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Texting the Information Commons

Now you can get research assistance from the Information Commons via your cell phone. You can always call us at 317-940-9235 and talk to us but now you also have the option of texting us.

Just text 265010 and in the body of the text type "buinfocommons: yourmessage." (Note: You may be charged by your wireless service provider.)

Visit http://www.butler.edu/library/ask for more ways to contact the Information Commons.

Student Training

Are you a student who needs some individual training on a software program? Would you like someone to show you how to add video to a presentation? Or maybe how to add material to your e-portfolio in Chalk & Wire?

You can get training through the Information Commons! Please do not visit the Commons Desk and ask for immediate training, though. Instead, send an email to infocommons@butler.edu and one of our Information Commons Assistants will get back to you to set up an appointment. For more information, visit http://www.butler.edu/infocommons.

Online training materials can be found on the Instructional Technology website, including Online Training, ePortfolio materials, and the Digital Video Support Center.

RefWorks Now Available to Alumni

RefWorks-COS is pleased to announce that the Alumni Program will now be offered as a standard feature of RefWorks, providing lifelong access to users that are alumni of subscribing institutions. As long as an institution subscribes to RefWorks, alumni will have access, allowing them to continue using their personal research databases for future professional and academic endeavors.

Lifelong access to RefWorks will be an added benefit for alumni, and help academic institutions maintain the healthy alumni relationships that are so essential for donations, rankings and other ongoing involvement.

To learn more about the Alumni Program, please click here.

Banned Books Week begins Sept. 26

Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. This year it is from Sept. 26 - Oct. 3. 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.

From 2001 to 2008, of the 3,736 challenges reported to or recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom:

• 1,225 challenges due to “sexually explicit” material;
• 1,008 challenges due to “offensive language”;
• 720 challenges due to material deemed “unsuited to age group”;
• 458 challenges due to “violence”
• 269 challenges due to “homosexuality”; and

Further, 103 materials were challenged because they were “anti-family,” and an additional 233 were challenged because of their “religious viewpoints.”

1,176 of these challenges (approximately 31%) were in classrooms; 37% were in school libraries; 24% (or 909) took place in public libraries.  There were less than 75 challenges to college classes; and only 36 to academic libraries.  There are isolated cases of challenges to materials made available in or by prisons, special libraries, community groups, and student groups.  The majority of challenges were initiated by parents (almost exactly 51%), while patrons and administrators followed behind (10% and 8% respectively). 

Links

• Banned Books Week 2009
• About Banned & Challenged Books (and the difference between them)
  
• Banned Books Week Video: I'd Like to Find *BLEEP*
• Why Banned Books Week?
• The Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2008

• The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of the 1990s

• Google Map of Banned Book Sites
• Google Book Search's Banned Books Page
• American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression

We Have the Answers

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.

New Computers in Irwin

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

Interlibrary Loan System Undergoing Maintenance

Due to routine upgrades, our interlibrary loan system will be unavailable on Monday, July 27 and Tuesday, July 28. Normal service should resume on Wednesday, July 29. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Library Awarded Digitization Grant Funds

The Butler Libraries have received a Library Services and Technology (LSTA) grant of $8,015 from the Indiana State Library to support the work of the Friesner Herbarium in digitizing its collections of Indiana specimens.

The 20th century history of Indiana's flora is captured in Friesner herbarium specimens and their collection labels. Currently, knowledge of and access to the collection is limited.

This project will create digital images of ca, 1,800 Indiana fern and orchid specimens housed in the Friesner herbarium of Butler University and post them along with associated metadata on Butler University servers with links to the Indiana Memory site of the Indiana State Library. Our goal is increase access to, awareness of and use by all citizens of Indiana.

Finals Hours

FINALS WEEK	IRWIN	SCIENCE
Apr. 29- April 30 (Wed. - Thur.)	7 a.m. – 2 a.m.	8 a.m. – 1 a.m.
May 1 (Friday)	7:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.	8 a.m. – 9 p.m.
May 2 (Saturday)	10 a.m. – 9 p.m.	10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
May 3 (Sunday)	10 a.m. - 2 a.m.	10 a.m. – Midnight
May 4 (Monday)	7:30 a.m. - 1 a.m.	8 a.m. – Midnight
May 5 (Tuesday)	7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.	8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Students Being Hired for New Information Commons

Students are now being hired for Fall 2009 employment in the new Information Commons which is being developed. Any students interested in emerging technologies, rich media, research skills, and excellent customer service are encouraged to visit http://www.butler.edu/infocommons for more information and to apply. (Copy and paste the link into your browser.)

Mission
The mission of the Information Commons is to provide support for Butler University students in the discovery and creation of information, especially focusing on rich media creation, technology assistance and training, and research assistance.

Description
The Information Commons is both a physical space and virtual space. It comprises the Reference area and Education Commons in Irwin Library, the Instructional Technology Commons in Jordan Hall, and the online environment of information technology and knowledge media. The Information Commons is a place for Butler students, faculty, and staff to get access to information, knowledge, technology, and research assistance to aid them in their pursuits of discovering and creating information.

Literary Criticism Online

The Butler Libraries have just subscribed to a new database called Literary Criticism Online. This database indexes the Gale sets of Literary Criticism books (the large sets of brown or blue books in the Irwin Library Reference collection), including the following titles:

• Contemporary Literary Criticism (all volumes)
• Drama Criticism (all volumes)
• Children’s Literature Review (volumes 141+, from June 2009 forward)

For other areas of literature and literary criticism, we recommend the Literature Resource Center, also from Gale, which contain much of the content of all the Literary Criticism sets owned by the libraries.

Need a Quiet Place to Study?

Irwin Library now has two study rooms that you can reserve online.

For more information please visit this link.

PressDisplay Fixed

The earlier problem viewing newspapers in PressDisplay from off campus has been fixed.

If you continue to have any problems with PressDisplay, please contact Scott Pfitzinger at spfitzin@butler.edu. Thank you.

Butler Librarians and Valparaiso Librarians Enjoy Joint Retreat over Spring Break

The Butler Librarians spent Tuesday (March 10th) of Spring Break on retreat with their librarian colleagues from Valparaiso University.  Both schools are members of the "Affinity Group," a group of thirty-three private academic libraries chosen because of the similiarities among their schools in terms of size, student population, and curricula.  The two-fold purpose of the Affinity Group is to encourage its members to share annual statistical data and to provide a forum for the deans/directors of the libraries to meet each year to discuss various topics of interest relating to academic libraries.  The idea for the Butler-Valpo retreat grew out of conversations held between Butler's Dean Lewis Miller and Valparaiso's Dean Richard AmRhein at the Affinity Group Conferences.  To minimize travel time, the retreat took place at Ivy Tech Community College in Lafayette.

The Butler and Valparaiso librarians shared their knowledge, experiences, and ideas relating to a variety of topics, including the changing face of reference interactions and services, information literacy instruction, digital imaging programs (including "Content DM" and "Berkeley Electronic Press"), and faculty status for librarians.  Retreat participants found the sessions both enjoyable and informative!

Reception Photos from Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Activity

The reception for the Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Activity was held the evening of Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009. Everyone who attended seemed to thoroughly enjoy the food, atmosphere, music, discussion, and especially the speaker, Paul Valliere. Below are some pictures from the reception. You may click them to see a large version.

Library Hours for Spring Break (March 6-15)

The following are the Spring Break hours for the Irwin and Science Libraries:

March 6 (Friday) 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
March 7 (Saturday) CLOSED
March 8 (Sunday) CLOSED
March 9 - 13 (Monday – Friday) 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
March 14 (Saturday) CLOSED
March 15 (Sunday) Irwin: 1 p.m. – 1 a.m.; Science: 1 p.m. - Midnight

Normal hours resume on Monday, March 16th.

Tax Forms Online

Looking for tax forms for the 2008 tax year? They are available for download, both the forms and instruction booklets, at the websites listed below where you can print out the forms that you need to mail in.

Websites for the necessary forms are:

• Federal Forms: http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html
• All States' Forms: http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/link/forms.html
  
• Indiana Forms: http://www.in.gov/dor/taxforms/

There is also a website, through the Indiana Dept. of Revenue, where you can file your state taxes online for free. It's at https://secure.in.gov/apps/dor/ifile/2008/ and more information is available at http://www.in.gov/dor/3723.htm.

Note: Neither Irwin Library nor any of the librarians can offer legal advice or counsel. Please seek appropriate legal tax counsel if needed.

Butler Libraries celebrates the two hundreth anniversary of Lincoln's birth

February 12, 2009, marks the two hundredth anniversary of Lincoln’s birth. The bicentennial is being celebrated throughout the nation.  Butler Libraries' Special Collections, Rare Books, and University Archives department of Irwin Library is celebrating with an exhibit entitled “Here I Grew Up.”  Lincoln lived in Indiana from age seven to twenty-one.

Special Collections is home to “Lincolniana,” a collection of pamphlets, booklets, manuscripts, and newspaper articles, mostly from the collection of Charles W. Moores, an Indianapolis lawyer. It also houses the Donald C. Durman Files: Lincoln Portraits in Stone, Wood, and Bronze, and a collection of newspapers covering the assassination of Lincoln. The exhibit presents just a few items from the rich variety of research materials on Lincoln available in the department.  The exhibit is on the third floor of Irwin Library; drop by and wish Abe a happy 200^th birthday!

For further information about Butler Libraries' Special Collections, Rare Books, and University Archives, go to: http://www.butler.edu/library/?pg=718

Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Activity

All faculty and staff are invited to the Opening Reception of the 8^th annual Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Activity.

The Reception will be held on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009, in the Irwin Library atrium. Hors d’ouevres, wine, music, and conversation will begin at 5:00pm, followed at about 6:30pm by a featured lecture by Paul Valliere on his current research: "Called Together? Decision-Making in Church and University." Altogether an excellent way to spend the early part of an evening. You can even still go out to another event or activity later in the evening.

Please note the new time, which is an hour earlier than in previous years.

Irwin Library Hours for Thursday Feb. 5th

Thursday, Feb. 5th Irwin Library will close at 2 pm due to the Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Activity Reception.

THE SCIENCE LIBRARY WILL REMAIN OPEN THURSDAY UNTIL 12 AM

Irwin Library Will Re-Open Friday, Feb. 6th at 7:30AM

Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Activity

During the month of February, Irwin Library will be host to the eighth annual Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Activity. We will be exhibiting works by Butler University staff and faculty throughout the month of February and we would like to include you! If you are a Butler employee and have published, created, performed, or presented anything during the last year, your materials are welcome in this exhibit. Deadline for submission is Thursday, January 29, 2009.

Visit http://www.butler.edu/library/celebration for more details.

Readers' Day at Hinkle on Saturday, January 24th

Readers' Day, an event combining basketball and reading related activities for children, takes place this Saturday, January 24th at Hinkle Fieldhouse.  Butler Libraries will be participating in the West Gym from 12:45-2 p.m. with pre-game activities to celebrate reading.  Stop by and try the Match to Score game using Butler basketball players' favorite children's books!  For more information about Readers' Day, please see this event page

Library Closed until Jan. 5

The Butler Libraries will be closing at Noon on Christmas Eve (Wednesday) and will remain closed until 8:00am on Monday, January 5, 2009.

We wish everyone a peaceful and restful holiday season.

Intermittent E-Reserve Outages

Irwin Library E-Reserves may experience intermittent outages from 12 noon Saturday,Nov. 22 until 12 noon on Sunday, Nov. 23.

This is due to routine server maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

The Library is Coming to YOU!

Need help doing research for that final paper?

Having trouble formatting your bibliography?

Well, don't worry because the Library is coming to you!

Librarians will be providing research assistance in Ross Hall on Tuesday, December 2 from 7:00-10:00 pm and in ResCo on Sunday, December 7 from 7:00-10:00 pm.

Stop by with your research questions and pick up a flyer about CRAMMAJAMMA, when Irwin Library will be open all night!

Crammajamma is coming!

Mark your calendars for Sunday, December 14th, when Irwin Library will be staying open all night to start finals week.  More details will be coming soon!

Wireless Improvements Are Coming Soon!

Please expect service interruptions from Nov. 19th through Nov. 30th while the wireless network in Irwin Library is upgraded.

My Library Card

Subject: My Library Card

My Library Card allows students, faculty, and staff to monitor their own due-dates and renew library materials without ever having to visit the library.

To use this feature click on the library catalog via our home page: http://www.butler.edu/library/. Then, click on “My Library Card” at the top right side of the screen. Alternately, if you frequently borrow materials from the library you can also  access it from the library's main page. Just look under  "Library Information" for the My Library Card link.

Thanks to technology you should never have to worry about late fees again!

Irwin Library Circulation Dept.

Banned Books Week: Sept. 27 - Oct. 4

Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. This year it is from Sept. 27 - Oct. 4. 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)

Links

Proclamation from the Butler Libraries
Quotes relating to Banned Books Week

Banned Books Week 2008
Banned Books Week Video: I'd Like to Find *BLEEP*
Why Banned Books Week?
The Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2007

The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

Google Book Search's Banned Books Page
American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression

Scholars Resource Art Images now available

Faculty, do you need an image for your in-class teaching?  Students, would you like an example of a particular art form to go along with your class project or presentation?  Then check out: Scholars Resource at:  https://ezproxy.butler.edu:8443/login?url=https://content.butler.edu/index.php/

Butler Libraries, in partnership with the Global & Historical Studies core curriculum course and Information Resources, has made available a set of Scholars Resource images.  The database of art images includes:  painting, sculpture, architecture, and decorative arts from various time periods.  This resource also includes photos taken by Butler faculty who have traveled to various countries for teaching research in support of Butler's Global and Historical Studies course.

Besides the above direct link, the database is also accessible by going to the Library's homepage:  www.butler.edu/library and selecting 'Databases' and the 'Full Alphabetical Database List' link  Note too, via the Library's listing, that there is a PDF of the Scholars Resource images that can be found in the database.

Peruse this image database.  It is literally an 'Introduction to the Visual Arts,' the images coming from the published texts:  Gilbert's "Living with Art," 6th ed., Gardner's "Art Through the Ages," 11th ed., and Hartt's "History of Italian Renaissance Art," 4th ed.

Placing Holds on Books

The Butler Libraries' Catalog allows you to place a hold on any book that is currently checked out. This means that as soon as the book is returned we will "hold" the book for you and you will receive an automatic notification telling you it's ready for check-out.

To place a hold on a book, check your due-dates, etc., just click on Library Catalog from the Libraries' website. Once in the catalog just click on the "My Library Card" button and enter the required information.



Alternately, you can also submit a hold request from within a catalog record. To do so follow these easy steps:

1. Conduct a search in our catalog for a particular book or topic.

2. From the list of results click on the "check for copies" link.


3. Under the action column (right side of screen) click on the "Request" link.


As always you can still call either library and have staff place a hold on a book for you as well.

• Science Library (317) 940-9401

• Irwin Library (317) 940-9227

For more information about holds or recalls please see the following pages:

• Students
  
  
• Faculty

Thank you.

September Celebrations

Besides being the month that college students start getting serious about the school year, September celebrates many other things.

Among other things, September is:

• National Library Card Sign-Up Month
• Be Kind to Writers Month
• National Mushroom Month
  
• National Skin Care Awareness Month
  
• National Piano Month
• Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month
  
• Metaphysical Awareness Month
  
• National Potato Month
• Healthy Aging Month
• Reunion Planning Month
• Update Your Resume Month
  
• Baby Safety Month
  
• Mold Awareness Month
• National Rice Month
• National Cholesterol Education Month
  
• International People Skills Month
  
• National Honey Month, and
  
• Self Improvement Month

There are many ways to celebrate, so don't let the month go by without playing a piano, making sure your baby is safe, being kind to a writer, or eating a potato. :-)

Butler Libraries obtain Citation databases (Web of Science)

Butler Libraries has subscribed to the following Web of Science, Science Citation databases:

Science Citation Index
Social Sciences Citation Index
Arts & Humanities Citation Index

The Libraries obtained backfiles to 1999, and plans are to add more backfiles in future years.

The power of these databases resides in being able to track who is citing whom and how often articles are being cited, resulting in an article's impact within a field.

To access these databases go to:  www.butler.edu/library and select 'Databases'

For assistance in learning how to navigate these research databases, contact the Butler Libraries Reference Services:

Irwin Library:  940-9245
Science Library:  940-9401

or

www.butler.edu/library/ask

Thesis Binding

The Butler University Libraries do handle binding of Master's and Honors Theses. Instructions, information, and library policies regarding the binding of theses are available on the Thesis Binding Policy page on our website (Library Info - Policies).

READ Posters 2008

These are the new READ posters for 2008, featuring faculty and students holding their favorite books and encouraging everyone to READ. If you are interested in your own 11"x17" copy of any of these posters, please contact Teresa Williams at twilliam@butler.edu.

Favorite Books Contest Winners for National Library Week

The following students participated in and won the drawing for the Favorite Books contest conducted during Butler Libraries' National Library Week events:

Julie Pakenham
Christina Koteff

Congratulations, Julie and Christina, enjoy spending your $25.00 Butler Bookstore gift certificate!

National Library Week Pics

Breakfast with the Library

As a thank you to the students, faculty and staff who use our services, a free Breakfast to Go was provided by Butler Libraries.  Students were invited to grab a juice/water and a granola bar pack on their way to class.



Unveiling of this year's READ posters

Butler Libraries hosted a READ Poster Unveiling reception as part of its National Library Week celebration activities.  The Unveiling revealed this year's Butler community READ poster participants.  This year's participants included faculty, student leaders, and the seniors of the male Butler basketball team.

St. Patrick's Day Events in Indianapolis

Looking for something fun to do to celebrate St. Patrick's Day? Visit Indy St. Patrick's Day for events, information, dates, and times.

Here are a few other links you may enjoy:

http://search.cityguide.aol.com/indianapolis/stpatricksday/
http://cityguide.aol.com/indianapolis/stpatricksday
Indianapolis Entertainment (Celtic Bands)

Tax Forms Online

Looking for tax forms for the 2007 tax year? They are available for download, both the forms and instruction booklets, at the websites listed below where you can print out the forms that you need to mail in.

Websites for the necessary forms are:

• Federal Forms: http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html
• All States' Forms: http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/link/forms.html
  
• Indiana Forms: http://www.in.gov/dor/taxforms/

There is also a website, through the Indiana Dept. of Revenue, where you can file your state taxes online for free. It's at http://www.in.gov/dor/ifile/. Make sure you qualify before getting started.

Note: Neither Irwin Library nor any of the librarians can offer legal advice or counsel. Please seek appropriate legal tax counsel if needed.

Summary: Celebration of Scholarship

The Seventh Annual Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Activity is now in full swing! Last Thursday was the opening reception, which was attended and enjoyed by over 50 Butler faculty and staff. Bonnie Brown (Assoc. Prof. of Pharmacy) was our featured speaker and her talk was engaging and educational. As always, Aramark was outstanding in their catering, with the presentation and taste of the food and wine being lauded by all who attended.

The EXHIBIT for the Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Activity continues throughout the month of February. Recent works by Butler faculty and staff are on display all over the main floor of Irwin Library. Here are some statistics about the exhibit:

Total Number of Faculty/Staff Contributors: 88
Total Number of First-Time Contributors: 36
Percentage of First-Time Contributors: 41%

Total Number of Items Contributed: 183
Total Number of First-Time Items: 182
Percentage of First-Time Items: 99%

Number of Departments Contributing: 23 (a new record!)

		People	Percentage
Department Participation:	COPHS	22	25%
	CBA	21	24%
	Music	7	8%
	Biological Sciences	5	6%
	MLLC	5	6%
	Chemistry	4	5%
	Library	3	3%
	Philosophy & Religion	3	3%
	Education	2	2%
	English	2	2%
	Math & Act. Science	2	2%
	Media Arts	2	2%
	Print Marketing & Communications	2	2%
	Theatre	2	2%
	Advancement	1	1%
	Communication Studies	1	1%
	Dance	1	1%
	History	1	1%
	Honors Program	1	1%
	Journalism	1	1%
	Political Science	1	1%
	Psychology	1	1%
	Writer's Studio	1	1%

Student winners of Project SAILS assessment

A congratulations goes out to students:

Emily Stewart
Jarron Lincoln

who won the Project SAILS Assessment drawing being held in conjunction with students who are participating in the Project SAILS (Student Assessment of Information Literacy Skills) test.  To better understand students' research skills, the Library is conducting this 30 minute, multiple-choice test in selected first-year and senior level classes.  The aggregate data obtained from this assessment will help the Library determine future directions with classroom library instruction and reference services. 

A thank you goes out to all the students who have taken the test and to the faculty who have allowed us to conduct the test in their classes or via outside class participation. 

Congratulations winners!  We will have two more drawings announced when the test closes, February 8.

-Sally Neal
Assistant Dean for Public Services

2008 Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Activity

Announcing the SEVENTH 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. We encourage you to contribute anything that has been published, performed, displayed, etc., in the last year, whether the topic is professional or personal.

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 2008

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• 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 unless alternative arrangements are made.
• 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.
• The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, January 30.
• A bibliography of exhibit items will be available at the opening reception on February 7, 2008.
• 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.
• Posters that were presented at a conference
  
• 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

LibGuides are Coming

What are LibGuides?

LibGuides can be subject guides, info portals, class guides, community guides, research tips, or useful resources on any other topic.

In January of 2008, LibGuides will be replacing the Subject Resource Guides with better-organized, more dynamic and flexible collections of links, book lists, research help, multimedia, RSS feeds, search results, and other information useful to faculty and students alike.

The LibGuides system combines the best features of social networks, wikis, bookmarks and blogs to help librarians share knowledge and promote library resources to the community.

LibGuides also integrates with Facebook, where information is instantly available via the LibGuides app!

Library Hours During Finals Week

Dec. 8 (Saturday)

• Irwin: 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.;
• Science: 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Dec. 9 (Sunday)

• Irwin: 10 a.m. - 2 a.m.
• Science: 10 a.m. - 1 a.m.

Dec. 10 -13 (Monday through Thursday)

• Irwin: 7 a.m. - 2 a.m.
• Science: 8 a.m. - 1 a.m.

Dec. 14 (Friday)

• Irwin: 7:30 a.m. - 7 p.m.
• Science: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Dec. 15 (Saturday)

• Irwin: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
• Science: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Dec. 16 (Sunday)

• Irwin and Science: Closed

Library on your Google Toolbar

Do you use the Google toolbar in your web browser?

Would you like a button to add that takes you right to the library catalog?

Now you can have one! Just click this link to add our new Google toolbar button. It will give you a confirmation pop-up, explaining that there's a privacy concern--namely, that your search results will be sent to hickory.palni.edu, but that's just where our catalog is located, so no worries.

(If you need the Google Toolbar, here's a link.)

Working with Emailed Files

A common method of working on papers is to email the document to yourself and then open it from your email. While this method does work, PLEASE NOTE that you cannot just click "Save" when you've opened an email attachment. That will only save the document in a TEMP folder which will disappear once you log off, meaning YOU WILL LOSE YOUR WORK.

If you are opening a document you sent yourself via email, PLEASE save it to BUFiles first and only then start working on it. That will ensure you don't lose all the work you've done.

Better yet, simply work from BUFiles all the time. The only time you won't have access is if you're off campus, in which case we suggest using a USB Flash Drive. If you do choose to use email, remember that files opened directly from an email attachment will open via a TEMP folder and clicking "Save" will NOT save it the way you want.

Library Hours over Thanksgiving Break

THANKSGIVING BREAK	IRWIN	SCIENCE
Nov. 16 (Friday)	8 a.m. – 5 p.m.	8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Nov. 17 (Saturday)	10 a.m. – 5 p.m.	10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Nov. 18 (Sunday)	CLOSED	CLOSED
Nov. 19 -20 (Mon.-Tue.)	8 a.m. – 5 p.m.	8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Nov. 21 (Wednesday)	8 a.m. – NOON	8 a.m. – NOON
Nov. 22 (Thursday)	CLOSED	CLOSED
Nov. 23 (Friday)	CLOSED	CLOSED
Nov. 24 (Saturday)	CLOSED	CLOSED
Nov. 25 (Sunday)	2 p.m. – 1 a.m.	2 p.m. – Midnight

Databases Temporarily Unavailable

Due to some required and critical updates that have to be done this morning, our EZ-Proxy server will be down for about one hour. This will render our databases unavailable from approximately 9:00am to 10:00am. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but the updates are required to keep the system from going down on a more permanent basis.

Update: Database access both on campus and off has been restored. Any problems accessing any of our databases should be reported the Reference Desk. Visit "Ask A Librarian" for contact info.

Extra Computers in Irwin Library

We are quickly approaching the time of year where you may come into the Irwin Library Reference Lab and find that all the computers are full. Take heart! There are others available!

Room 119 in the Music and Fine Arts Reference area has eight more PCs that are available in the evenings and after any scheduled classes are done using the room that day. Those computers use the same printers as the other lab-type computers located around the library.

Looking for a quiet place to study in the Library?

It's a fact - Irwin Library is a popular place in the evenings for group study, and we welcome this.  However, if you are looking for more individualized, quite study spaces, check out the study carrels on the west side of the Irwin Library basement.  Or, inquire at one of the Service Desks and staff can direct you to areas of the Library that are more conducive to quiet study.  We are a small space with multiple needs, accommodating both group study and quiet study, so please be courteous of the study needs of others around you.

Thanks!

Library Lost & Found

Now that the weather is finally cooling down, more people are wearing jackets around campus. Unfortunately, since we're not in the habit yet, many are leaving them at computers or around the library.

If you've left your jacket, notebook, keys, memory stick, or anything else in either of the libraries, please check with the Circulation Desk in that library, which is where our "Lost & Found" areas are located. If you find something left behind by someone else, please take it to the Circulation Desk.

Thank you.

RSS Feeds for New Books

The Butler libraries now have RSS feeds available to let you know about new books that have been added to our catalog.

Using your favorite aggregator (we recommend Google Reader or Bloglines), just add any of the following feeds and you'll be notified every time a new book is added to our catalog in that subject area.

• All New Books - http://hickory.palni.edu:8080/rss/bup.xml
• General, Reference, & Miscellaneous - http://hickory.palni.edu:8080/rss/bup_gen.xml
• Fine Arts - http://hickory.palni.edu:8080/rss/bup_art.xml
• History & Geography - http://hickory.palni.edu:8080/rss/bup_hisgeo.xml
• Literature & Language - http://hickory.palni.edu:8080/rss/bup_litlang.xml
• Natural Science & Mathematics - http://hickory.palni.edu:8080/rss/bup_sci.xml
• Philosophy, Religion, & Psychology - http://hickory.palni.edu:8080/rss/bup_prp.xml
• Social Sciences - http://hickory.palni.edu:8080/rss/bup_soc.xml
• Technology & Applied Sciences - http://hickory.palni.edu:8080/rss/bup_tech.xml

Banned Books Week, Sept. 29- Oct. 6

Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. This year it is from Sept. 29 - Oct. 6. 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)

Links

Proclamation from the Butler Libraries
Quotes relating to Banned Books Week

Challenged and Banned Books
The Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2006
The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000
What's the Difference Between Challenged and Banned?
Google Book Search's Banned Books Page

American Library Association (ALA)'s Banned Books Week page
American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online

Introducting OLDO! The Oxford Language Dictionaries Online.

Instant access to Oxford’s top-of-the-line, unabridged bilingual dictionaries!

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online features essential language resources never before available online – fully searchable, comprehensive, authoritative bilingual dictionaries and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using an expanding range of languages.

1. Initially offering over 1.2 million words and phrases, and over 2 million translations in French, German, Spanish and Italian
2. Coming in 2008: Chinese, Russian, and revolutionary pronunciation software allowing you to hear native speaker stress and intonation
3. Unique language learning support, including usage examples and illustrative phrases, grammar guidance, click-through verb tables and pronunciation charts, explanations of grammatical terms, and help with spelling and pronunciation
4. Access to hundreds of correspondence templates including sample letters, emails, and resumes to provide practical help with writing
5. Regular updates every six months ensure that the most current meaning and the latest new words are just a click away

You can access OLDO on the Library Website under Databases or just click the link above.

Access Restored!

For the last few days, our SFX service has been down. This has affected the FindIt button and Journals A-Z.

As of Wednesday, Sept. 19, all these services have been restored. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused.

Library Tutorials and Quizzes

Students

The library tutorials are accessed through the front page of the library website. A direct link is http://www.butler.edu/library/?pg=650. Work your way through the tutorials at your own pace.

Once you've completed the tutorial, there may be a quiz available to make sure you've learned what is expected. These quizzes are available in Blackboard. Simply log into Blackboard and look under "My Organizations" for the one called Library Tutorials. All freshmen will be added by Friday, August 31. If you do not have it listed there, please contact spfitzin@butler.edu and request to be added to the Library Tutorials organization.

Faculty

We encourage faculty members to assign any library tutorials and quizzes that may be relevant to their classes. The library tutorials are accessed through the front page of the library website. A direct link is http://www.butler.edu/library/?pg=650.

After completing the assigned tutorial(s), students can take the corresponding quiz in Blackboard, under the organization called Library Tutorials. If they do not have it listed under "My Organizations," please have them contact spfitzin@butler.edu and request to be added to the Library Tutorials organization. By default, only freshmen are added to this organization. If you have students that need to take the quiz(zes) and are not freshmen, please send a list of those students to spfitzin@butler.edu and they will be added.

Students' quiz scores can be sent to you upon request. Please see the Library Tutorials and Quizzes page for more information.

Faculty Course Reserves

Subject: Irwin Library Course Reserves

To avoid the fall rush faculty are encouraged to submit their print and electronic reserves ASAP.  To expedite the process please keep these things in mind:

• Reserves submitted without the appropriate form may take several weeks to process
• All forms need to be filled out legibly and completely
• Items are processed in the order that they are received
• Faculty submitting large numbers of print items (i.e., 30 or more) may be asked to remove items as the semester progresses
• Unless noted on the appropriate form, all items are removed from reserves at the end of each semester
  

For guidelines and forms see the following:  

Print Reserves: http://www.butler.edu/library/index.aspx?pg=886

E-Reserves: http://www.butler.edu/library/index.aspx?pg=885

Access Services Dept., Irwin Library

 

The Macs Have Arrived!

Irwin Library now has 6 iMac computers available for use in the Reference Dept. computer lab. They are located by the blue chairs in the row along the windows.

Library Labs Go XP

The publicly accessible computers in the Irwin Library have all been upgraded to Windows XP! This includes the computers on every floor.

Now you'll be able to easily burn CDs and zip/unzip files right from within Windows' "My Computer" application.

New Online Database for Philosophy and Religion

Introducing the Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion, & Culture!

The Cambridge Companions series offers specially-commissioned collections of essays which are intended to serve as reference works for an inter-disciplinary audience of students and non-specialists. Addressing topics and figures ranging from Plato through Kant to Habermas, and philosophical movements such as the Scottish Enlightenment and German Idealism, this online collection contains over 900 downloadable essays taken from the Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture (more than 90 volumes). Each volume also includes a substantial bibliography and other elements such as glossaries and timelines.

Links to this database are available on our general Alphabetical List and also in the Subject List under Philosophy and Religious Studies.

Here is a direct link.

University Closing at Noon on July 3

Butler University is closing at noon on July 3 to allow staff to celebrate and prepare for holiday gatherings and travel. This will affect the Butler libraries also.

Holiday Hours
Irwin and Science Libraries
    Tuesday, July 3 - 8am to Noon
    Wednesday, July 4 - CLOSED

Macs Are Coming

The computer lab in the Reference Department of Irwin Library will soon be home for six new Macintosh computers. They will be part of the computer lab and will be located in the row along the windows. The date is not set yet, but the switch will be made this summer, making the new Macs available for use by the time the Fall 2007 semester begins.

Summer Reading

Are you looking for some summer reading? Are you "stuck" here taking (or teaching) a summer class? Check out the Browsing Collection in Irwin Library. It just inside the main doors on the right, at the entrance to the Current Periodicals Room. Here is a very brief list of the many books available:

The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth, by Leigh Montville
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, by Barack Obama
The First Emancipator: The Forgotten Story of Robert Carter, the Founding Father who Freed his Slaves, by Andrew Levy
The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
Deception Point, by Dan Brown
Love Me, by Garrison Keillor

If you're looking for something new to broaden your mind, challenge your thinking, or just entertain you, our Browsing Collection is just what you need!

Soft Seating

During the summertime, the Butler Libraries like to make improvements and adjustments to the physical space in the libraries. One of those that has already taken place is in the area of "soft seating." Additional seating has been added and some of the seating that was older or in poor condition has been replaced.

It is our goal to provide our students (and faculty and staff) with a comfortable and friendly environment for study, reading, relaxing, and computer usage. This soft seating upgrade is one step in the continuing process.

Summer Hours

Beginning on Monday, May 14, the Butler Libraries Summer Hours will be as follows:

SUMMER HOURS

REGULAR HOURS	IRWIN	SCIENCE
Monday – Thursday	8 a.m. – 8 p.m.	8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Friday	8 a.m. – 5 p.m.	8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturday	10 a.m. – 5 p.m.	CLOSED
Sunday	CLOSED	1 p.m. – 5 p.m.

There are a couple of exceptions over the course of the summer (like Memorial Day and Independence Day). Please visit the Library Hours page on our website for all the details.

Before You Leave Butler

Just a reminder that before you leave Butler for the summer (or for ever), you should check to make sure you have all your library materials turned in.

Go to My Library Card and log in. If Current Loans does not say 0, then click on the number to get the titles of the materials you still have checked out. Use this list to collect everything you still have out from the library and bring them back to the library before you leave.

ALSO, make sure you check in ILLIAD to verify that you don't have any InterLibrary Loan materials still out. Go to https://illiad.butler.edu/logon.html and log in. Click the button that says "View/Renew Items On Loan" and make sure there's nothing listed.

When you've double-checked both of these places, you're clear!

Have a terrific summer!

Favorite Books

During National Library Week, we had a display in Irwin Library and another at Starbucks. One element of the display was a table covered with paper, where we asked people to write down their favorite books. Below is the complete list of all books listed on either of the tables, along with the number of times they were mentioned. (A couple books were either illegible or made up.)

2007 National Library Week
What's Your Favorite Book?
(from table covers)
Title	Author	Frequency
The Holy Bible		12
1984	George Orwell	5
Pride and Prejudice	Jane Austen	5
The Giver	Lois Lowry	5
Catch-22	Joseph Heller	4
Harry Potter	J. K. Rowling	4
Angels and Demons	Dan Brown	3
Annotated Sherlock Holmes	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	3
Ender's Game	Orson Scott Card	3
The Da Vinci Code	Dan Brown	3
East of Eden	John Steinbeck	2
Everybody Poops	Taro Gomi	2
Freakonomics	Steven D. Levitt	2
Gone with the Wind	Margaret Mitchell	2
Le Petit Prince	Antoine de Saint-Exupéry	2
Lolita	Vladimir Nabokov	2
Memoirs of a Geisha	Arthur Golden	2
My Life	Bill Clinton	2
Of Mice and Men	John Steinbeck	2
Siddhartha	Hermann Hesse	2
The Color Purple	Alice Walker	2
The Count of Monte Cristo	Alexandre Dumas	2
The Great Gatsby	F. Scott Fitzgerald	2
The Little House	Virginia Lee Burton	2
The Never-Ending Story	Michael Ende	2
The Perks of Being a Wallflower	Stephen Chbosky	2
The Portrait of Dorian Grey	Oscar Wilde	2
The Shadow of the Wind	Carlos Ruiz Zafon	2
The Stranger	Albert Camus	2
To Kill a Mockingbird	Harper Lee	2
Where the Sidewalk Ends	Shel Silverstein	2
A Brave New World	Aldous Huxley	1
A Farewell to Arms	Ernest Hemingway	1
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius	Dave Eggers	1
A Million Little Pieces	James Frey	1
A Prayer for Owen Meany	John Irving	1
A Tale of Two Cities	Dickens	1
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn	Betty Smith	1
A Wrinkle in Time	Madeleine L'Engle	1
After the Rainbow	V.C. Andrews	1
All Quiet on the Western Front	Erich Maria Remarque	1
Atlas Shrugged	Ayn Rand	1
Barchester Towers	Anthony Trollope	1
Bearing an Hourglass	Piers Anthony	1
Black Like Me	John Howard Griffin	1
Blood and Gold	Anne Rice	1
Calvin & Hobbes	Bill Watterson	1
Catcher in the Rye	J.D. Salinger	1
Charlotte's Web	E. B. White	1
Curious George	H. A. Rey	1
Dante's Inferno	Ryan King	1
Darkness at Noon	Jared Gillespie	1
Effi Briest	Theodor Fontane	1
Emma	Jane Austen	1
Ethan Frome	Edith Wharton	1
Fallen Angels	Walter Dean Myers	1
Five People you meet in Heaven	Mitch Alban	1
For One More Day	Mitch Albom	1
Glass Castles: A Memoir	Jeannette Walls	1
Good in Bed	Jennifer Weiner	1
Goodnight Moon	Margaret Wise Brown	1
Goodnight Mr. Tom	Colin	1
Hinds Feet on High Places	Hannah Hurnard	1
His Dark Materials Trilogy	Philip Pullman	1
Historias de Cronopios y defamas	Julio Cortazar	1
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Douglas Adams	1
Horton Hears a Who	Dr. Seuss	1
House of the Spirits	Isabel Allende	1
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings	Maya Angelou	1
Infinite Jest	David Foster Wallace	1
Ishmael	Anthony Quinn	1
James and the Giant Peach	Roald Dahl	1
Jane Eyre	Charlotte Bronte	1
Jemima J	Jane Green	1
Kama Sutra		1
Kite Runner	Khaled Hosseini	1
Knowing God	J.I. Packer	1
La Novena Puerta	Celia Filipetto	1
Les Miserables	Victor Hugo	1
Life of Pi	Yan Martel	1
Love in the Time of Cholera	Gabriel Garcia Marquez	1
Macbeth	William Shakespeare	1
Madame Bovary	Gustave Flaubert	1
Magical Thinking	Augustin Burroughs	1
Mama Makes up her Mind (and other dangers of Southern Living)	Bailey White	1
Matilda	Roald Dahl	1
Me Talk Pretty one Day	David Sedaris	1
Middlesex	Jeffrey Eugenides	1
Mother Teresa	Kathryn Spink	1
My Side of the Mountain	Jean Craighead George	1
My Sister's Keeper	Jodi Picoult	1
Naked	David Sedaris	1
Neuromancer	William Gibson	1
Night	Eric Witsel	1
Now You See Her	Linda Howard	1
On the Road	Jack Kerouac	1
One Fish Two Fish	Dr. Seuss	1
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest	Ken Kesey	1
Origin of Species	Charles Darwin	1
Orlando	Virginia Woolf	1
Persuasion	Jane Austen	1
Pillars of the Earth	Ken Follett	1
Plain Truth	Jodi Picoult	1
Prep	Curtis Settingfield	1
Reckless Driver	Lisa Vice	1
Room Full of Mirrors	Charles R. Cross	1
Sellevision	Augusten Burroughs	1
Seth Speaks	Jane Roberts	1
Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll	Eric Bogosian	1
Sexy Beast	Kate Douglas	1
Shalimar the Clown	Salman Rushdie	1
She's Come Undone	Wally Lamb	1
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	Ann Brashares	1
Slaughterhouse Five	Kurt Vonnegut	1
Speaker for the Dead	Orson Scott Card	1
Star Trek: The Return	William Shatner	1
Star Wars: The Han Solo Trilogy	A.C. Crispin	1
Summer Sisters	Judy Blume	1
Summerland	Michael Chabon	1
The Accidental Tourist	Anne Tyler	1
The Aenied	Virgil	1
The Alchemist	Paulo Coelho	1
The American Revelation: Ten Ideals That Shaped Our Country from the Puritans to the Cold War	Neil Baldwin	1
The Awakening	Kate Chopin	1
The BFG	Shelley Johnson	1
The Bluest Eye	Toni Morrison	1
The Broker	John Grisham	1
The Chronicles of Narnia	C.S. Lewis	1
The Comedians	Graham Greene	1
The Dark Half	Stephen King	1
The Deryni Trilogies	Katherine Kurtz	1
The Devil Wears Prada	Lauren Weisberger	1
The Good Earth	Pearl S. Buck	1
The Great Divorce	C.S. Lewis	1
The Hiding Place	Corrie Ten Boom	1
The History of Love	Nicole Krauss	1
The Hobbit	J.R.R. Tolkien	1
The Horse Whisperer	Nicholas Evans	1
The Iliad	Homer	1
The Joy Luck Club	Amy Tan	1
The King, the Mice, and the Cheese	Nancy Gurney	1
The Lord of the Rings	J.R.R. Tolkien	1
The Man in the Maze	Robert Silverberg	1
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane	Kate Dicamillo	1
The Monster at the End of this Book	Jon Stone	1
The Poisonwood Bible	Barbara Kingsolver	1
The Queen's Confession	Victoria Holt	1
The Redwall Series	Brian Jacques	1
The Road	Cormac McCarthy	1
The Road Back	Remarque	1
The Rule of Four	Ian Caldwell	1
The Silmarillion	J.R.R. Tolkien	1
The Sound and the Fury	William Faulkner	1
The Sun Also Rises	Ernest Hemingway	1
The Thirteenth Tale	Diane Setterfield	1
The Three Musketeers	Alexandre Dumas	1
The Time Traveler's Wife	Audrey Niffenegger	1
The Wind Blows Backwards	Mary Downing Hahn	1
Tom Sawyer	Mark Twain	1
Trainspotting	Irvine Welsh	1
Tuesdays with Morrie	Mitch Albom	1
Under the Volcano	Malcolm Lowing	1
Valley of the Dolls	Jacqueline Susann	1
What Katie Did	Susan Coolidge	1
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day	Pearl Cleage	1
Where the Wild Things Are	Maurice Sendak	1
White Oleander	Janet Fitch	1
Wicked	Gregory Maguire	1
Winnetou	Karl May	1
Anything by:	Edgar Allen Poe	1
Anything by:	Ernest Hemingway	1
Anything by:	Godel, Esher, Back	1
Anything by:	Mitch Albom	1

Use BUFiles When Working on Library Computers

This is just a regular reminder that if you are working on "lab computers" in either of the libraries, you need to save your files to BUFiles (usually the H: drive).

The lab-type computers are rebooted once or twice a week, which results in totally deleting all profiles and all MyDocuments files. Anything saved to the local computer will be deleted when this happens, so remember to use the network for saving your documents. That will also allow you to access your files from other networked computers across campus.

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK

This next week, April 15-21, is National Library Week. All around the country, people are celebrating their libraries. The Butler University Libraries have several activities planned, all of which you are encouraged to participate in.

BREAKFAST WITH THE LIBRARY
Monday, April 16, from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. at the Star Fountain

Stop by for free donuts and juice on your way to class or work.
Rain Location:  Irwin Library Lobby

CELEBRITY READ POSTER UNVEILING
Wednesday, April 18, 3:00 p.m. at Irwin Library

Butler celebrities were photographed with their favorite books for our Celebrity READ posters.  Who are they?   What are their favorite books?
Attend the Poster Unveiling and find out!

FAVORITE BOOKS CONTEST
Monday, April 16 through noon on Thursday, April 19

Take our “Favorite Books” quiz for a chance to win a Butler Celebrity READ poster.
HINT:  Improve your chances of winning by visiting our “Library Staff Favorite Books” display at Irwin Library.  Contest entries available at Irwin Library and Starbucks.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE BOOK?
Monday, April 16 - Friday, April 20

Tell us the title of your favorite book.  Stop by the “What’s Your Favorite Book” table at Irwin Library or Starbucks and put it in writing.

CHECK IT OUT FOR A CHANCE TO WIN
Monday, April 16 - Friday, April 20

Check out a book or other item at the Circulation Desk at Irwin Library to be entered in a daily drawing for a free Starbucks beverage.

April is National Poetry Month

During the month of April you are invited to visit Irwin Library and visit our National Poetry Month display. Starting on Monday there will be tables featuring favorite and unique books of poetry chosen by our library staff. You are encouraged to read and even check out these books. Also on display will be our annual Magnetic Poetry Boards, where you can express your own poetic sense of creativity.

Take a moment during April to exercise a different part of your brain and read a bit of poetry in celebration of National Poetry Month.

Tax Forms Now Online

The Reference Dept. of Irwin Library no longer has printed forms available for filing income taxes. Instead, we encourage you to download the forms and booklets you need and to print out the forms that you need to mail in.

Websites for the necessary forms are:

• Federal Forms: http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html
• All States' Forms: http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/link/forms.html
  
• Indiana Forms: http://www.in.gov/dor/taxforms/

There is also a website, through Access Indiana, where you can file your state taxes online for free. It's at http://www.in.gov/ai/appfiles/i-file/index.html. Make sure you qualify before getting started.

Note: Neither Irwin Library nor any of the librarians can offer legal advice or counsel. Please seek appropriate legal tax counsel if needed.

Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Activity

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.

Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Activity

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

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• 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

Recycling in Irwin Library

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.

Butler Gets Britannica Online

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.

"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.

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)

Links

Proclamation from the Butler Libraries
Quotes relating to Banned Books Week

Challenged and Banned Books
The Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2005
The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000
What's the Difference Between Challenged and Banned?
Google Book Search's Banned Books Page

American Library Association (ALA)'s Banned Books Week page
American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression

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.

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.

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.

Group Computer Workstations

There are now three separate group workstations available in Irwin Library. The purpose of these is to give groups of 2, 3, 4, or more some space to work together on projects at a lab computer while still having desk space available. These workstations are set apart from the regular "lab" computers to help isolate discussion noise and to allow groups to focus more on their projects.

Two of these group workstations are in the Current Periodicals area of Irwin Library (the southwest corner of the main floor) and one is in the back of the Reference Department, behind the lab computers. These computers will still print to the printers in the Reference Department.

Preference will be given to groups over individuals in using these computers.

Reference Dept. In Transition

During the next couple of weeks, the Reference Department and its accompanying computer lab will be in transition.

We are doubling the number of computers available and changing how the computer tables are arranged. The bookshelves will also be rearranged over the next couple weeks, providing easier access and more efficient space usage. In the meantime, though, there may be a little mess or disorganization. Please be patient as we make the Reference Department a more user friendly and welcoming space.

Thank you.

New Computer Tables

The Reference Department at Irwin Library is pleased to announce that they are purchasing new computer tables for the computer lab area. These tables are curved and provide a new look for the area that is light and modern and more conducive to group work. They are similar to this picture but they are oak instead of grey-colored, and they will only have two computers per half-circle, allowing for more flexibility with small groups.

A few have already been installed, but more will be coming over the next few weeks. We hope you enjoy them and find them even more helpful for your work in the library.

New Library Website

It's August 1st and the newly redesigned library website is live and functioning! Right on schedule.

We hope the new design is even more intuitive and user friendly than the old one. Some of the new elements of our site include usage of Butler's Content Management System for the entire site, a new web presence for the Science Library, and an RSS feed from DawgBlog, our library news weblog.

While it may take a little while to get used to the site, it is our hope that it's easy to use, logically organized, and that it becomes transparent, so you can get right to the information you need.

Library Website Being Updated

The library website is being redesigned and updated. Look for more features, a simpler, more inuitive interface, and a refreshing new look!

The new design will be live beginning August 1, 2006.

Announcing Business Source Complete

The Butler Libraries are pleased to announce an upgrade to Business Source Complete.

As of December 2005, there are more than 200 active full text magazines and journals available via Business Source Complete that were NOT available in Business Source Premier.

Through Business Source Complete Butler students and faculty will now have access to approximately 1,200 electronic full-text titles.

Other enhancements include:

• Select AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) material
• Euromoney investor material
• Investment reports
• Marketing reports
• Company & industry information
• Business book review library
• Country reports
• Select full-text books and reference works

While this database is geared towards business, much of the information also has applications across the social sciences.

-Brad Matthies

New Database for Full-Text Health & Life Sciences Journals

Butler Libraries have recently subscribed to a new online database. This one is a collection of over 950 full-text, peer-reviewed journals!

The ScienceDirect College Edition Health and Life Sciences Journal Collection is the world's largest electronic collection of full text and bibliographic information about science, technology, and medicine.

Clicking the link in our list of Indexes and Databases will take you to a list of all the journals that are available in this collection. To browse them, just click the title you're interested in. Otherwise, you can do a QuickSearch by typing your search term(s) in the box at the top. If you want to do a more "advanced" search, click the green Search button at the top of the screen.

Library Hours During Finals

As usual, we will be extending our hours during Final Exam Week. Here is the schedule:

Finals Week	Irwin Library	Science Library
May 2-4 (Tue.-Thu.)	7 a.m. - 2 a.m.	8 a.m. - 1 a.m.
May 5 (Fri.)	7:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.	8 a.m. - 9 p.m.
May 6 (Sat.)	10 a.m. - 9 p.m.	10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
May 7 (Sun.)	10 a.m. - 2 a.m.	10 a.m. - midnight
May 8 (Mon.)	7:30 a.m. - 1 a.m.	8 a.m. - midnight
May 9 (Tue.)	7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.	8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

As has also become tradition, we will be offering FREE coffee, tea, and cocoa in Irwin Library to aid in students' studying processes. These "study aids" will be available the evenings of Tuesday through Thursday this week and also on Sunday night (the nights we're open until 2:00am), beginning at 7:00 pm and running until about midnight.

Printing Station in Reference

The Reference Department has set up a new printing station near the two printers. This table is for storing print jobs that were not immediately picked up and is also for equipment like the three-hole punch, stapler, heavy-duty stapler (40-90 pages), and tray for scrap paper. The recycle bin and garbage can are right next to this table, so all your printing needs can be handled in one place, while at the same time helping eliminate the crowds digging through the piles at the printers.

As always, print jobs that are not picked after one hour will be recycled (2-sided printing) or put in the scrap paper tray (1-sided printing).

Subscribing to DawgBlog

How would you like to be notified whenever there's a new message posted to DawgBlog? It's easy! In fact, you have a couple of options.

If you use an email aggregator like Bloglines or Google's Personalized Home Page, you can grab the RSS feed from our home page and add it to your collection of feeds. You can even subscribe to a specific category, if you'd rather. The RSS links for those are next to each category in the lower left sidebar.

Don't do RSS yet? Would you rather get a good old email whenever there's a new post? You'll have to be logged in to DawgBlog (using your standard Butler ID and password), but after that it's easy. Just click on the "Email" link in the top left corner of the screen and choose whether you want notifications when there new posts and comments or just new posts. Then sit back and enjoy!

DawgBlog Now Publicly Accessible

No longer do you have to enter your Butler University ID and password to get to DawgBlog. It's open to the world!

It is our goal to contribute to the community of libraries that are blogging by having an open site. And also to make it easier for our students and faculty/staff to get to our library blog. No more logging in--just point and click!

Tax Forms Available Online

The Reference Section of Irwin Library will no longer be making printed forms available for filing income taxes. Instead, we encourage you to download the forms and booklets you need and to print out the forms that you need to mail in.

Websites for the necessary forms are:

• Federal Forms: http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html
• All States' Forms: http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/link/forms.html
  
• Indiana Forms: http://www.in.gov/dor/taxforms/

There is also a website, through Access Indiana, where you can file your state taxes online for free. It's at http://www.in.gov/ai/appfiles/i-file/index.html. Be sure to read the "View Requirements" to make sure you meet the technological and residential requirements.

Note: Neither Irwin Library nor any of the librarians can offer legal advice or counsel. Please seek appropriate legal tax counsel if needed.

NY Times Historical now available online

The New York Times (Historical) database is now available via ProQuest. While the most recent few years are not available online yet, you can search the full text of pages and articles, from September 18, 1851 to December 31, 2002. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

You can get to this database through our list of Indexes and Databases.

Or logon directly: New York Times (Historical)

Libraries Get More Lab Computers

For those of you who have waited for a computer in the libraries because they were all being used, the solution has arrived: More Computers.

There are now 6 more lab computers in Irwin Library and 2 more in the Ruth Lilly Science Library. At Irwin, we have spread them throughout the building. Here are the locations:

• One more in the Music & Fine Arts Reference area.
• One in the basement by the newspapers.
• One on the second floor in the A-D section.
• One on the second floor in the E-HJ section.
• One on the second floor in the M-N section.
• One on the third floor in the P-PR section.

We hope this better facilitates your computer usage both as individuals and as groups.

Library Blog Relocates

The Butler University Libraries' weblog, DawgBlog, has been moved to a new website. Our old blog host decided to "go commerical" and the result was an unacceptable change in how our blog looked and functioned and even how our blog posts looked. We have moved to CommunityServer, which is hosted locally, so we no longer have to concern ourselves with advertising or unwanted popups.

As the already existing posts were imported, we lost the authors attached to the invdividual posts, so I have added their names to ends of the posts, lest our readers think they were really all written by one person.

It is our hope that the new site will offer our readers greater stability and usability as we continue to improve our communication.

Thank you for your patience and for finding your way here to this new site.

Scott Pfitzinger
Reference Librarian

New Books in the Library

Would you like to find out what books have recently been added to the library catalog at Butler? Visit the library home page and click on "New Titles in our Catalog."

You can enter search terms like a word in the title or the author's first or last name, or even part of the LC call number, and you can sort by a variety of categories. For instance, a search term of ML will give you all the literature on music that we've gotten in the last X months.

As of now, wildcards (such as * or ?) are unavailable when searching for new materials in the library, but if you just enter part of the author's name or a word from the title, it will display every record that contains that fragment. Examples: the term "market" gives us marketing, marketplace, etc.; "smi" yields authors with the name smith or smit, or titles with the word blacksmith or dismiss.

Duplex Printing Now the Default in Irwin Library!

The printers in the Reference Department of Irwin Library now feature printing on both sides of the page (duplex printing).  If you would like to print using only one side of the page, see the instructions posted next to the machines in the Reference area.

-Sam

Butler Libraries' Catalog - Keyword Search ONLY - 9/2-9/5

From 1 p.m. Fri., Sept. 2 through Mon., Sept. 5, the Butler Libraries' Catalog will provide ONLY Keyword searching. This is to allow for some fixes involving Browse searching.

You can use Keyword to search for phrases with quotation marks around the words, such as "catcher in the rye" -- if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Reference Desk at 940-9235.

-Amber

Library Hours - Friday, August 19th

Here are the libraries' hours for the Annual Faculty/Staff Forum and Picnic on Friday, August 19th: 

Irwin Library:
Open:  8:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Closed: 10:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Open: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Science Library:  Open

-Jon

Usage Study

The Reference Department in the library is performing a Usage Study. We are trying to track what materials are used from our Reference Collection and how often they are used.

Please help us perform this study by not reshelving books that use from the General Reference or Music Reference collections. Instead, please leave them on a table for a librarian to pick up. Those books will be scanned and documented before we reshelve them.

Thanks for your help in allowing us to create a continually better and more relevant Reference section for you.

Ask A Librarian

You may have noticed on the Butler Libraries website that we now have a link called "Ask A Librarian." This is an expansion on a function that we've had for quite a while.

If you have a reference or research question, you may now contact a reference librarian quickly and easily by using this page. Methods include telephone, email, and Instant Messenger. We are using exclusively AOL Instant Messenger for our chat service at this time. If you want to set up an AIM account, you don't need to use AOL; you just need to download the AIM client and create a screen name. Visit http://aim.com to get started.

Our screen name is "Butler RefLib" and you are encouraged to add us to your Buddy List, so you can easily contact us whenever you have a reference or research question.

Irwin Library hours expanding!

Students have asked, and the Libraries have answered.  Beginning Fall semester 2005, the Irwin Library will now open at 7:30 a.m. Monday through Friday. Also, Sunday through Thursday, Irwin Library is open until 1:00 a.m. for your research and study needs.

-Sam

Welcome

Welcome to DawgBlog, the new blog provided by the Butler University Libraries.

The purpose of this blog is to provide you with information about the libraries at Butler and the services we provide. News, announcements, research assistance, and technology tips are just the beginning.

We hope you will find this resource useful and that you will even contribute to the discussions through commenting on postings as you feel led.