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42-549: Designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes and constructed at a cost of $ 32 million, the IUPUI University Library officially opened in its current location on April 8, 1994. With nearly a million patron visits a year, plus staff and resources that support all of IUPUI's more than 200 degree programs, the IUPUI University Library is a public academic research library. Serving as a centerpiece for the IUPUI library system,

84-436: A consolidated city-county government, known as Unigov , in which only four municipalities retain full government autonomy (including a mayor and city council) as "excluded cities". The remaining municipalities within the county are "included towns" and exercise very limited authority, mainly in zoning and appointing their own police departments and maintaining some of their own municipal services and town identities. They retain

126-648: A collection of textiles that were collected by Ruth and Eli Lilly beginning as early as the 1940s. The collection was published online at the end of 2009. In 2010, a new technology classroom was constructed on the second floor in the Academic Commons area to assist students in information literacy and technology skills. Following this trend, the library opened a new learning lab dedicated to library science education in 2011. In 2012, IUPUI worked with design firms to redesign 2,800 square feet (260 m) to create more innovative group and individual study spaces. In

168-426: A computer network linking Indiana University libraries statewide, and an interlibrary loan system makes available additional local, state, and national academic library resources. The library's Joseph and Matthew Payton Philanthropic Studies Library is a collection for study and research on philanthropy and nonprofit organizations. Research materials include books, audio and video materials, specialized periodicals in

210-619: A low of 20 °F (−7 °C) in January to a high of 86 °F (30 °C) in July, although a record low of −22 °F (−30 °C) was recorded in January 1985 and a record high of 104 °F (40 °C) was recorded in June 1988. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 2.05 inches (52 mm) in January to 4.78 inches (121 mm) in July. As of the 2010 U.S. census , there were 903,393 people, 366,176 households, and 218,338 families in

252-477: A population of 977,203, making it the 54th-most populous county in the U.S., the most populous county in the state, and the main population center of the 11-county Indianapolis–Carmel–Greenwood MSA in central Indiana . Indianapolis is the county seat , the state capital , and most populous city . Marion County is consolidated with Indianapolis through an arrangement known as Unigov . The low rolling hills of Marion County have been cleared of trees, and

294-427: Is the combined legislative body of Indianapolis and Marion County. The consolidated government, known as Unigov , was formally established in 1970 upon the merger of the city government with the county government. The council passes ordinances for the city and county, and makes appointments to certain boards and commissions. The Auditor, Assessor, and Treasurer form the county's Board of Commissioners. For most of

336-437: Is water. The White River flows southwestward through the central part of the county; it is joined by Eagle Creek and Fall Creek , both of which have dams in the county forming Eagle Creek Reservoir and Geist Reservoir , respectively. Marion County has two Indiana State Parks, Fort Harrison State Park and White River State Park , as well as many municipal parks . Marion County was created on April 1, 1822, from part of

378-866: The American Academy in Rome . In 1969, Barnes was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member and became a full member in 1974. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1978. In 2007, he was posthumously honored with the American Institute of Architects ' highest award, the AIA Gold Medal . He also received the Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture ,

420-761: The Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1942 and served in the Navy during World War II . After the war he worked for Henry Dreyfuss in Los Angeles designing prototypes for mass-produced homes. In 1949, Barnes founded Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates in Manhattan. During his long career, Barnes, with his wife Mary Barnes as interior designer, designed office buildings, museums, botanical gardens, private houses, churches, schools, camps, colleges, campus master plans, and housing. Although best known for

462-671: The Haystack Mountain College of Arts and other smaller residential homes, the firm also completed a number of master planning urban development projects. The firm's planning projects include: Over the years, he also taught at Harvard University , the Pratt Institute , and the University of Virginia , and served as a member of the Urban Design Council of New York and as vice-president of

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504-828: The Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building , and the IBM Building at 590 Madison Avenue . Barnes was born in Chicago, Illinois, into a family he described as "incense-swinging High Episcopalians", consisting of Cecil Barnes, a lawyer, and Margaret Helen Ayer , recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for the novel Year of Grace . Barnes graduated from Harvard in 1938 after studying English and Art History before switching to architecture, then taught at his alma mater Milton Academy , before returning to Harvard for further studies under Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer . He graduated from

546-764: The " New Purchase " lands that had been obtained from its inhabitants, the Lenape , by the Treaty of St. Mary's . It is named for Francis Marion , a brigadier general from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War . The state capital was moved to Indianapolis in Marion County from Corydon on January 10, 1825. This began a period of rapid growth in population. In recent years, average temperatures in Indianapolis have ranged from

588-440: The 20th century, Marion County was considered one of the most conservative urban counties in the nation. Between 1896 and 2000, it went Democratic only four times, in the national landslides of 1932, 1936 and 1964 as well as 1912 when Woodrow Wilson won a plurality in the county. The Republican edge began to lessen considerably in the 1990s, and in 2004 John Kerry became the first Democrat since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 to carry

630-647: The Barnes' office was awarded. The AIA Board of Directors posthumously awarded the 2007 AIA Gold Medal to Edward Larrabee Barnes, FAIA. Barnes died in 2004 in Cupertino, California . His archives are located at the Frances Loeb Library at Harvard University. He is laid to rest on Mt. Desert Island, Maine. Sources: Marion County, Indiana Marion County is located in the U.S. state of Indiana . The 2020 United States census reported

672-658: The Blake Street Library, now known as Joseph T. Taylor Hall, to the lower level across from the philanthropic library. The mission of the archives is to collect materials that support faculty, students, and community success. Papers are collected in four thematic areas: In 2003, the University Library received a donation of the books, artwork, and personal papers of philosopher Paul Weiss . The Weiss collection includes more than 6,500 books with an emphasis in philosophy, art, and literature. The collection

714-533: The Center for Teaching and Learning inside the University Library. The purpose of the center was to “assist faculty in navigating the World Wide Web”. Since then, the center has collaborated with Academic Affairs, University Information Technology Services, and University Library to advance professional development. The final design consisted of the library administration offices, a faculty development room, and

756-602: The Harvard University 350th Anniversary Medal, and some forty other awards. His Haystack Mountain School of Crafts won the AIA Twenty-five Year Award . In 1993, Barnes announced his retirement but he continued to work as a consultant for Lee / Timchula Architects , founded by Barnes' lead partner, John M.Y. Lee, and associate, Michael Timchula. Lee / Timchula inherited various projects that

798-694: The Herron Art Library has developed a museum-caliber collection of 400 artist's books . Drawing from a wide range of media, artists’ books are works of art that are sometimes realized in the form of a book, but not always. In 2010, IUPUI opened its new Honors College in the basement of the University Library. The new Honors College space was designed by Rowland Design, Inc. The project cost a total of $ 900,000 that included $ 670,600 for renovations $ 156,300 for furnishings, and $ 77,000 for new technology. Books, journals, trade publications, and newspapers used by faculty and students in journalism are housed in

840-550: The School of Library and Information Science on the first floor; a circulation desk and periodical department on the second floor; and the Adaptive Learning Center on the third floor. Phase III of the University Library construction was completed with the dedication of the Wood Plaza . The plaza design included a main fountain shaped like a ziggurat or stepped pyramid of green granite with water flowing from

882-782: The University Library provides academic and community patrons with wide variety of study and learning spaces. The five-story facility houses hundreds of study carrels, group study rooms, multimedia classrooms, a 100-seat auditorium, and the Academic Commons—a flexible group study area equipped with computer and multimedia technology. The library's holdings include more than 1,338,889 volumes, 36,000 current periodicals and journals, 1.197 million microforms, and 152,400 government documents and audiovisual materials. Services are available to university students, faculty, and staff, as well as individual citizens, businesses, professional firms, and public agencies. The library’s holdings are accessed through

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924-464: The University Library. The Joseph & Matthew Payton Philanthropic Library & Philanthropic Archival Collection houses materials on social movements, ethical and moral issues, nonprofit management, religion in American public life, and religious traditions of charity and philanthropy. The Philanthropic Library was originally located on the lower level of the library following its opening. In 1998,

966-627: The University Writing Center to share the space. At the beginning of the Fall 2009 semester, University Library opened an international newsroom through the Office of Diversity. The newsroom offers satellite international newsfeeds for students to stay connected to global events. Secondly, the library opened a dedicated skype conferencing room on the second floor. Later that year, University Library worked with Conner Prairie to digitize

1008-467: The ability to levy taxes for these purposes. Marion County has nine townships roughly organized into a grid-like, three-by-three pattern. This arrangement can be seen below, with the top being north. The northern two-thirds of Marion County is in Indiana's 7th congressional district, which is held by Democrat André Carson . Indiana's 6th congressional district , which runs along the southern third of

1050-415: The area is completely devoted to municipal development or to agriculture, except for wooded drainages. The highest point (920 feet/280 meters ASL) is a small ridge at the county's northwest corner. According to the 2010 census, the county has an area of 403.01 square miles (1,043.8 km ), of which 396.30 square miles (1,026.4 km ) (or 98.34%) is land and 6.71 square miles (17.4 km ) (or 1.66%)

1092-570: The county, is held by Republican Greg Pence . The county is represented by 15 seats in the Indiana House of Representatives , 86th through 100th districts, with ten seats held by Democrats and five by Republicans. In the State Senate Marion County is divided among nine districts, which are held by two Democrats and seven Republicans. The Senate districts are numbered 28 through 36. The Indianapolis City-County Council

1134-430: The county. The population density was 2,279.6 inhabitants per square mile (880.2/km ). There were 417,862 housing units at an average density of 1,054.4 per square mile (407.1/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 62.7% white, 26.7% black or African American, 2.0% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 5.4% from other races, and 2.8% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 9.3% of

1176-581: The county. The trend continued in 2008 and 2012 with Barack Obama showing strongly in Marion County, winning 63% and 60% of the vote respectively. Hillary Clinton won it with 58 percent in 2016, and Joe Biden took 63 percent in 2020. Biden's 247,772 votes is the highest number of votes a candidate has ever received in the county. It is now one of the few Democratic bastions in traditionally heavily Republican central Indiana. The six northern and central townships lean more Democratic, especially Center Township containing Downtown Indianapolis, and Pike Township in

1218-592: The field, and dissertations. The collection contains works from all disciplines as they relate to aspects of voluntary action. The University Library is also home to the Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives which holds the IUPUI University Archives, Philanthropy Archives, and the manuscript collections for the study of German-Americana. The Philanthropy Archives contains primary resources for research that include

1260-541: The fourth floor renovation, the library opened a new Virtual and Augmented Reality Lab. On June 17th, 2020, the University Library unveiled its new seed library in partnership with the IUPUI Office of Sustainability that allows users to obtain seeds for free. The Herron Art Library supporting the Herron School of Art and Design at IUPUI is a satellite of the University Library. Through individual donations,

1302-455: The historical records of organizations and individuals that have worked as advocates for the nonprofit sector, fund raising firms that help nonprofit organizations raise money, foundations and individual philanthropists, organizations devoted to the study of philanthropy, and nonprofit organizations that provide social services, particularly in central Indiana. The IUPUI University Library groundbreaking ceremony took place on August 1, 1990. After

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1344-524: The new University Library to consolidate resources on campus. The original design of the library was five floors and 256,000 square feet (23,800 m) with a volume capacity of a million items. There were 1,740 study spaces, two classrooms, a 100-seat auditorium on the lower level, 641 study carrels, an individual learning center on the first floor, 42 group study rooms, 40 faculty study rooms, and two rooms for visually impaired students. The dedication ceremony took place on April 8, 1994. In 1995, IUPUI created

1386-744: The new library was completed, the University Archives moved from the Joseph T. Taylor Hall (formerly known as the Blake Street Library ) to the lower floor of the new building. Ruth Lilly donated $ 2 million to create a new state-of-the-art facility for the archives and its collection. The archives subsequently became known as the Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives. The Blake Street Library and 38th Street Science and Engineering Library merged into

1428-454: The population. In terms of ancestry, 18.9% were German , 11.8% were Irish , 8.4% were English , 6.6% were American , and 5.2% were Subsaharan African . Of the 366,176 households, 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.9% were married couples living together, 17.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 40.4% were non-families, and 32.0% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size

1470-524: The quality of life through the enhancement and beautification of Marion County ’s visual and physical environment," according to an A1A publication. Beginning in 2002, University Library and the Herron School of Art partnered together to allow one student from the Herron to display their sculpture in the library atrium. In 2007, the University Library established the Learning Commons and invited

1512-584: The reference and periodical areas were renovated to make room for the relocation of the Payton Philanthropic Library to the second floor. The dedication for the relocation was held on April 28, 1999. In the Fall of 2015, the Payton Philanthropic Studies Library was redesigned with a new space for Robert L. Payton’s personal library. Upon completion of the library's construction, the archives moved from

1554-653: The spring of 2014, the Center for Digital Scholarship was established out of the growing digital scholarship program at the library. In the fall of 2014, University Library created a physical space for the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research . In 2017, University Library underwent its first major renovation of the third and fourth floor to create more space for seating, power outlets, and group study areas. In addition to

1596-403: The top of the pyramid, collecting and cascading over five distinct levels. The fountain also has built-in lighting. Two smaller fountains were planned to be built in the brick landing area near the base of the staircase. In addition, the plaza included brick and concrete walkways, landscaped gardens with trees and plantings, seating areas, and lighting around the courtyard for night usage. The plaza

1638-479: Was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.08. The median age was 33.9 years. The median income for a household in the county was $ 47,697 and the median income for a family was $ 54,142. Males had a median income of $ 42,215 versus $ 34,169 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 24,498. About 13.5% of families and 17.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 25.7% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over. Marion County has

1680-552: Was an American architect. His work was characterized by the "fusing [of] Modernism with vernacular architecture and understated design." Barnes was best known for his adherence to strict geometry, simple monolithic shapes and attention to material detail. Among his best-known projects are the Haystack School , Christian Theological Seminary , Dallas Museum of Art , the Walker Art Center , 599 Lexington Avenue ,

1722-460: Was designed by Singh Associates and marked the completion of the landscape work surrounding the University Library. The University Library received an Achievement award during "A Monumental Affair", the 19th Annual Awards for Excellence in Design, Development, Construction and Beautification in Indianapolis. The Achievement Award gives recognition annually to three structures that have "contributed to

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1764-490: Was of great interest to the IUPUI Institute for American Thought, formerly known as the Center for American Studies. The personal papers and artwork were transferred to special collections. With various national and local partners, the IUPUI University Library has created over 40 digital libraries and on-line resources. Edward Larrabee Barnes Edward Larrabee Barnes (April 22, 1915 – September 22, 2004)

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