Extended Weekend Hours

Finals Weekend • Extended Hours

Archer Library will be open extended hours the weekend before finals.

• Friday, April 29: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. 
• Saturday, April 30: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Sunday, May 1:  1 p.m. to Midnight

A complete listing of library hours and updates is available on our website.

Schedule a Research Appointment

 

 

Archer Library Help • Online Request Form

It's not too late for help with that final paper or research project. Complete the online help form to schedule in-person, Zoom, or email consultations. We can help you craft and manage effective search strategies, locate articles in library databases, use OhioLINK and Interlibrary loan, and more. Archer Library's librarians can provide extensive help at the reference desk, but if you want to be sure that there will be enough time to fully explore your research question, please schedule a research appointment. 

In-person reference hours for this week are:

• Monday - Wednesday: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. 
• Thursday: Noon to 7 p.m. 
• Friday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
• Sunday: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Library Spotlight • Collections

New Books

Titles are added to the library collection at various times throughout the academic year. When shelf ready, they are featured in the new books area on the main floor. The following titles were recently added to the library's main general collection.

• Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider
  E185.61.P465 2021
  
• Why Superman Doesn't Take Over the world: What Superheroes Can Tell Us About Economics
  HB171.O2 2019
• People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent
  HC110.W4 W75 2019
  
• Scaling for Success: People Priorities for High-Growth Organizations
  D62.5.B377 2021
• Free Speech Handbook: A Practical Framework for Understanding our Free Speech Protections
  KF4772.R672 2021
  
• Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide
  LC5225.L42 M47 2020
• The Adult Learner: The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development
  LC5225.L42 K56 2020
  
• Putting it together: How Stephen Sondheim and I created Sunday in the park with George
  ML410.S6872 L36 2021
• A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020
  ND237.E6183 A4 2021
  
• Data For Journalists: A Practical Guide for Computer-Assisted Reporting
  PN4784.E5 H68 2019
• The Profession of Dietetics
  RA784.C258 2021
  
• Technical Communication: A Design-Centric Approach
  T10.5.B344 2022
  

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

Library Hours • Easter Break

Library Hours • Easter Break

Archer Library Hours for Easter Break are:

• Wednesday, April 13:  8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Thursday, April 14:  8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Friday, April 15 - Sunday, April 17:  Closed

Regular hours resume on Monday, April 18th. A complete listing of library hours and scheduled exceptions are available on our web site. Please note that library hours are subject to change.

Need a break? We have new DVDs

New DVDs & More
Ready for a break? We have added several new DVDs to the library collection! Even better, we now have four external DVD drives (Kit 576) available to use with your laptop. Here are a few of our new movies: 

• Encanto
  DVD 1055
• Ghostbusters Afterlife
  DVD 1056
• West Side Story
  DVD 1057
• Sing 2
  DVD 1058
• House of Gucci
  DVD 1059
• The Greatest Showman
  DVD 1060
• Belfast
  DVD 1061
• Dune
  DVD 1062
• Matrix Reloaded
  DVD 1063
• King Richard
  DVD 1064

DVDs are located in the second floor study room, adjacent to the juvenile collection.  The external drives are part of the IRC's materials kit collection. Stop in the IRC if you need help locating these items.

National Library Week • April 3-9

Top 10 Frequently Challenged Books 2021

National Library Week, April 3-9, 2022, features the release of the American Library Association's (ALA) 2022 State of America's Libraries Report. Included in this report are the top 10 most frequently challenged books of 2021; titles are featured in the above infographic and text below.

2022 State of America's Libraries Report

The American Library Association tracked 729 challenges to library, school, and university materials and services in 2021. Of the 1,597 individual books that were challenged or banned in 2021, here are the top 10 most challenged: 

1. Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe. Reasons: Banned, challenged, and restricted for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to have sexually explicit images. 
2. Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison. Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit. 
3. All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson. Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content, profanity, and because it was considered to be sexually explicit. 
4. Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez. Reasons: Banned, challenged, and restricted for depictions of abuse and because it was considered to be sexually explicit. 
5. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. Reasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, violence, and it was thought to promote an anti-police message and indoctrination of a social agenda. 
6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. Reasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, sexual references, and use of a derogatory term. 
7. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews. Reasons: Banned and challenged because it was considered sexually explicit and degrading to women. 
8. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. Reasons: Banned and challenged because it depicts child sexual abuse and was considered sexually explicit. 
9. This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson. Reasons: Banned, challenged, relocated, and restricted for providing sexual education and LGBTQIA+ content.
10. Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin. Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit.

Infographic & text used with permission. State of America's Libraries Toolkit.