September 2006 - Posts

Wednesday, September 27, 2006 1:24 PM

"Earthquake 1906" Exhibit in Irwin Library

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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Thursday, September 21, 2006 9:46 AM

Banned Books Week, Sept. 23-30

Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. This year it is from Sept. 23 - 30. Observed since 1982, the annual event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted.

Banned Books Week (BBW) celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one's opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular. It stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them. After all, intellectual freedom can exist only where these two essential conditions are met.

Between 1990 and 2000, of the 6,364 challenges reported to or recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom:

  • 1,607 were challenges to "sexually explicit" material (up 161 since 1999)
  • 1,427 to material considered to use "offensive language" (up 165 since 1999)
  • 1,256 to material considered "unsuited to age group" (up 89 since 1999)
  • 842 to material with an "occult theme or promoting the occult or Satanism" (up 69 since 1999)
  • 737 to material considered to be "violent" (up 107 since 1999)
  • 515 to material with a homosexual theme or "promoting homosexuality" (up 18 since 1999)
  • 419 to material "promoting a religious viewpoint" (up 22 since 1999)
  • 317 to material involving "nudity" (up 20 since 1999)
  • 267 to material involving "racism" (up 22 since 1999)
  • 224 to material involving "sex education" (up 7 since 1999)
  • 202 to material considered to be "anti-family" (up 9 since 1999)
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006 7:56 PM

Scanner Available in Reference Dept.

The Reference Department in Irwin Library now has a flatbed scanner available for your use. It is connected to the lab computers on the end of the row opposite the printers. It is labeled Multimedia Station. This is the same computer that has the CHOICES III database and is on a wheelchair-accessible table.

Instructions for using the scanner are available at the workstation and you are also welcome to ask at the Reference Desk.
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Monday, September 18, 2006 10:21 AM

More Computers in Reference Dept.

The computer lab in the Reference Department of Irwin Library has finished its reconstruction!

Reference shelving has been moved, new computer tables have been added, new wiring systems have been installed, a new switch has been added to increase our wired network connectivity, and now we've added additional computers. That brings the number of lab computers available in the Reference Department up to 25! With an additional three computers on the first floor that are specially designated for groups. And six other computers located throughout the other floors of Irwin Library.

All these computers still print to IL_120_1, which is the pair of printers in the Reference Department.
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006 1:10 PM

Printing in the Libraries

There is one primary printer for each of the two libraries.

If you're in Irwin Library, you should print to IL_120_1.

If you're in the Science Library, you should print to HB_201_1.

All "lab"-type computers throughout the libraries should automatically print to these. Other printer numbers are for printers that are in various offices in the libraries and are not intended for public use.

Thank you.
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Tuesday, September 05, 2006 12:54 PM

Reference Books and Shelving Moved

The books on the shelves in the Reference Department are all back up and ready for your use. The shelves have been moved and the books have been rearranged, so please take a minute to familiarize yourself with where things are now.

The shelf labels on the ends of the bookshelves are accurate, so you can easily find the materials you need. If you have any questions or problems finding anything, please ask at the Reference Desk.
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