The Sixth Annual Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Activity it here!
If you haven’t been in Irwin Library for more than a week, you may not know that we’ve got a hot new exhibit on display for the month of February. It consists of publications and works completed in the last year by Butler University faculty and staff. Some are books or book chapters or articles that have been published, while other contributions are paintings, CDs, sheet music, and math puzzles. Quite a variety and all of them produced by people at Butler. Come find out what your professors, colleagues, etc., have been busy with during the last year. Some of these things will surprise you! All told, there are 155 items by 56 people!
Printed bibliographies of all contributed works are available.
Announcing the SIXTH ANNUAL Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Activity! The Celebration is an exhibit hosted by Irwin Library throughout the month of February to highlight the scholarly and creative activities of Butler University faculty and staff. This exhibit is especially for new works that have been published or created during the last year (since the last Celebration), but works of a substantive or important nature that are slightly older are also welcome. If you are new to Butler and your work has never been exhibited in the Celebration before, you are encouraged to contribute it regardless of age.
Guidelines for the
Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Activity
Irwin Library ~ February 2007
- The Libraries request that participants loan copies of their
publications and creative works for use in this exhibit for the month
of February. Submissions will be returned via campus mail at the end of the exhibit.
- Contributions are to be hand-delivered to: Heather Stephens, Irwin Library Room 109 (x-9226). Any questions can be directed to Scott Pfitzinger, Irwin Library Room 130 (x-9219).
- Each item must be submitted with a completed Submission Form.
Forms are available in PDF or WORD format.
- Contributions that were part of the exhibit last year may be
re-submitted, but please limit these to one or two important works. The
focus of the exhibit is on new works.
- The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, January 31.
- A bibliography of exhibit items will be available at the opening reception on February 7, 2007.
- Examples of scholarship and creativity:
- Books/Textbooks that you have authored, edited,
illustrated, or contributed to in some way
- Book chapters
- Journal articles
- CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes, audio cassettes, or photographs
of performances, choreography, directing, etc.
- Various works of art, including costumes, paintings,
sculptures, etc.
- Programs or program notes for which you are a performer, writer, speaker, contributor, or artistic staff member
- Musical scores you have composed, published, or edited
Irwin Library has long had recycle bins for paper near the printers and in a few other select places. But now, wait, there’s more!
There is now a “co-mingled” recycle bin near the front door, along with a paper recycle bin and a trash bin. These are like the ones in the hallway of first floor Jordan Hall and other places on campus. The new recycle bin is specifically for “Co-Mingled Beverages,” so is useful for cans and bottles. Instead of throwing them away, please hold onto them and drop them in the bin on your way out of the library. The environment thanks you.
The libraries at Butler University have just gotten a new online resource. It’s the Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Britannica plus a whole lot more. One of the new features is the World Data Analyst, which gives you current and past statistics about countries around the world. The “Workspace” is also new, and allows you to save your research (articles you find, etc.) and come back to it later. Visit Britannica Online via the Databases page on the library website.
Completely updated for 2006, this award-winning reference site is
now faster, easier to use, and full of new content specifically
designed to meet the needs of university libraries. The foundation of
Britannica Online (BOL) is the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the largest,
most authoritative encyclopedia in the world. In addition to the
encyclopedia, BOL includes:
- World Data Analyst – Britannica’s exclusive database of current and past statistics on the countries of the world
- Gateway to the Classics – An extensive collection of significant works in literature, philosophy, history, and science
- Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary & Thesaurus – Completely integrated into the site and easily accessible
- Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Quotations – A lively collection of more than 4,000 quotations, both contemporary and classic
- Full-text
journal and magazine articles from EBSCO and Proquest journals – more
than 700 titles, hand-selected for college needs
- BBC & New York Times daily headlines – top stories from two trusted sources
The Web’s Best – a collection of Web sites carefully selected by Britannica’s editorial department
- World Atlas – Access Britannica maps through this interactive resource
- Advanced search capabilities and Britannica’s exclusive “Workspace,” a research organizer.
Irwin Library will be hosting a unique exhibit during the month of
October. “Earthquake 1906” consists of almost 30 photographs that
were taken the day after the famous San Francisco Earthquake 100 years ago.
These photos were found in a family attic over 90 years later. Painstakingly digitized and restored by the original photographer’s great
niece, Rebecca Schmidt Dailey, these photos are a tribute to a city that
rebuilt itself and the 10,000 people who died in the tragedy.
The grand opening of this exhibit will be Tuesday, October 3 at 9:00
am. Mrs. Dailey will be on hand from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, and will then host a
workshop from 11:00 to noon, demonstrating and discussing the various PhotoShop
techniques that were used in restoring the pictures and creating this exhibit.
This workshop is being offered in conjunction with Information Resources’
Instructional Technology Department, which will be providing some hands-on, focused
workshops on using PhotoShop. Registration is not required for the workshop on October 3, but it would be
appreciated. Please contact Beverly Compton (bcompton@butler.edu or ext.8138)
to reserve your seat!
The “Earthquake 1906” exhibit will conclude on Friday, October 27.
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