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Subscribe to Open (S2O) – An Innovative and Equitable Open Access Model
More from Open Access Week: The Libraries supports the Subscribe to Open (S2O) publishing model that allows all authors, anywhere in the world, to publish open access articles for free, as long as a journal has met its annual funding target.
Take the Next Step in Your Computational Research Journey This Fall at the Libraries
Learn computational skills at the Libraries! Foundations for Research Computing, offered in partnership with Columbia University IT and the Office of Research, is the Libraries’ program for computational research instruction. Learn more about the program and upcoming workshops.
Announcing Library Partner Journals Newly-Indexed in the DOAJ!
The Libraries' Open Scholarship team announces that two partner journals, "Current Issues in Comparative Education" and the "Columbia University Journal of Global Health," are now included in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
Current Issues in Comparative Education – Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict: Lessons in Education (Special Issue 2025)
"Current Issues in Comparative Education" (CICE), an international online, open-access journal published in partnership with the Libraries, releases its 2025 special issue on climate change, migration, and conflict.
Shoe Leather’s New Season Explores the Rise and Fall of Rudy Giuliani
Listen in as the investigative 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, explores the rise and fall of disgraced politician Rudy Giuliani.
The COVID Information Commons & Columbia University Libraries
The COVID Information Commons (CIC), developed by the Libraries and the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub, is an open resource to explore research on the COVID-19 pandemic and offers an open portal of grant-funded research projects and community events to enable researcher collaboration.
National Library Week: Meet Dan Woulfin, Computational Research Instruction Librarian
In recognition of National Library Week, we'll highlight a few of our fantastic Libraries staff, including Computational Research Instruction Librarian Dan Woulfin, who teaches computational and other literacies through open workshops, consultations, and classroom instructions.
Digital Privacy for National Libraries Week
For National Library Week, the Digital Scholarship team highlights the Libraries' mission to educate users about digital privacy as well as the work of organizations like the Library Freedom Project that also shares strategies to protect digital privacy.
National Library Week: Meet Esther Jackson, Scholarly Communications Technologies Librarian
In recognition of National Library Week, we'll highlight a few of our fantastic Libraries staff, including Scholarly Communications Technologies Librarian Esther Jackson, whose foundational goal of her career as a librarian is to expand public access to information.
Music Technology Workshops and Office Hours: Spring 2025
The Music & Arts Library, in collaboration with the Digital Scholarship team, offers a series of music technology workshops for Spring 2025, designed and conducted by Sound Art MFA graduate students and current Digital Music Interns Ása Ólafsdóttir and Miles Scharff.
Strategies for Publishing Success: Spring Workshop Series from Open Scholarship
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).











