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By sneal, August 26, 2013 3:21 pm

Butler Libraries’ 2013 Open House and Duck Drop was a success! 852 students and their families walked through our gates, and students tried their hands at dropping a duck into Irwin’s fountain for either a Butler 50th Anniversay T-shirt (see samples in the staff pictures below) or a keepsake plastic duck.   Winners of the Circulation Desk and Information Commons gift baskets were first-year students:  Mathew Seaman and Claire Krohn.

Thanks, students, for doing the Duck Drop.  You have accomplished a newly instituted Butler tradition!

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By Laina Ridenour, August 22, 2013 11:26 am

Welcome Back!  Butler University Libraries will be open the following hours during Welcome Week. Click here for a full listing of Fall Semester hours and Labor Day Weekend hours.

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By sneal, August 14, 2013 1:08 pm

Butler Libraries staff met to go “Back to the Future” in discussing and learning about our Yamasaki-designed library building and how this building and its learning spaces will be used in the future.  Yamasaki scholar Dr. Dale Gyure of Lawrence Technological University and College Archivist Kenneth Grossi at Oberlin College videoconferenced with the group to discuss Yamasaki architecture and design.

A set of library readings focusing on how library spaces will be used in the future was discussed, and a re-envisioning exercise was conducted for the various floors of our two libraries.  View the screen captures and additional LibGuide tabs to view the results of our day’s retreat at:  Butler Libraries Staff Retreat 2013.

Fun with crayons – re-envisioning library learning spaces.

Celebrating our new steps library steps. Creates a welcoming face to our building!

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By Laina Ridenour, August 1, 2013 12:00 pm

The Irwin and Science Libraries will be open during the Semester Break (Aug. 3-23) for the following hours. 

 Monday-Friday: 8:00 am -5:00 pm

 Saturday-Sunday: Closed

A full listing of library hours can be found here.

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By jlmille5, July 25, 2013 1:45 am

Save the date!  Irwin Library may be a bit noisier than usual on Monday, Sept. 9, from 2:00-4:00 pm as Butler University celebrates the 50^th anniversary of the day the library opened. Join in the fun as we eat cake and share memories to the Billboard top 100 hits of 1963. Guests are encouraged to wear vintage ‘60s attire, so put on your letter sweater, tease your hair into a beehive ‘do, or just come as you are!

The celebration will be held in the atrium and Collaborative Learning Space on the main level of Irwin Library.  Two exhibits, “Irwin Library: Celebrating the Past, Imagining the Future” and a juried photo display, will be open for viewing during the party.  The winners of the Irwin Library photo contest will be announced.

Designed by renowned architect Minoru Yamasaki, Irwin Library opened on Sept. 9, 1963.  The Irwin-Sweeney-Miller Foundation of Columbus, Indiana, donated more than $1.5 million of the $2 million construction costs for the library.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Regan Bright at (317) 940-9926 or rbright@butler.edu.