Anyone wishing to contribute materials to our Tenth Annual Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Activity, please note that we have DIFFERENT PROCEDURES this year.
Because the printed bibliography is going to be a 10-Year Retrospective, we need the information for your materials in December, even though the materials themselves do not need to be brought in until January.
Please see our new website for more information: http://libguides.butler.edu/celebration
This year Banned Books Week is from September 25 through October 2.
Banned Books Week is the only national celebration of the freedom to read. It was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. More than a thousand books have been challenged since 1982. The challenges have occurred in every state and in hundreds of communities. Click here to see a map of book bans and challenges in the US from 2007 to 2009. People challenge books that they say are too sexual or too violent. They object to profanity and slang, and they protest against offensive portrayals of racial or religious groups–or positive portrayals of homosexuals. Their targets range from books that explore contemporary issues and controversies to classic and beloved works of American literature.
According to the American Library Association, out of 460 challenges reported to the Office of Intellectual Freedom in 2009, the Top Ten Most Challenged Titles were:
- ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle
- And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
- To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
- Twilight (series), by Stephanie Meyer
- Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
- My Sister’s Keeper, by Jodi Picoult
- The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things, by Carolyn Mackler
- The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
- The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
For more information, visit Info: Banned Books Week.
Celebrate your Freedom to Read!
There are two multi-format memory card readers available in Irwin Library. Most formats and sizes of memory cards can be used with these. If you need to transfer photos, video recordings, or other rich media files, these devices are already connected to computers via USB, so you can just plug your card in and go.
One device is on the iMac in the Rich Media Room downstairs in the Education Commons.
The other device is on the Multimedia Station PC in the Information Commons (the computer with the scanner).
Irwin Library now has a charging station available for charging your mobile devices. It is located at the Information Commons Desk and has the following types of connections:
- iPod/iPhone connectors
- mini-USB
- micro-USB
- USB sockets
If your device uses any of these connections for charging, you are invited to recharge at the Information Commons Desk while using the library. You don’t even have to bring an adapter!
(NOTE: The library is not responsible for stolen, lost, or misplaced devices.)
Classical Music Library is the world’s largest multi-label database of Classical music recordings for listening and learning in libraries. The growing collection of 60,000-plus tracks includes recordings from the world’s greatest labels including Hyperion, Bridge Records, Sanctuary Classics, Artemis-Vanguard, Hänssler Classic, Vox and many more. Coverage includes music written from the earliest times (e.g. Gregorian Chant) to the present, including many contemporary composers. Repertoire ranges from vocal and choral music, to chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental, and opera.
Note: Our current subscription limits us to 3 simultaneous users!
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