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The central Columbia library, holding 2 million volumes in the humanities. People there like to do two things:
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'''Butler Library''' is the main library for undergraduates, named for [[Nicholas Murray Butler]]. It holds 2 million volumes in the humanities. Butler has study rooms open 24 hours a day during the school year. Students in Butler tend to either work or spend time on [[Boredatbutler.com]].
  
# Work.
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==The Phillip L. Milstein Family College Library==
# Spend time on [[Boredatbutler.com]].
 
  
It was named for [[Nicholas Murray Butler]].
 
 
==The Phillip L. Milstein Family College Library==
 
 
Butler is also home to the '''Milstein Library''' which is the official designation for the 24-hour reading rooms and the collection of books stored within on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors of the library. Since Milstein isn't really distinguishable from Butler itself in any major fashion, no one actually uses the term 'Milstein', and most probably don't even know that it 'exists'. After 11pm, when the other rooms of the library close, graduate students come down from other floors and overcrowd the 24-hour reading rooms.
 
Butler is also home to the '''Milstein Library''' which is the official designation for the 24-hour reading rooms and the collection of books stored within on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors of the library. Since Milstein isn't really distinguishable from Butler itself in any major fashion, no one actually uses the term 'Milstein', and most probably don't even know that it 'exists'. After 11pm, when the other rooms of the library close, graduate students come down from other floors and overcrowd the 24-hour reading rooms.
  
 
== Facilities ==
 
== Facilities ==
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* Lockers: enter the lottery every year at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/butler/lockers/.
 
* Lockers: enter the lottery every year at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/butler/lockers/.
 
* [[Photocopiers]]: on every floor.
 
* [[Photocopiers]]: on every floor.
  
 
=== Floor 2 (exit level) ===
 
=== Floor 2 (exit level) ===
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* [[Blue Java Butler]] coffee bar.
 
* [[Blue Java Butler]] coffee bar.
 
* 214: the lounge, the only place you can eat and talk.
 
* 214: the lounge, the only place you can eat and talk.
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== Butler culture ==
 
== Butler culture ==
*Inspired the site [http://www.boredatbutler.com Bored@Butler]
 
*Ahem, stacks? ''Click edit to add.''
 
 
===Stories===
 
  
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* Inspired the site [[Boredatbutler.com]].
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* Students supposedly make out in the stacks. No one has ever seen this actually happen.
  
 
[[Category: Libraries]]
 
[[Category: Libraries]]

Revision as of 22:05, 20 March 2007

From Wikipedia's article on Columbia University.
Photo taken by Flickr user Sciamano and released under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.0 license.

Butler Library is the main library for undergraduates, named for Nicholas Murray Butler. It holds 2 million volumes in the humanities. Butler has study rooms open 24 hours a day during the school year. Students in Butler tend to either work or spend time on Boredatbutler.com.

The Phillip L. Milstein Family College Library

Butler is also home to the Milstein Library which is the official designation for the 24-hour reading rooms and the collection of books stored within on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors of the library. Since Milstein isn't really distinguishable from Butler itself in any major fashion, no one actually uses the term 'Milstein', and most probably don't even know that it 'exists'. After 11pm, when the other rooms of the library close, graduate students come down from other floors and overcrowd the 24-hour reading rooms.

Facilities

Floor 2 (exit level)

  • Blue Java Butler coffee bar.
  • 214: the lounge, the only place you can eat and talk.
  • 213: CUIT computer lab.
  • 209-212: Milstein undergraduate reading rooms.

Butler culture

  • Inspired the site Boredatbutler.com.
  • Students supposedly make out in the stacks. No one has ever seen this actually happen.