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Aug 17, 2026

In the media

Librarians Sydni Meyer and Jeffrey Wayno on the "hacks, etiquette, and best spots inside the University’s libraries: Everything you need to know (plus some of the secrets you should know) to supercharge your time at any one of Columbia's 18 libraries."

Aug 11, 2026

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The Libraries' Journal Publishing program released 273 new articles across 22 journals from July 2025 through June 2026, including new issues from Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta and the Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts.

Aug 11, 2026

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The Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL (SALT) journal, published in collaboration with the Libraries' Journal Publishing Partnership program, releases a new issue with a forum that "explores how language ability can be defined and assessed in ways that more closely reflect the demands of 21st-century communication."

Jul 30, 2026

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Spring 2026 Ask a Librarian Intern Joseph A. Torres-González set out to "rethink, revamp, and reorganize the existing United Nations Resources Guide" and ultimately observed "how a resource can evolve into something that can continue serving the needs of the academic community."

Jul 29, 2026

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Jessica (Jingyun) Lin, GSAS‘26, an intern in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library Graduate Student Internship in Primary Sources, delves into the papers of the "grandfather of climate science," Wallace Smith Broecker.

Jul 29, 2026

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The locomotive laboratory: When the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University opened in 1897, there was ample classroom and laboratory space for engineering students - as well as a full-size locomotive engine in a mechanics lab beneath Havemeyer Hall.

Jul 21, 2026

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Foundations for Research Computing, a collaboration between the Libraries, CUIT, and the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research, welcomed more than 600 attendees in 2025-2026 to workshops and training sessions that built skills in research computing.

Jul 20, 2026

In the media

Columbia Spectator revisits "Notes I Have Now and Then Made: Items from the Lydia Davis Papers," an exhibition that featured the papers of short-story writer Lydia Davis, '70BC, on display in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library through April 2026.

Jul 15, 2026

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With generous support from the Gottschalk Foundation, a number of items in the Norman E. Alexander Library for Jewish Studies were recently repaired by the Libraries' Conservation team, including work on the bindings of several 16th-century books.

Jul 4, 2026

Social, Video

"The Livingston Diploma dates back to the birth of the United States and Columbia University as we know it today. Celebrate the Fourth of July and America 250 by learning more about this very special artifact" from Professor of History Christopher Brown and University Archivist Jocelyn Wilk.

Jul 2, 2026

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A common question about the Norman E. Alexander Library for Jewish Studies is, "Where is the library located?" Answer: all across campus! A new blog series introduces which campus libraries hold which resources on Jewish studies, including the Li Lu Law Library.

Jul 1, 2026

Social, In the media

The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts shares work on "a 20th-century cover with restrictive side-sewing [that] obscured content and placed damaging stress on the fragile pages of this 16th-century Hebrew bound manuscript from Columbia University Libraries."

Jun 24, 2026

In the media

Columbia University faculty and students can now enjoy instant access to thousands of ebooks on their mobile devices with the introduction of Taylor & Francis to the Palace Project app, which provides readers with secure and streamlined connection to a vast range of resources.

Jun 24, 2026

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In the northeast corner of the Morningside campus, the sculpture Le Marteleur by Constantin Meunier, a gift from the Class of 1889 at the former School of Mines, greets visitors to the engineering school, though the statue has moved multiple times since its installation - and not always easily.

Jun 23, 2026

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Prior to Independence Day, Ruggles Professor of Political Science Ira Katznelson, who chaired the jury for the 2026 Bancroft Prizes in American History and Diplomacy, weighs in on what a clear-eyed understanding of the past means for democratic patriotism today.

Jun 15, 2026

In the media

Elfquest creators Richard and Wendy Pini, who donated $500,000 to establish the Wendy and Richard Pini Comics and Cartoon Endowment at the Libraries, receive the 2026 Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award, awarded by Comic-Con to "people in comics and the popular arts who have worked to help others."

Jun 11, 2026

In the media

Beginning in July 2026, Ithaka S+R will convene a cohort of 15-20 colleges and universities, including Columbia University Libraries, to explore how existing information literacy frameworks can be adapted and revised to reflect the changing realities of an AI-driven information ecosystem.

Jun 10, 2026

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In April of 1776, the Committee on Safety ordered the King’s College governors (or trustees) to close the College in six days so the building could be used as a hospital. Meet the Class of 1776, who instead completed courses from a home on Wall Street.

Jun 10, 2026

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Pedagogy Intern Saka Davaajav with the Libraries' Digital Internships Program recounts her work to plan and lead a hands-on, introductory workshop that integrated her experience in climate, data, geographic information systems (GIS), and mapping.

Jun 9, 2026

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Current Issues in Comparative Education, a journal published in collaboration with the Libraries' Journal Publishing Partnership program, releases a new issue that "responds to an escalation of perceived turbulence in the global order and explores how education reflects these changes worldwide."

Jun 9, 2026

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An A-to-Z guide to the Libraries' Oral History Archives: 'J' is for journalists - the Black Journalists oral history collection, more precisely, which preserves an extraordinary legacy of 93 voices that chronicled the African American press from the late nineteenth century through the early 1970s.

Jun 8, 2026

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Listen in as the team behind the latest season of "Shoe Leather," a podcast produced by students in the School of Journalism in partnership with the Libraries' Podcast Publishing Program, investigates the Weather Underground, a radical group of young revolutionaries in the 1970s.

Jun 1, 2026

In the media, Video

Columbia University's Revolutionary War history told in a diploma: University archivist Jocelyn Wilk shares a recent acquisition in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library - a 1775 diploma from King's College, the predecessor to Columbia.

Jun 1, 2026

In the media

As the United States marks its semiquincentennial, or 250th anniversary, Columbia News reflects on the story of a University that began before the nation itself. Discover archival treasures in the Libraries that help readers explore the past through rare documents and collections.

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Two Columbia Librarians on the Hacks, Etiquette, and Best Spots Inside the University’s Libraries

Columbia Libraries Publishing Program Cumulative Report, July 2025-June 2026

New Issue from Studies in Applied Linguistics and TESOL (SALT)

Using Rasquache: Revamping the United Nations Resources Guide

The Dangerous Playground

The Locomotive Laboratory

Foundations for Research Computing: 2025–2026 Year in Review

Rare Book & Manuscript Library exhibits ‘Notes I Have Now and Then Made: Items from the Lydia Davis Papers’

Old Books, New Bindings

Livingston Diploma | Columbia Facebook

Jewish Studies in the Law Library

A 20th-century cover with restrictive side-sewing...

Taylor & Francis eBooks Available on the Move for New York University and Columbia University Users through the Palace app

The Hammerman: A Moving Statue

2026 Bancroft Jury Chair Ira Katznelson on Historical Scholarship and Democratic Patriotism

2026 Clampett Humanitarian Award Goes to Richard and Wendy Pini

AI Literacy: Join the Latest Cohort

King’s College Class of 1776

Mapping What Matters: My Pedagogy Internship at Columbia University Libraries

Education, Value-system and Global (Dis)orders: A New Journal Issue from Current Issues in Comparative Education

A to Z of Oral History: J is for Journalists

Shoe Leather: Revolution Gone Wrong - The Tinker

Columbia University's Revolutionary War History Told in a Diploma | Columbia Close-Up

The U.S. Semiquincentennial and Columbia University

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Two Columbia Librarians on the Hacks, Etiquette, and Best Spots Inside the University’s Libraries

Columbia Libraries Publishing Program Cumulative Report, July 2025-June 2026

New Issue from Studies in Applied Linguistics and TESOL (SALT)

Using Rasquache: Revamping the United Nations Resources Guide

The Dangerous Playground

The Locomotive Laboratory

Foundations for Research Computing: 2025–2026 Year in Review

Rare Book & Manuscript Library exhibits ‘Notes I Have Now and Then Made: Items from the Lydia Davis Papers’

Old Books, New Bindings

Livingston Diploma | Columbia Facebook

Jewish Studies in the Law Library

A 20th-century cover with restrictive side-sewing...

Taylor & Francis eBooks Available on the Move for New York University and Columbia University Users through the Palace app

The Hammerman: A Moving Statue

2026 Bancroft Jury Chair Ira Katznelson on Historical Scholarship and Democratic Patriotism

2026 Clampett Humanitarian Award Goes to Richard and Wendy Pini

AI Literacy: Join the Latest Cohort

King’s College Class of 1776

Mapping What Matters: My Pedagogy Internship at Columbia University Libraries

Education, Value-system and Global (Dis)orders: A New Journal Issue from Current Issues in Comparative Education

A to Z of Oral History: J is for Journalists

Shoe Leather: Revolution Gone Wrong - The Tinker

Columbia University's Revolutionary War History Told in a Diploma | Columbia Close-Up

The U.S. Semiquincentennial and Columbia University