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Oct 28, 2025

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"Need a quiet place to pray or meditate? Columbia University and the Office of Religious Life are here to help" with a list of spaces on campus, including in Butler Library, where students, staff, and faculty are welcome to pray or meditate.

Oct 20, 2025

In the media

The latest exhibition on view in Butler Library, "Streets Taken," features photographs by prominent New York photojournalist Edward Schwartz from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library alongside new works by MFA Visual Arts student Francisco Javier Ramírez.

Oct 15, 2025

In the media

Columbia Magazine highlights 10 "lesser-known artworks and artifacts on the Columbia campus," including a 1934 mural by American painter Eugene Francis Savage in Butler Library that visualizes the University’s motto, “In thy light shall we see light.”

Sep 22, 2025

In the media

Head of Humanities and History Jeremiah Mercurio, also our subject expert in linguistics, speaks with the Columbia Linguistics Program about "a librarian’s role within the University and how Columbia Libraries supports linguistics students."

Nov 27, 2023

In the media

ReCAP and Borrow Direct supervisor Jennifer Loubriel joins the 2024 Class of Emerging Leaders from the American Library Association (ALA), which enables young librarians to "serve the profession in a leadership capacity early in their careers."

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.

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.

Oct 18, 2019

In the media

"The Pavilion," a mural by Baris Gokturk, SOA '20, and based on a book by Professor Zeynep Celik, is installed in Butler Library as part of the Performing the Library project.

Sep 5, 2019

In the media

The Libraries' Head of History & Humanities Jeremiah Mercurio advises School Library Journal on the key to teaching college-level research.

May 1, 2019

In the media

How many Columbians does it take to change a lightbulb? Columbia Magazine investigates and, actually, just one - but relamping the Libraries' reading rooms can be a tall order.

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Need a Quiet Place to Pray or Meditate?

Visual Arts Student Francisco Javier Ramírez Exhibits 'Streets Taken' at Butler Library

10 Lesser-known Artworks and Artifacts on the Columbia Campus

Interview with Librarian Jeremiah Mercurio

ALA Announces the 2024 Class of Emerging Leaders

Paris Center Stories: Meredith Levin, Columbia University Libraries

Columbia Libraries and FLIP Embark on New Partnership

'The Pavilion' by Current Student Baris Gokturk Installed in Butler Library

The Key to Teaching College-Level Research

How Many Columbians Does It Take to Change a Lightbulb?

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Need a Quiet Place to Pray or Meditate?

Visual Arts Student Francisco Javier Ramírez Exhibits 'Streets Taken' at Butler Library

10 Lesser-known Artworks and Artifacts on the Columbia Campus

Interview with Librarian Jeremiah Mercurio

ALA Announces the 2024 Class of Emerging Leaders

Paris Center Stories: Meredith Levin, Columbia University Libraries

Columbia Libraries and FLIP Embark on New Partnership

'The Pavilion' by Current Student Baris Gokturk Installed in Butler Library

The Key to Teaching College-Level Research

How Many Columbians Does It Take to Change a Lightbulb?

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