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.
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).
Got a copyright question? Then check out the Copyright FAQ!
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.)
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