information.

IRC Pinterest

Are you following IRC @ Ashland University Library on Pinterest? Our boards feature Ellison Die collections, new books, book trailers, graphic novels, big books, alphabet books and so much more.

Visit IRC's profile on Pinterest.

Interested in summer reading? We have just the thing; check out our boards for Recreational Reading and Alex Award Winners.

Follow IRC's board Recreational Reading on Pinterest.

Library Spotlight: New Books

New books are added to the library collection throughout the academic year. When shelf ready, titles are featured in the new books area on library main floor, near the computers and recreational reading. The following titles have been added to the library's main collection.

• Women in Christian Traditions
  BV639.W7 M594 2015
• A Concise History of Japan
  DS835.W335 2015
• Glaciers: The Politics of Ice
  GB2405 .T35 2015
• The Devil is Here in These Hills: West Virginia's Coal Miners and Their Battle for Freedom
  HD8039.M62 U6265 2015
• Before the Oath: How George W. Bush and Barack Obama Managed A Transfer of Power
  JK516 .K85 2015
• A Constitutional History of the U.S. Supreme Court
  KF8742 .R45 2015
• The Complexities of Early Instrumentation: Winds and Brass
  ML455 -J47 2015
• A Brief History of Numbers
  QA241 .C6945 2015
• Fossils: The Key to the Past
  QE714.3 .F67 2015
• The Psychology of Overeating: Food and the Culture of Consumerism
  RC552 .E18 C36 2015
• DDT Wars: Rescuing Our National Bird, Preventing Cancer, and Creating the Environmental Defense Fund
  SB952 .D2 W87 2015
• Global Information Warfare: The New Digital Battlefield
  U163 .J66 2016

Books are selected by AU librarians and subject to the library's collection development policy which includes faculty recommendations and requests and professional reviews. If you have a purchase recommendation or request, contact your library liaison or email library@ashland.edu for more information.