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Apr 3, 2020

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40% of Columbia’s print collections are now temporarily available in digital format following the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service announcement. Here's how to access those materials.

Mar 30, 2020

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Decades prior to the onset of COVID-19, Columbia responded to two devastating health crises: an outbreak of cholera in New York City in 1832 and the worldwide influenza pandemic of 1918.

Mar 26, 2020

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VICE News highlights the collaboration between Dr. Pierre Elias and Research and Learning Technologies Librarian Madiha Choksi to produce personal protective equipment for healthcare workers.

Mar 23, 2020

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Columbia librarians produce face shields for healthcare workers using a 3D printer and household tools to help with the shortage of personal protective equipment in hospitals and clinics.

Mar 20, 2020

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From thrilling amusement rides to opulent pleasure palaces, explore the golden age of Coney Island, the preeminent leisure destination for America's working class, through a newly-digitized collection of photos.

Mar 17, 2020

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COVID-19 is not the first pandemic to strike New York City - only the most recent. The editors of "The Selected Papers of John Jay" recall a devastating outbreak of yellow fever during Jay's governorship.

Mar 17, 2020

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The Libraries awards the 2020 Bancroft Prize to two exemplary works in American history and diplomacy that demonstrate "depth of research and richness of interpretation."

Mar 10, 2020

In the media

Western European Humanities Librarian Meredith Levin collaborates with the staff of Columbia Global Centers | Paris to document the history of its centuries-old home, Reid Hall.

Mar 9, 2020

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The University Archives tells how two members of Columbia's crew team convinced New York Central Railroad to paint the letter "C" on the 100-foot rock cliff now known as C Rock.

Mar 3, 2020

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The Vaccination in Modern America Web Archive documents the current state of public discourse and contrasting approaches to authority on vaccination in the United States.

Mar 2, 2020

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A collaborative pop-up exhibition, “Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here,” showcases a newly-acquired collection of artists’ books, broadsides, and prints on Iraqi studies.

Mar 2, 2020

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News from the archives of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library include the records of Columbia's intercollegiate athletic teams and the expansive Latino Comics Collection.

Feb 27, 2020

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The Rare Book & Manuscript Library welcomes the collection of late artist John Fantucchio, a former illustrator and art director for the C.I.A., a prodigious collector, and a true fan of comics.

Feb 20, 2020

In the media

A writer's attempts to locate the lost mantel at which poet Edgar Allan Poe wrote "The Raven" lead him on a hunt through New York City to Columbia's own Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Feb 19, 2020

In the media

The Libraries and the Columbia First-Generation Low-Income Partnership (FLIP) create an exclusive circulation of textbooks in Butler Library to lessen the burden of costly reading materials.

Feb 14, 2020

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A collaborative digital project that collects information about Jewish books printed from the 15th through the 18th centuries allows scholars to trace early modern Jewish texts through time and place.

Feb 13, 2020

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"Mapping the Holy Land," a new exhibit in the Burke Library, highlights how past scholars have thought about and visualized one of the most historic and contentious areas in the world.

Feb 11, 2020

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The Libraries appoints Emily Holmes as Director of Preservation, leading initiatives in conservation, digital imaging, audio and moving image digitization, and collections monitoring.

Feb 10, 2020

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"Connections in Collections," a new exhibit in Avery Library, finds surprising similarities between sculptures from the University art collection and images from architecture books.

Feb 9, 2020

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Librarian for Jewish Studies Michelle Chesner joins a panel of leading scholars at the Jewish Theological Seminary to explore the remarkable story of Jews and books.

Feb 6, 2020

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The Making and Knowing Project collaborates with the Libraries' Digital Scholarship team to offer a new way to read a 16th-century manuscript and explore the art of early craft making.

Feb 4, 2020

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Created by the Libraries' Digital Scholarship team, with support from the Burke Library, the Black Theology Papers Project preserves the work of the Black Theology Unit of the American Academy of Religion.

Feb 3, 2020

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Graduate student Sadegh Ansari consults the Libraries' rich Muslim World Manuscript Project to consider "the science of music in the medieval Islamic world."

Jan 31, 2020

In the media

Slavery reparations seem impossible, but in many places, they’re already happening: Curator Thai Jones details local efforts to offer restitution to the descendants of slaves.

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HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service

Columbia’s Response to Other Pandemics

3D Printing is Helping Protect Healthcare Workers

Columbia University Librarians Provide Guide and Design for 3D-Printable Face Shields

New Digital Collection: Photographs from Coney Island’s Heyday

John Jay and the Yellow Fever Epidemics

Columbia University Libraries Announces the Winners of the 2020 Bancroft Prizes

Paris Center Stories: Meredith Levin, Columbia University Libraries

Sports Photographs: On the Harlem River

Just Launched: Vaccination in Modern America: Misinformation vs. Public Health Advocacy Web Archive

Pop-Up Exhibition: Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here

News from RBML’s Archivists: February 2020

RBML Welcomes “Fandom’s Fantucchio” Fanzine/Fan Art Collection

Where Edgar Allan Poe Wrote "The Raven," Published 175 Years Ago

Columbia Libraries and FLIP Embark on New Partnership

On the Trail of Jewish Books Around the World

Mapping the Holy Land: A New Exhibit

Emily Holmes Appointed Director of Preservation at Columbia University Libraries

On Exhibit: Connections in Collections

From Scroll to Screen: Revolutions in Jewish Book History

Just Launched: Secrets of Craft and Nature in Renaissance France

Black Theology Papers Project

Interview with Graduate Student Sadegh Ansari

Slavery Reparations