Library Instruction: It's not too late!

Schedule Library Instruction

Need help with database searching, catalog use, or perhaps a general library information and resource overview for your students? It's not too late to schedule library instruction for November.  Our active learning lab is equipped for in-person, hybrid, and online instruction.

Call the reference desk at ext. 5402 or send an email to library@ashland.edu with your instruction request.  You may also contact your library liaison directly to discuss options.

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, Oct. 23, at 10:30 a.m. 

The Active Learning Classroom, the 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.

Hours Update: Fall Break

Hours Update: Fall Break Archer Library hours for fall break are: Thursday, 10/14: Close 5 p.m. Friday, 10/15: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 10/16: Closed Sunday, 10/17: 6 p.m. to Midnight The fall hours schedule resumes on Monday, October 18th. A complete listing of library hours and updates is available on our website.

It's Here! Treadmill Desk

Archer Library: Room 502

The treadmill desk purchased through the GEER Mental Health Grant is now at Archer Library! Students, faculty & staff are all welcome to use it. A treadmill desk provides benefits of: improving mental health, physical wellness and job performance. 

Use the library's online reservation system to reserve the 5th floor study room - 502 and try the treadmill desk. 

Special thanks to Jenna Moore, Archer library student worker, for suggesting and starring in the treadmill desk demonstration video.

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).

Banned Books Week Display

Banned Books Week
Visit the Banned Books Week display, located on Archer Library's main floor. Featured are this years (2020) top ten most challenged books and a selection of challenged classics. Explore the display to learn more about why individual titles were challenged and review the infographics provided by ALA and the Office of Intellectual Freedom. 

But wait, there's more!
Help yourself to a coloring page, word search, button or bookmark. Learn more by exploring our Banned Books Week Library Guide.

"Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community –- librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types –- in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular." -- ALA Banned Books Week

Banned Books Week 2021