Butler Libraries

Butler students get the research assistance and materials they need to succeed in our University Libraries. The university depends upon loyal and generous donors to help sustain the libraries’ mission to provide facilities, services, resources, technology and educational opportunities that facilitate access to information.

Butler University maintains two libraries—Irwin Library and the Ruth Lilly Science Library. Together, these University Libraries contain approximately:

250,000 monograph volumes
110,000 government documents
1,500 current journal subscriptions
14,000 audio-visual materials
more than 17,000 musical scores

Workstations in both libraries give access to the online catalog, remote databases, full-text journal article databases and Internet access.

Also, the Hugh Thomas Miller Rare Books and Special Collections Room contains many notable primary research collections, including:

The Eliza Blaker Collection
The Indiana Federation of Advertisers Association Collection
The National Track & Field Hall of Fame Historical Research Library
The Harold E. Johnson Jean Sibelius Collection
The William F. Charters South Seas Collection

For information on how you can help sustain the libraries' mission, contact Erica Altuve in the Office of University Advancement.