Archer Library • Winter Break
Archer Library will be closed Thursday, December 21st through Wednesday, January 3rd. A complete listing of hours and updates is available on our website and the main library hours and updates calendar.
We wish you a joyous holiday season!
Library hours after finals, and before holiday break, are detailed below:
A complete listing of library hours and updates is available on our web site and main library hours and updates calendar.
Archer Library Extended Hours • December 8 - 15th
Archer Library offers the following extended hours schedule beginning on Friday 12/8 and continuing through the end of finals week:
A complete listing of library hours and updates is available on our website and main hours calendar.
Finals stress? We can help!
Did you know, just a few minutes with a therapy dog can help you de-distress as you prepare for finals? Starting this week, Therapy dogs will be visiting Archer Library twice a day the following days.
Please note, these times are subject to change. Verify time and date when planning your visit: Questions about these events? Contact Don Reams at dreams2@ashland.edu
DEI e-book collection
In 2021, the State Library of Ohio awarded American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to OhioLINK for the purchase of a shared collection of unlimited-user, perpetual-access Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) e-books.
A project team of OhioLINK member librarians selected 163 e-books in total to form the collection. The Phase 2 set of 81 additional titles is now available in the ProQuest Ebook Central platform.
About the ARPA Collection
"This collection allows all OhioLINK member libraries to have access to a base e-book collection in this important and under-resourced area for learning and research. These e-books also could be used as teaching materials to introduce students to a diversity of voices that otherwise might not be available to them." - OhioLINK, 12/27/23
Library Hours • Thanksgiving Break
Archer Library Hours for Thanksgiving Break are:
"Faculty and staff can continue to visit the Patterson Hall IT service desk. Another change taking place on Oct. 23 is what you will encounter when you call into the TSC for assistance at 419-289-5405. You will hear three options to press 1 for a class down or emergency issue, 2 for a student issue or password reset or 3 for a faculty/staff issue. The aim of these changes is to provide greater direct support to faculty and staff with fewer intermediaries" (MyAU Portal, IT Minute, 10/13/23)
We are excited to announce that circulation and reference services are back on the main floor of Archer Library. Our new service desk is located on the west side of the main floor.
Library Hours • Fall Break
Archer Library Hours for fall break are:
During the third round of funding of the OER Grant Program, ATLA awarded Ashland Theological Seminary a grant to create a multimedia resource on Christian Church history consisting of an interactive timeline linking to informative and educational elements. The resource was developed as a LibGuide and is now available under a CC-BY-NC for use and adaptation by anyone who may be seeking OER in church history.
The grant team consisted of six persons from Ashland Theological Seminary’s faculty, library and other support staff: Dr. Jason Barnhart (Assistant Professor of Historical Theology), Sadie Vanderzyden (Grant Assistant), Dr. Pidge Bannin (Senior Instructional Designer), Karen Reaume (Associate Program Director), Sarah Thomas (Theological Librarian) and Daniel O’Brien (Circulation & Digital Services Librarian).
The team created a visually appealing interactive timeline that includes informative text and images to illustrate the subject. Dr. Barnhart explains “This interactive church history timeline will provide a free resource to both students taking church history courses, and those looking to increase their knowledge of key people, events and places that have shaped the Christian story. Instead of costly books of charts and maps, students will now have a resource available through the online presence of our library. My hope would be for this resource to expand further with more church history data along with historical data from the Old and New Testaments and the intertestamental period. With photos, charts and videos, students will be able to immerse themselves in both the biblical and ecclesiastical stories of Christianity.”
Read the grant announcement and explore the LibGuide:
Announcement originally posted on MyAU 10/5/23
Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022
"ALA documented 1,269 demands to censor library books and resources in 2022, the highest number of attempted book bans since ALA began compiling data about censorship in libraries more than 20 years ago. The unparalleled number of reported book challenges in 2022 nearly doubles the 729 book challenges reported in 2021. Of the record 2,571 unique titles targeted for censorship, these are most challenged, including reasons cited for censoring the books" (2022 Book Ban Data).
Banned Books Week Display
Visit our Banned Books Week display on Archer Library's second floor, directly outside of the Instructional Resource Center. We have free bookmarks, buttons, word search puzzles, and flyers. Stay tuned to the IRC Blog, more Banned Books Week posts are planned.
Check out the library's LibGuide celebrating Constitution Day at the following link: https://libguides.ashland.edu/constitution. Since so many of the resources are gov docs, we've added it to the government document subject area on the main LibGuide page.
The
Archer Library is featuring a Constitution Day display that is setup on the
ground floor of the library. The display will run 09/11/23-09/19/23. Please
feel free to visit the display and pickup your own copy of the U.S.
Constitution.
If there are any questions,
see Sarah Thomas, (419) 289-5168 or sthomas4@ashland.edu.
With our new display on the 5th floor, we are spotlighting an author who is now a part of the AU community: Yoe Suárez
For the summer of 2023, Suárez was Ashland University’s Writer-in-Residence where he worked on a book “about very brave pastors in Cuba who are preaching the good work of the Lord and not putting aside what is happening in Cuba” and “the clash between the Christian ethic and the socialist ethic … to inspire people, letting them know that there are people in Cuba telling the truth.” He also gave a presentation, “Faith Under Totalitarianism in the 21st Century: Cuba, Freedom and the Church,” on August 2nd in a conversational format with AU President Carlos Campo, whose father came to America from Cuba in 1940.
A Quick Biography of our Spotlighted Author
Yoe Suárez (1990) is from Havana, Cuba where he was a journalist who has been working with non-state media outlets in Cuba since 2014. He has written and documented the human rights and freedom of religion issues in Cuba, and as a result he and his family have been regularly subjected to intimidation tactics, threats and interrogations by authorities. He, his wife who was also a Cuban journalist, and their son entered the US last summer and have applied for political asylum to stay in the US.
Suárez has published with both English and Spanish media outlets including The Hill, Newsweek, Univision, El Español, and El Espectador. He won the Hypermedia Editorial Reporting Award (USA) 2017 and 2018 and the Gabo Grant for Cultural Journalism 2018. His books have been translated into English and Italian. He produced, wrote and directed documentaries in Cuba, including the feature film Cuba Crucis (2022), about the lack of religious freedom under totalitarianism, filmed clandestinely on the island.
* are the books that are now in the AU collection
Resources:
Introducing ProQuest CultureGrams
Our newest OhioLINK database, ProQuest CultureGrams Online provides concise, reliable, and up-to-date cultural information on countries across the globe. Read country reports on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. Reports are written and reviewed by in-country experts and are updated as new information becomes available. CultureGrams is available from Archer Library's A to Z Database List and is currently featured as a new resource.
About CultureGrams
"CultureGrams is a leading reference for concise and reliable cultural information on the countries of the world. With world events increasingly affecting our lives, it's more important than ever to educate students about the world around them, and for college students and business people to stay up-to-date." Learn more about CultureGrams on the ProQuest LibGuides content page.
Holiday Hours • Labor Day
Archer Library hours for the Labor Day holiday weekend are noted below.
Welcome to Archer Library
Archer Library's fall hours schedule begins Monday, August 28th. A complete listing of library hours, exceptions, and updates is available on the library website.
Hours for Archer Library, the Instructional Resource Center, and ATS library are available on the combined library hours main calendar. Archer Library hours are subject to change.
Monday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth.
Summer hours will resume on Tuesday, June 20th. A complete listing of library hours and updates is available on our website.
Visit the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture to learn more about Juneteenth.
"On June 19, 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas with the news that the more than 250,000 enslaved Black people in the state were free. This day came to be known as #Juneteenth, now officially a federal holiday" (NMAACH.SI Juneteenth).
Cafe & North Side Progress
Have you had an opportunity to walk along College Avenue to view progress being made on the library cafe and north side of the building? It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood and the perfect time for a stroll. Here are a few photos of the progress being made on the cafe and north side of Archer Library.
Yes! We are open.
A temporary construction wall is now in place on the main floor. When you enter the library, turn left to access the elevators and library services, collections, offices, and the Center for Academic Support (7th floor). Remember, visitors should use the main doors to enter and exit the library building.
Library services located on the ground floor include: circulation, OhioLINK, and interlibrary loan; reference, technical services, and acquisitions; and an inside book return. The after hours book return is located next to the library's brown loading dock doors, across from the Chapel.
Library Entrance & Building Directory
Book & Article Requests
Interlibrary loan book and article request forms have been successfully migrated to Microsoft login and authentication. The forms have not changed, only access has been updated.
Articles requested through interlibrary loan are e-mailed directly to the requester.
Books requested through interlibrary loan are delivered to the main campus Library's Circulation Desk. An email will be sent when items are ready to be picked up.
Learn more about interlibrary loan services on the Archer Library website. If you have questions about interlibrary loan, contact them via email at ill@ashland.edu.
Book & Article Requests
We are in the process of changing over Archer Library and Ashland Theological Seminary Library's Interlibrary Loan article and book request forms from Google to Microsoft authentication. Forms are currently displaying error messages and/or redirecting users back to the library website.
Interlibrary loan remains available; please send full citation information for articles and book requests to the Interlibrary Loan email: ill@ashland.edu. Be sure to send the requests using your Ashland University email account.
We apologize for the inconvenience and will post updates as soon they become available.
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Summer Hours Schedule
Archer Library's summer hours schedule begins Monday, May 8th. A complete listing of library hours, exceptions, and updates is available on the library website and our Main Hours Calendar.
Due to main floor renovations and construction, Archer Library summer hours are subject to change. For construction updates, follow Archer Library's News & Information Blog.
Final Countdown!
Preparations are under way for closing the main floor to the public. We have been working hard to relocate imporant services and make them accessible to the Ashland University community during the construction and renovation process. More information will be posted soon, but beginning next week:
Archer Library hours after finals are detailed below. A complete listing of library hours and updates is available on our website and the main library hours calendar.
Reference Help • We're still here!
Our main floor reference desk is gone, but librarians are still available to help. You can stop in at the circulation desk and ask for the librarian on duty, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. You can also:
Ground Level View
Every day brings something new to see! Photos taken from outside the construction safety fence provides a ground level view of progress being made on the north side of Archer Library. Interested in a different perspective? Check out this birds-eye view of the same area, check out this IRC News & Information Blog post.
The final two main floor library collections have been relocated to their temporary homes:
Update • Library Shelving & Art
It is amazing to see the main floor with reference stacks dismantled and removed. Tables and seating will be relocated to floors 3 through 6; several pieces of artwork have been relocated to the ground floor as well. The reference desk and public access computers stationed around the pole will be dismantled and removed from the main floor in coming days.
Never fear, reference librarians remain available. Stop at the main desk and ask for a librarian if you need help. You can also email us at library@ashland.edu or use our online form to request a reference appointment. And remember, librarians are available via chat 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the week. Visit the library website for additional information.
