Welcome • IT Student Help Desk

An IT Student Help Desk is now available the main floor of the Archer Library. "This help desk is dedicated to students’ technology issues so students can visit the library for walk-up assistance with their technology issues"

Additional Information

"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)

Welcome • Writing & Communications Center

The Writing and Communication Center has begun transitioning to it's new location in Archer Library. As of Oct. 16, WCC in person meetings are being held in the new location, the main floor (east side), adjacent to the café. the café. The WCC team looks forward to sharing its resources with you in a friendly, accessible setting. 

The WCC team will continue offering services with written, oral and digital works. The new tools in the library space will make it even easier to seek assistance with presentations and digital productions. The whole team cannot wait to see you there and to be a part of your academic success.

Originally posted on MyAU Portal 10/10/23

Main Floor • Circulation & Reference

We're Back! Circulation & Reference

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. 

• The left side is Library Circulation; you will be able to checkout items, including OhioLINK, Interlibrary Loan, and reserves. 
• The right side is reference; librarians are on-call throughout the day, ask at the circulation desk for reference help and the librarian on-duty will meet with you. 

Signage for our new area is pending, be sure to stop and ask about services. We look forward to seeing you in our new space.

Library Hours • Fall Break

Library Hours • Fall Break 
Archer Library Hours for fall break are: 

• Thursday, October 12: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
• Friday, October 13: 8 a.m. to 4p.m. 
• Saturday, October 14: Closed 

Archer Library's fall hours schedule resumes on Sunday, October 15th, we will be open 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. A complete listing of library hours and updates is available on our website and the main library calendar. Have a safe and enjoyable fall break!

ATS Receives ATLA Grant

Congratulations to librarians Sarah Thomas and Daniel O'Brien.

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:

• Atla Announces Publication of Grant Funded Open Educational Resource on Church History
• LibGuide:  Christian Church History Timeline

Announcement originally posted on MyAU 10/5/23

Banned Books Week • October 1 - 7, 2023

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.