Library Hours - Thanksgiving

Nov 25-26 7:30 am - 5 pm
Nov 27 -29 Closed
Nov 30 Noon - 10 pm

 

Public Service Colloquium

USD Department of Political Science
invites you to attend our

Public Service Colloquium

Monday, November 24, 2025
2nd Floor of ID Weeks Library 5 - 6:30 pm

With Student Presentations from:
Dr. Hellwege's Intro to Political Science
Dr. Mrozla's Advanced Policing Issues
Dr. Braunstein's Race and Justice

Light refreshments provided

Rex Butler Collection of Henry and Frank H. Butler Photographs – An Exhibition

Rex Butler Collection of Henry and Frank H. Butler Photographs – An Exhibition

November 24, 2025 – May 12, 2026
University of South Dakota, University Libraries Gallery, 1st Floor I.D. Weeks

Step into the world of Henry Clay Butler, Vermillion’s distinguished first pioneer photographer and his nephew, Frank H. Butler. From Main Street to lower Vermillion to river scenes, trains, the First Baptist Church, and the town’s first log schoolhouse, these images chart a community coming into focus on the Northern Plains. The Sioux City Corn Palace in Sioux City, Iowa, as well as the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, also appear. This exhibition features never-before-seen photographs from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, donated to the Archives & Special Collections by Rex Butler, grandson of Frank H. Butler. 

If you are a person with a disability and need a special accommodation to fully participate, please contact the Office of Accessibility at least 48 hours prior to the event. Students and the public can contact the Office of Accessibility at 605-658-3745 or accessibility@usd.edu. Faculty and staff should contact Human Resources at 605-658-3660.

https://www.usd.edu/the-south-dakotan/usd-receives-rare-butler-family-photograph-collection-exhibition-opens-nov-24 

RED Readership - October 2025

In October, USD RED had 71099 full-text downloads and 554 new submissions were posted, bringing the total works in the repository to 9047. University of South Dakota scholarship was read by 3325 institutions across 187 countries. 

The most popular papers were: 
The Role of Dating Apps in the Formation of Long-Term Relationships in College (1892 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/317
A Criminological Analysis of Notorious Serial Killers in the United States (1250 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/156
The Parentification of Eldest Daughters (719 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis/244


The most popular publications were: 
South Dakota Law Review (21421 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/sdlrev
Medical School Class Composites (16692 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/composites
Honors Thesis (13246 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis

Library Hours - Veterans Day

Nov 10 7:30 am - 10 pm
Nov 11 Noon - 10 pm