The Biology department of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences recently launched a new website dedicated to the Friesner Herbarium. The site showcases the department’s Herbarium Specimen Digital Image Collection of over 100,000 dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens. The Herbarium Specimen Digital Image Collection is a joint project between Butler Libraries and the Friener Herbarium.
The next meeting of P3 – Professional Presence and Profile – will be Thursday, February 23 in PB156 at 7pm. P3 will focus on building your LinkedIn presence, finding jobs, career prep and more! We will discuss LinkedIn’s platform and the advantages of digital resume building. No previous knowledge or experience is necessary and students from all majors are welcome. No commitment is necessary, so join us and find out more information. Librarian Sally Neal will be at the meeting to share her use of RSS feeds to stay current within a professional or discpline area.
If you have questions or would like additional information, please email bupthree@gmail.com.
No registration is required for this event.
From now until Feb. 23, Butler University and Indy Reads are hosting a book drive on campus. The very best items to donate are: 1) children’s books, and 2) best-sellers and classics that will move off the shelves quickly. (Please don’t bring magazines, encyclopedias or textbooks.)
Indy Reads drop boxes are located in the following places on campus: Outside Volunteer Center (AU 100); Diversity Center; C-Club; hallway before Reilly Room; third floor of Atherton, near lounge; ResCo lobby; Schwitzer lobby; Ross lobby, Irwin Library lobby, Apartment Village lobby, entries of Holcomb, Gallahue, Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ Buildings and Lilly Hall.
Indy Reads is a nonprofit that provides free literacy tutoring to adults in our community. It has worked in collaboration with thousands of volunteers since 1984 with the goal of making Indianapolis 100 percent literate. Many Butler students, alumni and friends support Indy Reads, including the Butler Volunteer Center and Butler First Lady Bethanie Danko, who serves on the Indy Reads board. This spring, Indy Reads will open a new bookstore in downtown Indianapolis called Indy Reads Books.Generously funded by local donors and foundations, the new bookstore will direct all its proceeds to support Indy Reads programming.
Questions? Contact the Volunteer Center at ext. 6006 or volunteer@butler.edu
Because Ideas Matter… Recommended Readings from Butler’s LAS College
Need a good book? Take a look at the recommendations at: Liberal Arts Matters… Butler’s LAS Recommended Readings.
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