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It looks like a place only staff would venture but every undergraduate had to brave the dark hallways where each foot step echoed off of low ceilings and endless rows of shelves. Butler library keeps the majority of its collection in "the stacks" - a column of floors located in the center of the building with one elevator, one staircase, and no other way out. It's not the most inviting place but just on the other side of the wall is a state of the art library with beautifully designed and decorated study spaces, lounges, computer facilities and a cafe for the all-nighters. But the stacks aren't really scary once you become accustomed to them. Finding a book here is like discovering a gem hidden in a cave among millions of plain old rocks. It may sound dramatic but the first experience among those shelves feels just that way.
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I liked the way each little area had it's own light switch on a timer that would go on and off either illuminating your own little area or suddnely leaving you complete darkness
oops, sorry about the unneccessary apostrophe - the eats shoots and leaves lady would have my head!
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