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Feb 1, 2025

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Applications are now open for the Undergraduate Library Research Award program, which recognizes undergraduates in engineering and the sciences and social sciences for excellence in their use of library resources and research skills.

Jan 31, 2025

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The winner of a recent survey intended to collect information about how and why students use in-person library services reflects on meaningful interactions with Libraries staff and useful library resources (like including free newspaper subscriptions!).

Jan 30, 2025

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The Ask A Librarian Internship Program, which provides currently-enrolled library and information science students with hands-on experience in academic librarianship, announces the Spring 2025 interns: Angelica Aranda, Jala Robertson, and Sam Ward.

Jan 30, 2025

In the media

To mark the 200th anniversary of the Columbia College Alumni Association (CCAA), Columbia College Today visited the University archives to learn more about the origins and early history of the organization - and found just how much alumni have shaped the College and its community.

Jan 28, 2025

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A series of profiles highlight valued student employees from across the Libraries, including Sydney Hertz, an undergraduate student worker at the Rare Book & Manuscript Library who often uncovers "mysteries and surprises" in archival materials.

Jan 28, 2025

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Join the Open Scholarship team for a series of workshops for journal editorial board members and those interested in learning more about scholarly publishing, including sessions on Overleaf, an editorial software, and journal workflow management with Open Journal System (OJS).

Jan 16, 2025

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As part of the ongoing "New and Featured Books" display in the Butler Library lounge, a collection of titles highlights Arabic poetry, "reflecting the cultural, artistic, literary, political, and social changes in Arab societies."

Jan 16, 2025

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A series of profiles highlight valued student employees from across the Libraries, including Sarai, the Repository Metadata Intern in the Digital Internships Program who assists with a number of projects led by the Libraries' Digital Scholarship team.

Jan 9, 2025

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To mark the 100th anniversary of the Morgan Library and Museum as a public institution, University archivists remember its first director, Belle da Costa Greene, as "a key partner and contributor" to library exhibitions at Columbia throughout the early 20th century.

Jan 8, 2025

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Join the Libraries for Love Data Week 2025, an international celebration of data throughout the month of February that offers a series of data-centric events and workshops, including sessions on Zotero citation management software and data literacy.

Jan 3, 2025

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Ask a Librarian Intern Federica Alesiani counts "collaboration and open access" among the lessons learned throughout her work with the Libraries: "By actively engaging with my colleagues, sharing ideas, and seeking guidance, I  learned from their expertise and contributed to shared goals."

Dec 17, 2024

In the media

Columbia News highlights six podcasts for winter listening, including "Vis a Vis," produced in partnership with the Libraries' podcasting program and featuring conversations about global economic and social issues with a transatlantic perspective.

Dec 16, 2024

Social

Looking to switch up your scenery during finals? Hear from Columbia students about their favorite study spots on campus, from the basement of Avery to the top floor of Butler.

Dec 11, 2024

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Cecilia Li, '26SIPA, who was rewarded for her participation in the annual Library Passport program, reflects on how the program impacted her coursework, her favorite library spaces, and "hidden gems" in the Libraries.

Dec 10, 2024

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Watch the 2024 Norman E. Alexander Celebration of Collections, which featured presentations on Jewish criminal cases in Bologna in the 15th century, sickness in 18th-century Prague, and Jewish women at Barnard College in the 19th century.

Dec 9, 2024

In the media

"1961 to 2024: How Columbia football roared back to the top." Columbia Spectator consulted the University Archives to "look back on 63 years of football coaching history - and the rookie coach who brought the Lions their first league title since 1961."

Dec 4, 2024

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A series of profiles highlight valued student employees from across the Libraries, including Lilium Chen, a student assistant at Butler Library in the Humanities and History department who specializes in film and media studies.

Dec 4, 2024

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The Libraries' Digital Scholarship team has enhanced and streamlined the format of the annual report for partners in the Journals Publishing program, which will enable users to more easily analyze data and identify trends in readership.

Dec 3, 2024

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Bibliographic Assistant at the Burke Library Brandon Harrington, also a student at the Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Science, details a two-week intensive in bookbinding and letterpress printing at the Center for Book Arts.

Nov 25, 2024

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As part of the 2024 Open Access Week events, Libraries staff and collaborators presented on "Digitizing Vietnam Project: Increasing Access to Vietnam Studies Materials," a project that will act as an inter-institutional digital hub for Vietnam studies.

Nov 21, 2024

In the media

"A love letter to the Music & Arts Library: The Music & Arts Library has finally received its deserved admiration and gratitude. The quiet environment, the chairs, even the cubicles - something that is so common in every library on campus, but just feels so different with you. You’re truly one of a kind."

Nov 20, 2024

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To coincide with a new exhibition at the New York Historical, "Pets and the City," Libraries staff honors the University's own four-legged friends who've left their paw prints in the archives, including a dog at the Columbia War Hospital in the Bronx during World War I.

Nov 18, 2024

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Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library announces that more than 3,000 slides have been digitized from the Sculpture in the Environment (SITE) architectural records and the papers of architect James Wines, which were donated to the library in 2020.

Nov 11, 2024

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A team of Libraries staff has begun to archive the Epistolæ project, a remarkable collection of medieval Latin letters to and from women from the fourth through the 13th centuries, which are now accessible through the University's Academic Commons repository.

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Undergraduate Library Research Award

“What’s Your Library Story?” Survey Winner Reflects on Favorite Library Spaces

Announcing the Spring 2025 Ask A Librarian Interns

A Salute to the CCAA

Student Employee Profile: Meet Sydney Hertz

Strategies for Publishing Success: Spring Workshop Series from Open Scholarship

New and Featured Books: Arabic Poetry, with a Special Focus on Palestine

Student Employee Profile: Meet Sarai

Belle da Costa Greene and Columbia

Love Data Week 2025

Collaboration and Open Access: Lessons from the Ask A Librarian Internship

6 Great Columbian-Helmed Podcasts You Should Listen to This Winter

Where is Your Go-To Study Spot?

Cecilia Li, ‘26SIPA, Reflects on the Library Passport Program

Norman E. Alexander Celebration of Collections 2024

1961 to 2024: How Columbia Football Roared Back to the Top

Student Employee Profile: Meet Lilium Chen

Columbia Libraries: Journal Publishing Program Annual Report

Bookbinding and Letterpress Printing: Two Weeks at the Center for Book Arts

Open Access Week 2024 (South/Southeast Asia)

A Love Letter To The Music & Arts Library

Columbia’s Pets

SITE James Wines: A Selection of Slides

Archiving the Epistolæ Project

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Undergraduate Library Research Award

“What’s Your Library Story?” Survey Winner Reflects on Favorite Library Spaces

Announcing the Spring 2025 Ask A Librarian Interns

A Salute to the CCAA

Student Employee Profile: Meet Sydney Hertz

Strategies for Publishing Success: Spring Workshop Series from Open Scholarship

New and Featured Books: Arabic Poetry, with a Special Focus on Palestine

Student Employee Profile: Meet Sarai

Belle da Costa Greene and Columbia

Love Data Week 2025

Collaboration and Open Access: Lessons from the Ask A Librarian Internship

6 Great Columbian-Helmed Podcasts You Should Listen to This Winter

Where is Your Go-To Study Spot?

Cecilia Li, ‘26SIPA, Reflects on the Library Passport Program

Norman E. Alexander Celebration of Collections 2024

1961 to 2024: How Columbia Football Roared Back to the Top

Student Employee Profile: Meet Lilium Chen

Columbia Libraries: Journal Publishing Program Annual Report

Bookbinding and Letterpress Printing: Two Weeks at the Center for Book Arts

Open Access Week 2024 (South/Southeast Asia)

A Love Letter To The Music & Arts Library

Columbia’s Pets

SITE James Wines: A Selection of Slides

Archiving the Epistolæ Project