Live! Archer Library Website

New Library Website

We're excited to announce that the newly designed Archer Library website is ready for your research needs.  You will find us with academics, two short clicks from the AU Home page;  from the main menu, click the arrow next to Academics and choose Library.

Immediately accessible to users are familiar library research resources including:

• OneSearch,
• Archer Library Catalog,
• A to Z Database List,
• Journal Finder,
• Archer Library Guides, and
• OhioLINK

Featured resources such as the Archer Library Events Calendar, Reserving a Library Study Room, Quick Links, Library Help & Hours, and Contact information are directly below the OneSearch box. Best of all, our popular Ask a Librarian Chat box is fully operational. Stay tuned as we continue to fine-tune content and information presented on our site. If you have questions, or are having trouble locating something on our site, feel free to chat with us online or email us at library@ashland.edu.

➤   Don't forget to check out the new Instructional Resource Center website.

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.

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.

Ohio Women's History • Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Ohio Women on Wikipedia

Archer Library and LearnAU are celebrating Women's History month by participating in the Ohio Women on Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, sponsored by the Ohio Center for the Book and the State Library of Ohio. 

We will be presenting a series of three workshops, March 29th through March 31st, in Archer Library's active learning lab and via Zoom. You are encouraged to bring a laptop or mobile device as these will be working sessions. 

These workshops are open to Ashland University faculty, students, and staff who are would like to explore Wikipedia, learn to edit pages, and incorporate research and citation information.

Interested in Learning More?

Visit the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon library guide or the Archer Library event calendar for more information. Click here to view and download the event flyer.

Library Spotlight • Events Calendar

Archer Library Events

Have you explored Archer Library's event calendar? It features library events, displays, library instruction sessions, and more. The month of January even includes a phonics scavenger hunt activity.  Click on an event title to learn more about any scheduled item. 

New to the events calendar is access to daily hours for Archer Library, the Instructional Resource Center, and ATS Library.  You can also access our online study room reservation platform from the calendar.  

Ready to schedule library instruction for your class?  Contact your library liaison or email library@ashland.edu for more information.

Dedication Ceremony: Active Learning Lab

The new Bernice Fauber Baker Active Learning Classroom located in the Robert M. and Janet L. Archer Library will host a brief public dedication ceremony on Homecoming Saturday, October 23rd, at 10:30 am. The dedication will be preceded by an RSVP-only brunch on the Archer Library main level from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Brunch reservations can be made by emailing Sarah Thomas at sthomas4@ashland.edu. The reservation deadline is Friday, October 8th.

The Active Learning Classroom, first of its kind at AU, is equipped with both collaborative spaces and high-tech features that make it the most innovative classroom environment on campus. The classroom was built through a generous gift from the Fauber family through the Bernice Fauber Baker Endowment with matching funds from the Bob and Jan Archer Fund. Classroom technology and furnishing were provided through a grant from the State Library of Ohio and the Institute for Museums and Libraries (IMLS).

Library Spotlight: Open House

Active Learning Library Instruction Open House 

We are excited to announce a preview event for our new active learning lab. Drop by our open house and explore! We will have interactive challenges and displays to explore and a few light refreshments. 

 Library faculty and staff will be available to discuss active learning opportunities, answer questions, and schedule your next library instruction sessions.

When? September 22nd from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

Where? Fauber Baker Active Learning Lab • Archer Library, Main Floor

Library Spotlight: Events Calendar

What's New? Our Event Calendar! 

Interested in learning more about Archer Library events? Explore our new event calendar and see what we have planned. We will be featuring exhibits, events, displays, programs, library instruction, and more.

Currently, our September calendar includes: 

• September 11, 2001: The Day That Changed the World: A Poster exhibit on the library main floor available through September 30th..
• Phonics Scavenger Hunt: An Instructional Resource Center activity with EDEC 140 scheduled September 8 - 15.
• Celebrating Constitution Day:  A display on the library main floor celebrating ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

Plans are in place for a Banned Books Week display and a grand opening of Archer Library's new Bernice Fauber Baker Active Learning Lab, on the main floor.  

Library Eagles Past & Present

Have you seen Archer Library's Eagle? The newest Eagle on campus, it was unveiled at the naming ceremony in May. Honoring Bob and Jan Archer, our Eagle has not yet been named, but we thought it would be fun to share our new Eagle, along with pictures of past library Eagles from Ashland University Archives.

Stay tuned to the Archer Library News blog. Jess Byers, curator and reference librarian, will be exploring AU Eagles history and locations on campus in the coming months.

Interested in learning more about the naming ceremony? Read Archer's are 'Eagles for Life' with Library Bearing their Name, available from the AU News Center.

Library Spotlight: Alex Awards

New Recreational Reading

The following titles have been recognized as 2021 Alex Award winners; they have have been added to the library's recreational reading collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display or in their regular location on AU Library main floor.

"The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing. The Alex Awards were first given annually beginning in 1998 and became an official ALA award in 2002." - Alex Awards, YALSA 

• Impossible First: From Fire to Ice-Crossing Antarctica Alone
  G850 2018 .O27 2020
  
• Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio
  PN6727.D466 K46 2020
• Only Good Indians: A Novel
  PS3560. O5395 O55 2020
• Riot Baby
  PS3615.N93 R56 2020
  
  

Follow IRC's board Alex Award Winners on Pinterest.

Library Spotlight: Stress Relief LibGuide

Flex Day Ideas

Looking for coloring pages, online jigsaw puzzles, or wellness videos? What about doing yoga, or taking a walk, or trying a new hobby?  AU Library has a stress relief library guide filled with resources perfect for a snowy flex day.

• AU Library Jigsaw Puzzle
• Downloadable Coloring Pages
• Learn Tunisian Crochet
• Simple Origami
• Folded Book Art
• Do Yoga, Take a Walk
• Learn about Bullet Journaling

If you are catching up on coursework and need help, AU Librarians are available online from 10:00 am to 7:00 p.m.  Access chat from the main library web page. The library is open, stop in and get a book from recreational reading.  We have several of the 2021 Alex Award winners available. Whatever your activity choice for today, take time for you! 

Library Spotlight: Active Learning Lab

AU Library Active Learning Lab

AU Library Active Learning Lab

An Inside View

The first delivery of  furniture for our new active learning lab arrived today! We have comfortable - and flexible - seating, small group work tables, and individual study areas. These photos were taken inside the new library instruction space, located on the main floor of Ashland University Library.

This construction project is funded by a donation from the Bernice Fauber Baker Library Endowment, with a matching gift from the Bob and Jan Archer Challenge Grant. The active learning equipment and furnishings are supported by a grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), awarded by the State Library of Ohio.

Library Spotlight: Juvenile Collection

AU Library Juvenile Collection: New Books

Spotlight on Children's Books

New Books!  New Books!  Looking for one, or more, of the new children's books recently posted to the Instructional Resource Center Blog? Our new book display area features recent additions to the collection. Books are added with regularity throughout the academic year and our display completely refreshed at the end of each semester. These books will be moved to the general children's stacks within the next few weeks as we prepare for the spring term, January 2021.

Can't find that new book? AU Library's juvenile collection is located on the second floor, directly outside the Instructional Resource Center.  Ask in the IRC for help locating a new book, or any of our other collection item. 

Election Results: Fact Checking

Election Day 2020 

Did you know Ashland University's AUTV 20 and WRDL radio will be providing live election coverage? And you can view their simulcast online!

• "On Nov. 3, JDM students will present a five-hour live show, from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m, and can be viewed on AUTV 20 (channel 20 on Armstrong) and the JDM streaming channel (which will be uploaded on AU-Live) and listened to on 88.9 WRDL" (Jenkinson, AULive, 2020).
  
  
• "On Tuesday, November 3rd, join 88.9 WRDL for 5 hours of live coverage during Election Night 2020. From 7pm until midnight, hear exclusive coverage on WRDL, including live in-studio updates, interviews, and election results both nationally and locally" (WRDL, 2020).

Fact Checking Election Results

Interested in fact-checking the election results? These resources may be of interest.

• Live Updates: Snopes Coverage of 2020 U.S. Election Day
• NPR: Live 2020 Election Results
• PolitiFact 2020
• Pew Research Center: Election 2020
• NPR Ohio Live Election Results
• Election Night Viewer's Guide: Why You May Need to be Patient

Library Spotlight: Trick or Treat

AU Library and the Instructional Resource Center are participating in the campus-wide Trick or Treat activity on Friday, October 30th from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.  Stop by for a treat and see our spooky window display featuring the illustrations of Arthur Rackham.

Library Spotlight: Active Learning Lab

AU Library, Main Floor

 

Carpet, paint, and technology (oh, my)! The Bernice Fauber Baker Active Learning Lab, located on the main floor of Ashland University Library, is progressing nicely. We can't help anticipating the completion of this exciting resource, and the impact it will have on library instruction and learning.

 

This construction project is funded by a donation from the Bernice Fauber Baker Library Endowment, with a matching gift from the Bob and Jan Archer Challenge Grant. The active learning equipment and furnishings are supported by a grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), awarded by the State Library of Ohio. 

 

 

 

New: LOC Newspaper Navigator

Introducing Newspaper Navigator

New to our database list is Newspaper Navigator, an image dataset of Chronicling America, historic American newspapers, from the Library of Congress.

"Newspaper Navigator is a project being carried out by Benjamin (Ben) Charles Germain Lee as part of the Innovator in Residence Program at the Library of Congress. The goals of Newspaper Navigator are 1) to extract visual content from 16+ million pages of digitized historic American newspapers in Chronicling America and 2) re-imagine how you, members of the American public, can search the visual content using machine learning techniques." - About Newspaper Navigator

One of the best things about this resource: "All Newspaper Navigator photos in the app and dataset are in the public domain!"

Interested? Watch the video to learn more.

Active Learning Lab Progress

AU Library, Main Floor

It is exciting to see progress continue on the Bernice Fauber Baker Active Learning Lab, located on the main floor of Ashland University Library. The glass wall and entrance door are in place, making it easy to envision how this lab will enhance library instruction and services.

This construction project is funded by a donation from the Bernice Fauber Baker Library Endowment, with a matching gift from the Bob and Jan Archer Challenge Grant. The active learning equipment and furnishings are supported by a grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), awarded by the State Library of Ohio.

Reserve a Library Study Room Online

Need a quiet place to study or attend your online class?
Starting today, you can reserve a library study room online! 

We have study rooms available on the second floor (201), fourth floor (401), and fifth floor (501 and 502). Reservations are required; each study room has an occupancy limit and may be reserved in one hour increments. 

AU Library's study room requests are limited to five (5) reservations each month.

Library Spotlight: Active Learning Lab

Ashland University Library’s faculty and staff are excited to announce that construction work has begun on a new active learning lab/classroom!

AU Library Active Learning Lab:  June 26, 2020

The Bernice Fauber Baker Active Learning Laboratory will have its home on the main floor of the library, with a design and technological features representing an innovative departure from the long rows of desks and desktop computers of the previous library classroom.

AU Library Active Learning Lab:  June 30, 2020

The construction project is funded by a donation from the Bernice Fauber Baker Library Endowment, with a matching gift from the Bob and Jan Archer Challenge Grant. The active learning equipment and furnishings are supported by a grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), awarded by the State Library of Ohio. 

- Scott Savage, AU Library Director