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By Scott Pfitzinger, August 28, 2009 1:05 pm

Are you looking for answers? We have them!

Try BUAnswers. It’s like an FAQ on steroids. If you don’t see your question listed, you can ask us and we’ll post an answer and email it to you.

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By Scott Pfitzinger, August 25, 2009 1:19 pm

Here is a list of the students we have hired as Information Commons Assistants. (If they stay with the program for additional years, they may be given more of a leadership role and earn the job title of Information Commons Associate.)

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By bmatthie, August 17, 2009 2:13 pm

Library Website Updated

The Butler Libraries have updated their website this summer. Any faculty using links to library webpages or screenshots in a syllabus should please verify them before finalizing the syllabus. LibGuides, RSS feeds, and links to databases have not changed.

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By Scott Pfitzinger, August 10, 2009 10:24 am

There are now computers available to students in every quad/section of Irwin Library. We’ve had to use the built-in wireless capabilities of the iMacs to install some of them, which meant removing all Macs from the Reference Lab area. The end result is six more computers available to library patrons in different parts of the building.

Current Summary:

Basement: 2 PCs and 2Macs
in the Education Commons, 1 Mac in the Rich Media Room, 2 PCs in the
General area (where the newspapers used to be)
Main Floor: 25
PCs in the main lab (1 with Scanner), 1 group workstation in the back
of the Reference Collection, 2 group workstations in the Collaborative Learning Spaces
2nd Floor: 1 PC in SE quad, 2 wireless Macs (1 usable as a group workstation) in SW quad, 1 PC & 1 wireless Mac (group workstation) in NW quad, 1 PC in NE quad
3rd Floor: 1 PC in NW quad, 1 wireless Mac in NE quad

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By Scott Pfitzinger, August 10, 2009 8:55 am

Here is an update on all the computer replacements.

All of the computers in the Reference Area have been replaced with newer ones. They are all PCs now, no iMacs.

All of the other “public” PCs throughout the building have been replaced with the newer ones also. The computers that were in IL-119 have been upgraded like the rest, but then redistributed throughout the building along with the Macs that used to be in Reference.

Current Summary:

Basement: 2 PCs and 2Macs in the Education Commons, 1 Mac in Rich Media Room, 2 PCs in the General area (where the newspapers used to be)
Main Floor: 25 PCs in the main lab (1 with Scanner), 1 group workstation in the back of the Reference Collection, 2 group workstations in the CLS
2nd Floor: 1 PC in SE quad, 2 wireless Macs in SW quad, 1 PC & 1 wireless Mac in NW quad, 1 PC in NE quad
3rd Floor: 1 PC in NW quad, 1 wireless Mac in NE quad

All total, that is 36 PCs and 7 Macs (including the Rich Media Room) available throughout Irwin.

Laptops should be arriving in IL-119 this week.