Butler Library

Butler Library

. It was completed in 1934 and renamed for Butler in 1946.

Its facade displays the names of great writers, philosophers, and thinkers, most of whom (though not all) are read by students engaged in the Core Curriculum of Columbia College. Unlike most university libraries, Butler remains at least partially open 24 hours a day, a practice which has engendered a peculiar culture of late night studying and even temporary student residency in the building.

Butler Library is home to Orgo Night, the Columbia University Marching Band's semi-annual campus-wide performance. At exactly 11:59 pm on the night before finals start each semester, the CUMB enters the main reading room of the library and performs a show similar to their football half-time shows, sometimes featuring material cut by censors. The Band then proceeds to perform at various other locations around campus.

Sexual escapades in the library's stacks are a salient piece of Columbia lore. The library's unique culture was enhanced with the 2006 creation of [http://www.boredatbutler.com boredatbutler.com] , a website featuring scrolling anonymous comments posted mostly by people in the library.Fact|date=February 2008

Trivia

Butler Library was featured prominently in the film "Ghostbusters" and also "Spider-Man (film)". Several books and screenplays have been written within its walls, including Nobel Prize-winning novelist Orhan Pamuk's "The Black Book" and the script for the film "Capote".

External links

* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/butler/index.html Butler Library homepage at Columbia University Libraries]
* [http://www.boredatbutler.com boredatbutler.com]


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