News

Jul 29, 2020

News

With a grant from the GRAMMY Foundation, the Libraries digitizes 400 hours of recordings of early electroacoustic music from the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center (CPEMC).

Jul 29, 2020

News

The Libraries expands its newly-launched book pick-up service to include materials from numerous collections and libraries, graphic novels, and DVDs.

Jul 20, 2020

News

Librarian Michelle Chesner uncovers traces of women in the Libraries' rare Judaica collection through records of book ownership, marriage, prayer, and printing.

Jul 20, 2020

News

The 2020-2021 academic calendar was adjusted to address the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest example of how the calendar has been historically responsive to circumstances.

Jul 19, 2020

In the media

Curator Thai Jones discusses the form of reparations for victims of slavery and their descendants with Politalk, a podcast from Trinity College Dublin.

Jul 15, 2020

News

The Libraries launches a book pick-up service that enables students, staff, and faculty to request and pick up library materials from participating library locations.

Jul 13, 2020

News

News from the archives of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes newly-digitized oral history collections and records from the University Archives.

Jul 10, 2020

News

The Digital Gaming Communities Web Archive preserves content about digital games, including critical gaming, game ethics, accessibility in gaming and game design, and other themes.

Jul 6, 2020

In the media

The New York Times cites the Columbia & Slavery project, co-taught by curator Thai Jones, as experts set the historical record straight about acclaimed musical "Hamilton."

Jun 29, 2020

In the media

CNN consults curator Roberto Ferrari about an 1864 painting held by Avery Library's Art Properties that is likely among the earliest depictions of same-sex female desire.

Jun 26, 2020

In the media

Curator Kimberly Springer weighs in on a trend among Black Americans who choose to settle abroad in the face of persistent racism in the United States.

Jun 25, 2020

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The Muftiships Web Archive preserves the websites of Muslim legal experts, or Muftis, and leading jurists from the Islamic world, illuminating the ways in which Islamic law is administered in the digital age.

Jun 24, 2020

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In celebration of PRIDE Month, explore collections in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library that represent a range of LGBTQIA voices and experiences.

Jun 22, 2020

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Columbia University first opened its doors for a new term, the Summer Session, in 1900, with courses in disciplines from botany to geography, taught by University faculty.

Jun 19, 2020

News

Archival documents in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library reflect the long history of the struggle for emancipation and freedom from enslavement, now celebrated as Juneteenth.

Jun 16, 2020

In the media

Ireland's University Times describes efforts by the University Archives and Trinity College Dublin to archive experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jun 11, 2020

News, Social

Scanning of physical materials from offsite collections held at ReCAP, the Libraries' offsite shelving facility, has resumed. Eligible items will have a "Request from Offsite" link in CLIO.

Jun 9, 2020

In the media

An article by curator Thai Jones about the Chicago public school curriculum that teaches the history of police torture is included in a round-up of resources on policing in America.

Jun 8, 2020

News

The Rare Book & Manuscript Library holds important archives from activists, artists, and organizations who dedicated their lives to fighting racism and promoting black freedom struggles.

Jun 3, 2020

In the media

A questionnaire and website from the University Archives aim to capture the voices and views of faculty, students, staff, and alumni as they live through the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 22, 2020

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The U.S. Women’s and Girls’ Magazines Web Archive consists of websites of women’s media that have long documented women’s thoughts, political interests, and social, cultural, and domestic life.

May 18, 2020

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Tour the offices of University presidents past with the University Archives, from the first offices in 1897 to the present-day suite that was once occupied by Dwight D. Eisenhower.

May 8, 2020

News

A 1966 oral history that offers insights into the origins of unemployment insurance, part of the Social Security Act of 1935, is accessible through the Oral History Archives.

May 7, 2020

In the media

The reporters behind the Ear podcast from Columbia Spectator consult the University Archives to examine how Columbia navigated three historic health crises.

News

Libraries Digitizes Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center Collection

Libraries Expands Book Pick-up Service

Finding the Women in Columbia’s Judaica Collections

The Malleable Academic Calendar: Then and Now

Politalk: Reparations in 2020

Libraries Launches Book Pick-Up Service

News from RBML’s Archivists | May and June 2020

Just Launched: Digital Gaming Communities Web Archive

‘Hamilton’ and the Historical Record: Frequently Asked Questions

This Victorian Painting Depicting Two Women in Love was Nearly Lost in History

'I'm Leaving, and I'm Just Not Coming Back': Fed Up with Racism, Black Americans Head Overseas

Just Launched: Muftiships Web Archive

Pride Month and History in the RBML Collections

The First Summer Session in 1900

Juneteenth, Freedom, and Emancipation Archives in the RBML

In Trinity and Columbia, Twin Archivist Projects Map a Pandemic in Real Time

Service Update: Scanning of ReCAP Materials

Resources to Teach the History of Policing in America that You Won’t Find in Textbooks

Anti-Racist and Black Liberation Archives in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library

University Archives Will Document COVID-19 at Columbia

Just Launched: U.S. Women’s and Girls’ Magazines Web Archive

Inside Low Library: The Offices of the Presidents

A 1966 Oral History Offers Insights into Roots of Unemployment Insurance

The Continued Crisis