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By Scott Pfitzinger, September 27, 2011 11:40 am

Stop by Irwin Library and you may see a couple of easels near the fountain. This is an interactive art project created by Butler Art student Caroline Rogers and you are encouraged to participate. Take a second as you pass by either of these displays and, as the title suggests, Add A Link!

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By rsreed, September 26, 2011 9:03 am

What do the children’s book, And Tango Makes Three,  and the young adult books, The Hunger Games, Twilight, and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian have in common with the classic Brave New World? All were among the top ten most frequently banned books of 2010.  September 24-October 1 is Banned Books Week. Check out the display in Irwin Library and visit the American Library Association’s Banned Book Week site  for more information.

Comments Off on Grant Helps CCOM Students Gain Professional Experience

By Scott Pfitzinger, September 21, 2011 2:34 pm

Thanks to the  Dean of Libraries, Lewis Miller, and Butler grant writer Dana Ohren, Butler has received a grant from the Indiana State Library to allow some students in our College of Communication to develop & implement a plan to promote INSPIRE, Indiana’s Virtual Library, to the entire state of Indiana.

Read the entire press release here.

Comments Off on Early JSTOR content and Indianapolis Recorder now available

By rsreed, September 9, 2011 10:55 am

JSTOR, an online subscription database of scholarly journal content, has announced that all journal  content published prior to 1923 in the U.S. and prior to 1870 elsewhere will now be freely available to anyone.  Locally, IUPUI has digitized the Indianapolis Recorder, a newspaper that has covered the Indianapolis black community for more than a century.  The digital archive of the Recorder covers 1899-2005.  Recorder issues for 1912-1925 and January-April of 1932 are missing, so if you have preserved any of these print issues, please contact the IUPUI library if you would be willing to share them for digitization.

Comments Off on Library Hours for Labor Day Weekend (Sept. 3-5)

By Laina Ridenour, September 2, 2011 2:02 pm

Butler University Libraries will be open the following hours over Labor Day Weekend.

Saturday Sept. 3 Irwin and Science: 10 am – 8 pm

Sunday Sept. 4 Irwin and Science: Noon – 8 pm

Monday Sept. 5 Irwin: Noon – 8 pm Science: 10 am – Midnight

For a full listing of Library Hours including upcoming breaks and holidays, please click here.