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Oct 23, 2020 News Meet Lauren, Who Digitizes Rare Muslim World Manuscripts to Ensure Scholars around the World can Access These Materials from Anywhere, Anytime Meet Lauren Wansker, a Technical Assistant in the Libraries, who digitizes rare Muslim World manuscripts to ensure that scholars can access the materials from anywhere, anytime. Oct 21, 2020 News What’s It Like to Be a student at Columbia? The University Archives provides a glimpse into student life at Columbia, from the late 19th century onward, through student publications, notebooks and lecture notes, photographs, and more. Oct 14, 2020 News Happy Birthday, Ike! Happy birthday, Ike! The University Archives recounts Dwight D. Eisenhower's connections to Columbia University to celebrate the American president and military leader's birthday on October 14. Oct 7, 2020 News Going to Columbia from Home: the 1880s Edition The University Archives explains that women who attended Columbia College in the 1880s were not permitted to attend lectures with male students and were instead required to "study at home." Sep 23, 2020 News How Well Do You Know Alma? To celebrate the dedication of Columbia's iconic Alma Mater on September 23, 1903, the University Archives asks, how well do you know Alma? Take our quiz to test your Alma expertise! Sep 23, 2020 News “Strategies of Presenting Text and Illustrations: Turning the Pages of a Sixteenth Century Book of Wisdom”: An Interview with Seher Agarwala Ph.D. candidate Seher Agarwala delves into archival materials from the Muslim World Manuscript Project for her dissertation on 16th-century aesthetics in the Islamicate world. Sep 15, 2020 News Columbia University Libraries and the Center for Teaching and Learning Announce “From Books to Bytes” Instruction Modules The Libraries and the Center for Teaching and Learning launch "From Books to Bytes," a six-part video series that provides students with practical research strategies. Sep 14, 2020 News LYRASIS and Columbia University Libraries Announce Virtual Copyright Education Centers Pilot Project The Libraries' Copyright Advisory Services partners with LYRASIS, a global non-profit organization, to pilot a virtual copyright education center. Sep 11, 2020 News Expanded Parking and Commuting to Campus: Then and Now The University will provide shuttles to faculty and staff for the Fall 2020 term, which isn't the first occasion that Columbia has expanded services for commuters. Sep 11, 2020 News News from RBML’s Archivists | August 2020 News from the archives of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes newly-digitized audio material from the Language and Culture Archive of Ashkenazic Jewry (LCAAJ). Sep 9, 2020 News Eleanor Roosevelt Speaks for Herself: Identifying 1,257 Married Women by their Full Names Archivists in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library identify more than 1,200 women in the library's finding aids by their full names who were previously described only by their husbands' names. Sep 8, 2020 News Here’s What to Expect at RBML this Fall Semester In accordance with the University's COVID-19 safety protocols, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library offers a number of accommodations and services for the Fall 2020 term. Sep 1, 2020 News Libraries Opens Six Libraries for Study Space by Reservation Six libraries are now open for study space by appointment or reservation for University students who are approved to return to campus. Aug 28, 2020 News RBML Staff and CUL Bid Farewell and Good Luck to Sean Quimby The Rare Book & Manuscript Library bids farewell to director Sean Quimby, who joins the University of Pennsylvania after six years with Columbia University. Aug 25, 2020 News Going to Columbia While Living At Home As the University reduces the number of students who will live on campus for the Fall 2020 term, the University Archives recalls that Columbia wasn't always a residential college. Aug 20, 2020 News University Librarian’s Update on Fall Plans for Libraries University Librarian Ann Thornton provides an update on the Libraries' plans reopening for the Fall 2020 term and serving the Columbia community both in person and online. Aug 18, 2020 News Teaching With Digitized Archives: Some Challenges and Opportunities The wealth of digitized archival material available from the Libraries presents both opportunities and challenges that instructors should consider when teaching with digitized archives. Aug 7, 2020 News Black Lives Matter International A bibliography of sources provides a starter kit of archival collections, books, videos, and websites on the struggle to overcome systemic racism, including the global Black Lives Matter movement. Aug 6, 2020 News New from RBML’s Archivists | July 2020 News from the archives of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes the Radio Liberty Oral History Project, which documents the 1917 Russian Revolution and is now open to researchers. Jul 29, 2020 News Libraries Digitizes Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center Collection 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 Libraries Expands Book Pick-up Service 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 Finding the Women in Columbia’s Judaica Collections 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 Malleable Academic Calendar: Then and Now 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. « 1 2 »
Meet Tara, Who Helps Students and Researchers at Columbia Access Special Collections Safely in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library Meet Tara Craig, Head of Public Services in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, who helps students and researchers at Columbia access special collections safely.
Meet Lauren, Who Digitizes Rare Muslim World Manuscripts to Ensure Scholars around the World can Access These Materials from Anywhere, Anytime Meet Lauren Wansker, a Technical Assistant in the Libraries, who digitizes rare Muslim World manuscripts to ensure that scholars can access the materials from anywhere, anytime.
What’s It Like to Be a student at Columbia? The University Archives provides a glimpse into student life at Columbia, from the late 19th century onward, through student publications, notebooks and lecture notes, photographs, and more.
Happy Birthday, Ike! Happy birthday, Ike! The University Archives recounts Dwight D. Eisenhower's connections to Columbia University to celebrate the American president and military leader's birthday on October 14.
Going to Columbia from Home: the 1880s Edition The University Archives explains that women who attended Columbia College in the 1880s were not permitted to attend lectures with male students and were instead required to "study at home."
How Well Do You Know Alma? To celebrate the dedication of Columbia's iconic Alma Mater on September 23, 1903, the University Archives asks, how well do you know Alma? Take our quiz to test your Alma expertise!
“Strategies of Presenting Text and Illustrations: Turning the Pages of a Sixteenth Century Book of Wisdom”: An Interview with Seher Agarwala Ph.D. candidate Seher Agarwala delves into archival materials from the Muslim World Manuscript Project for her dissertation on 16th-century aesthetics in the Islamicate world.
Columbia University Libraries and the Center for Teaching and Learning Announce “From Books to Bytes” Instruction Modules The Libraries and the Center for Teaching and Learning launch "From Books to Bytes," a six-part video series that provides students with practical research strategies.
LYRASIS and Columbia University Libraries Announce Virtual Copyright Education Centers Pilot Project The Libraries' Copyright Advisory Services partners with LYRASIS, a global non-profit organization, to pilot a virtual copyright education center.
Expanded Parking and Commuting to Campus: Then and Now The University will provide shuttles to faculty and staff for the Fall 2020 term, which isn't the first occasion that Columbia has expanded services for commuters.
News from RBML’s Archivists | August 2020 News from the archives of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes newly-digitized audio material from the Language and Culture Archive of Ashkenazic Jewry (LCAAJ).
Eleanor Roosevelt Speaks for Herself: Identifying 1,257 Married Women by their Full Names Archivists in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library identify more than 1,200 women in the library's finding aids by their full names who were previously described only by their husbands' names.
Here’s What to Expect at RBML this Fall Semester In accordance with the University's COVID-19 safety protocols, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library offers a number of accommodations and services for the Fall 2020 term.
Libraries Opens Six Libraries for Study Space by Reservation Six libraries are now open for study space by appointment or reservation for University students who are approved to return to campus.
RBML Staff and CUL Bid Farewell and Good Luck to Sean Quimby The Rare Book & Manuscript Library bids farewell to director Sean Quimby, who joins the University of Pennsylvania after six years with Columbia University.
Going to Columbia While Living At Home As the University reduces the number of students who will live on campus for the Fall 2020 term, the University Archives recalls that Columbia wasn't always a residential college.
University Librarian’s Update on Fall Plans for Libraries University Librarian Ann Thornton provides an update on the Libraries' plans reopening for the Fall 2020 term and serving the Columbia community both in person and online.
Teaching With Digitized Archives: Some Challenges and Opportunities The wealth of digitized archival material available from the Libraries presents both opportunities and challenges that instructors should consider when teaching with digitized archives.
Black Lives Matter International A bibliography of sources provides a starter kit of archival collections, books, videos, and websites on the struggle to overcome systemic racism, including the global Black Lives Matter movement.
New from RBML’s Archivists | July 2020 News from the archives of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes the Radio Liberty Oral History Project, which documents the 1917 Russian Revolution and is now open to researchers.
Libraries Digitizes Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center Collection 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).
Libraries Expands Book Pick-up Service The Libraries expands its newly-launched book pick-up service to include materials from numerous collections and libraries, graphic novels, and DVDs.
Finding the Women in Columbia’s Judaica Collections Librarian Michelle Chesner uncovers traces of women in the Libraries' rare Judaica collection through records of book ownership, marriage, prayer, and printing.
The Malleable Academic Calendar: Then and Now 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.
