Comments Off on King of the Duck Drop for Holiday Gathering 2011 As part of our annual, end-of-the semester, holiday festivities, staff enjoy a rubber duck throwing contest from the Library’s third floor to the fountain below. Here is a newly crowned winner of the Duck Drop!
Comments Off on Position Announcement: Dean of Libraries Butler University Dean of Libraries Butler University
Butler University invites applications and nominations for the position of Dean of Libraries. The University is seeking a collaborative and visionary leader who is passionate about promoting the library in support of the University’s mission of providing the highest quality of liberal and professional education. The ideal candidate will understand the evolving roles of academic libraries in higher education and will lead efforts in space utilization, information literacy, and digital collection initiatives.
The library facilities consist of the main Irwin Library, opened in 1963, and a Science Library. The library strives to serve as a center of the Butler community, to work with students and faculty inside and outside the classroom, to support and showcase faculty scholarship, and to develop collections – including archives and digital collections — that will serve researchers at Butler and beyond. The Dean supervises a unit comprising eleven faculty librarians and fourteen professional staff, with an annual budget of approximately $3,000,000. The Dean reports to the Provost.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will have an MLS degree from an ALA-accredited university. A second graduate or professional degree is preferred. Applicants should have a minimum of ten years of related work experience, with progressively responsible managerial experience in a higher education library setting. The candidate should have experience planning, prioritizing, and monitoring budgets in an academic environment and have knowledge of current trends in library technology, collections, services, and facilities, understanding the priorities and interdependencies of each functional area. The capability and willingness to lead in grant-writing and fund-raising initiatives is expected. The candidate will demonstrate excellence in interpersonal, teaching, and collaborative skills as well as a commitment to supporting the academic experiences and interests of an intellectually and culturally diverse campus community.
Academic and professional credentials should include a record of achievement sufficient for appointment as a full professor. This is a 12-month administrative position with faculty status.
Review of applications will begin December 15, 2011 and continue until the position is filled. The screening and interview process will take place in early 2012. Candidates should submit an application electronically, including a cover letter, resume or curriculum vitae, and references to Stuart Glennan, Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Library Dean Search Chair. E-mail to sglennan@butler.edu.
About the University:
Butler University, a private university founded in 1855 by attorney and abolitionist Ovid Butler, is home to about 4,000 undergraduate and 700 graduate students in six colleges and more than 60 academic majors. Located in Indianapolis, a thriving metropolitan area of approximately 1.5 million, Butler occupies 290 acres in a vibrant and diverse neighborhood near the White River on the northwest side of Indianapolis. The University offers liberal arts and professional education with the goal of fostering lifelong learning, community service and global awareness.
Butler University is committed to enhancing the diversity of the student body and our faculty and staff. It is our policy to provide equal opportunities for employment and advancement for all individuals regardless of age, gender, race, religion, color, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, national origin, or any other legally-protected category.
For more information about the Butler University Libraries, please visit http://www.butler.edu/library/.
Comments Off on Yin Yang Ruminations Concert Librarian Sheri Stormes, in conjunction with the Jordan College of Fine Arts, and librarian Scott Pfitzinger, in conjunction with the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, have coordinated the following Lecture-Recital to celebrate the Provost’s 2011-2012 Earth Project. Specifics about the event are below:
Yin Yang Ruminations
Mahler’s Songs of the Earth
A Lecture-Recital
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
7:30 PM
Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall
Butler University
A Dim-Sum Reception
will follow in the Ford Salon
Featured Speakers and Performers include:
Assistant Professor in Chinese – Xiaoqing Liu
Associate Professor of Composition, Electronic Music, Music Theory – Frank Felice
tenor and Assistant Professor of Voice – Thomas Studebaker
baritone and Instructor of Voice – Mark Gilgallon
piano and Instructor of Piano, Accompanying – Anna Briscoe
Comments Off on New Students: Follow the trail to the Library Open House As part of Butler’s New Student Welcome Week activities, stop by Irwin Library on Saturday, Aug. 20 between 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm to “build your trail to the library.” Build a trail mix snack as you stop at the various service points in Irwin to learn about the library’s services and resources. And, try your hand at the “Duck Drop” – an Irwin tradition that involves our fountain… Participants in the Duck Drop have a chance for one of four $50.00 gift certificates to the Butler Bookstore.
See you Saturday!
Comments Off on Vegetable Prints Exhibit in Irwin Library Irwin Library has a new exhibit hanging on the wall in the Collaborative Learning Space. It is a series of Vegetable Prints that compliments the New Student Welcome Week Orientation shared book read: Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer. Below are details about the exhibit.
Vegetable Prints
produced in ART312 Design: History and Theory, Spring 2011
with Professor Elizabeth Mix.
Students were asked to choose a vegetable to work with over the course of the semester. They wrote three short papers, first examining the aesthetics of the vegetable; second, recounting a food memory (good or bad) from their childhood; third, considering the vegetable as an example of package design. Based on these papers and additional research on the history of their vegetable, they created an identity program that incorporated their knowledge of the history of design. Designs were created featuring their vegetable for the decades between 1880 and the present.
Students featured in this exhibition are Kodi Colip (Peppers); Lindsay Evans (Tomatoes); Devon Henderson (Beets); and Daniel McCullough (Asparagus).
Additional works are displayed in the East Lobby of Lilly Hall. The work is displayed in conjunction with FoodCon2, which opens at the Harrison Center on September 2.
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