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 José Lusende in the Office of University
Advancement.