Social Work Library

Located in the Columbia School of Social Work, the Social Work Library contains more than 75,000 volumes, comprising one of the world's premiere social work and social services collections. It provides comprehensive coverage of the various areas of social work including child welfare, gerontology, health and health care, international social welfare, marriage and the family, and social policy.

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Sage Research Methods

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Oct 14, 2026

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A series of blog posts highlights coursework focused on the history of Jews in New York and at Columbia University: Vera Kurczewski (CC'29) recounts a "wariness of a Jewish presence on campus...at certain points, during the early 20th century," evident in the 1934 Purim Disruption, for example.

Oct 13, 2026

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The Rare Book & Manuscript Library acquires the archive of David Jacobs, a writer, theorist, and activist whose personal papers illuminate the Bay Area counterculture network of the 1970s as co-creator of Point Blank!, a group heavily influenced by Situationist ideology.

Oct 12, 2026

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Yu Chen (MA'27), Chinese Film Collection Intern with the C.V. Starr East Asian Library, details their work to catalog the Erik Knutsen Film Collection, including a variety of films that were largely produced in China and circulated in the US during the 1980s and 1990s.

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