Welcome to the IRC!

The Instructional Resource Center is located on the second floor of Ashland University Library. Its collection, Library of Congress Classification L - education, juvenile and young adult literature, and the IRC collection, support the teaching programs and curriculum of the Dwight Schar College of Education.

The IRC circulating collection includes K-12 curriculum textbooks, activity books, and K-12 supplemental curriculum resources of manipulative kits, software, audio books, posters, maps, and book kits. 

Available technology resources inside the IRC include computers, scanners, regular and color printing. The IRC is self serve work area for Ashland University students, faculty, and staff, providing resources such as laminating, binding, and several Ellison Die Cut Machines and a library of dies. A small selection of materials and supplies are available for purchase.

Be sure to browse our extensive juvenile collection featuring picture books, juvenile fiction, juvenile non-fiction, big books, chapter books, graphic novels, young adult fiction and young adult non-fiction, and book kits.

The IRC collection is available in the Ashland University Library catalog; tips for locating specific collection items in the catalog may be found in the IRC collection pages.