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!
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.
Irwin Library has a new Laptop-Charging Station in the Information Commons area on the main floor.
If you are using a laptop in the library and need to charge your battery, we have two “universal” chargers available near the Information Commons Desk. Use the Manual on the table to determine which tip to use, plug it into the end of the adapter, and charge away!
As always, if you have any questions, please ask at the Information Commons Desk.
Irwin and Science
Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturday CLOSED
Sunday CLOSED
click here for a full listing of Library hours, including Welcome Week and the Fall Semester
Charleston, SC & London, UK – BiblioLabs, LLC and the British Library have launched their British Library 19th Century Historical Collection App for iPad – now available on the App Store. The App was announced in June with an initial offering of a thousand 19th century books – it now makes some 45,000 titles available to subscribers, expanding to over 60,000 titles by the end of the year.
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