It wouldn’t be a Holiday Staff Party without the annual Duck Drop contest. You see, having a fountain in your library comes in quite handy for displaying your hand-eye coordination. The “Duck King” this year, once again, is librarian Scott Pfitzinger. Object of the game: throw rubber ducks from third floor down to the fountain; try to throw the critters either in the rings, the smaller fountain, or hit the prize duck! Points are accumulated for successful throws, thus the Duck King or Queen winner. We librarians are too much fun!
First order of business: lunch.
Object of Game: Throw rubber ducks down to cement pond - hit rings or smaller fountain.
The third floor throwing range.
Hit this Prize Duck and earn mega points!
Have a restful and fun break from the staff at Butler Libraries.
Well, it was a busy evening for the Irwin Library All-Night study! Snacks were set-up around 8:30, and students took advantage of these. Our people count on the hour looked like this:
9 p.m.: 169
10 p.m.: 154
11 p.m.: 130
12 a.m.: 99
1 a.m.: 63
2 a.m.: 45
3 a.m: 40
4 a.m.: 26
5 a.m.: 25
6 a.m.: 16
Thanks, students, for taking advantage of Butler Libraries’ All-Night Study. We will do it again next year!
Butler students, faculty, staff, and the Indianapolis community are invited to attend: The Sea Is Calm Tonight: A Centennial Celebration of the Music of Samuel Barber, a lecture-recital which will be presented on the main floor of Irwin Library in the “Collaborative Learning Spaces” (southwest) quadrant at 5:00 PM this coming Sunday, November 14th. This lecture-recital is a sponsored program of Provost Comstock’s Waters Project.
The program will include performances of Barber’s Dover Beach and Adagio for Strings presented by Dr. Kyle Ferrill, Visiting Assistant Professor of Voice, and four Jordan College of Fine Arts School of Music students: Carla Black, Mary Webber, David Platt, and Katie Burns. Dr. Wayne Wentzel, JCFA Professor Emeritus and author of Samuel Barber: A Guide to Research (Routledge) and The Adagio of Samuel Barber (in preparation for Pendragon Press), will provide background information on Barber and give a brief talk about his new book on Barber’s Adagio. Sheridan Stormes, Butler Libraries Performing and Fine Arts Librarian, will open the program by reading and briefly reflecting on two poems: “Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold and “The Wave” (taken from Virgil’s Georgics and translated) by Robert Pinsky.
A reception during which conversations can continue about Barber, Dover Beach, and The Adagio will immediately follow the lecture and performances in the “Collaborative Learning Spaces.”
Irwin Library was the site of the portrait unveiling “Abraham Lincoln 200 Years” Thursday, September 23, 2010. Mr. Gregory Silver donated the portrait to Butler University in honor of his father, Dr. David M. Silver, former professor of history and government and dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences from 1963 – 1983. A reception celebrating the gift was held with approximately 125 Silver friends, family, and Butler faculty and staff attending.
The portrait will hang in Irwin Library’s Collaborative Learning Space for the academic year and will then move to a more permanent location in Jordan Hall. Drop by Irwin Library to view this vivid, dynamic portrait of one of our greatest presidents.
For more information about the portrait, artist, and Dr. David Silver, view this Lincoln Portrait handout.
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