If you haven’t visited the library recently, expect some major changes the next time you drop by for a visit. Over the summer, construction crews have been hard at work replacing the flooring on the main level with hard wood flooring and new carpet.  Patrons will also find that the newly expanded writing center has moved to the Roemer side of the basement, where there will be additional computers for those seeking to improve their writing skills.  If that weren’t enough, several rooms have been added in the basement for tutors and study groups.

Monday -Thursday:   8am-8pm

Friday:                         8am-5pm

Saturday:                    10am-3pm

Sunday:                       1pm-5pm

Regular  semester hours will resume on August 24th

This summer, the choices for the Lindenwood faculty reading program are The Black Swan:The Impact of the Highly Improbable, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Team of Rivals:The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, by Doris Kearns Goodwin.  Discussions about these two books will be held during the fall faculty workshop in August.

Fri        April 10             9 am – 5 pm

Sat      April 11th           9 am – 4 pm

Sun     April 12             CLOSED FOR EASTER

We are in the process of updating our webpages!

Just in time for Spring, the Butler Library Webpages are being redesigned and reevaluated to provide students and faculty alike, with a much more  user-friendly, searchable, and up-to-date library website.

This new website will provide easier access to needed information, while doing research at Lindenwood University.

The Margaret Leggat Butler Library is in the process of upgrading its video collection into a fully functioning Media Library Room equipped with two computers that will eventually have streaming audio from a music vendor of our choice. The music being downloaded will accompany all genres of music, and the video collection is already in the midst of a new facelift with a myriad of different and new film titles. Some of these will be popular titles as well as scholastic and scholarly. There will also be available to students, faculty, and staff a record player that plays 33, 45, and 78’s. It also plays cassettes, in addition to C.D’s. and MP3 capabilities.

For more information please contact the Media Librarian: Mr. Michael Dorlac

Mdorlac@lindenwood.edu

636-949-4144

Two new databases have recently been added for those students who are majoring in counseling!  They are as follows:

Mental Measurements Yearbook

Tests in Print

The eagerly anticipated Coffee shop is now open for business.  The leading retailer of specialty coffee in the world:  The Seattle’s Best Coffee Company has now set up shop in the Butler Library for students and faculty alike.  This will serve to promote the library as a location for study and for siesta with a full coffee menu board of their finest coffee, teas, sandwiches, and desserts.  Students can also relax and view our new big screen TV.

We have been extremely busy over the Summer working on many projects to prepare for the 2008-09 school year!

Be sure to check here everyday to find out what’s new at Butler!!