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Sep 17, 2024

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Now on display in Lehman Social Sciences Library: Highlights from the Student Research Mentorship Program, which paired five first-generation, low-income students and students of color with librarian mentors on research projects that leveraged the Libraries' collections and services.

Sep 13, 2024

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The second post in a series about the history of Jews at Columbia details the evolution of Jewish studies at the University and specifically focuses on the period from 1854-1901.

Sep 12, 2024

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The Ask A Librarian Internship Program, which provides currently-enrolled library and information science students with paid, hands-on experience in academic librarianship, announces the Fall 2024 interns: Federica Alesiani, Willy Anthony Diaz Tapia, and Jasmine Zacate.

Sep 5, 2024

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The Libraries recognizes Peer Review Week (September 23-27), which serves as a crucial platform to facilitate discussions among researchers, publishers, and others about the peer review process, through workshops on scholarly publishing.

Aug 30, 2024

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The Ideas of the Anthropocene Web Archive brings together an interdisciplinary sample of websites that document concepts and critiques of the "Anthropocene," from sites in the earth sciences to the environmental arts and humanities.

Aug 28, 2024

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An A-to-Z guide to the Libraries' Oral History Archives: 'G' is for gun violence in America, addressed in the Forty Percent oral history collection which "gives a powerful voice to survivors of gun violence" in the U.S. from 2017 through 2020.

Aug 26, 2024

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The first installment in a series of blog posts about the history of Jews at Columbia by Librarian for Jewish Studies Michelle Margolis centers on the first 100 years of the University, then known as King's College, from 1754-1854.

Aug 19, 2024

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Processing Archivist Yingwen Huang details a small exhibition in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library on the people of the Chinese Republican era (1912-1949) and beyond, which includes photographs, letters, ephemera, and other artifacts.

Aug 9, 2024

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Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library is pleased to announce the launch of a new online resource, the Frank Lloyd Wright (FLW) Digital Archive, which makes accessible more than 15,000 residential drawings from the FLW archival collections.

Jul 30, 2024

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The (other) legacy of Frederick A.P. Barnard, tenth president of Columbia College: Best known for paving the way for the College to become a University and for his unsuccessful campaign in support of coeducation, Barnard also made significant contributions in the education of deaf students.

Jun 17, 2024

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The Libraries joins the growing number of research institutions to adopt the FOLIO Library Services Platform (LSP) with the support of EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), a leading provider of online research content and search technologies.

Jun 12, 2024

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An A-to-Z guide to the Libraries' Oral History Archives: 'F' is for fair use and copyright, which dictate how journalists, researchers, and others are permitted to incorporate archival materials like oral histories into their academic work.

Jun 10, 2024

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University archivists recount efforts by alumnus John B. Pine, CC 1877, LAW 1879, to obtain a series of diplomas with the signatures of all previous University presidents at the turn of the twentieth century.

Jun 7, 2024

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An exhibition in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library features reproductions of diplomas awarded by King's College, as Columbia was known at its founding, that date from 1763 to 1773 and are signed by Myles Cooper, the second President of King's College.

Jun 3, 2024

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The Libraries welcomed members of the Class of 1989 to an exhibit of materials from our special collections, curated specifically for '89 graduates by Libraries staff and including items from the C.V. Starr East Asian Library related to the Spring 1989 Democracy Movement in China.

Jun 3, 2024

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Intern Nicole Cowan, a recent graduate of Chicago State University and current employee of the Chicago Public Library, participated in the Ask a Librarian internship, which enabled her to "help members of the Columbia University community access and retrieve needed information."

May 24, 2024

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As graduation ceremonies conclude, the Libraries reminds Columbia graduates of available alumni benefits, including borrowing privileges and free, off-campus access to a wide range of databases and journals.

May 21, 2024

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Professor Glenda Sluga of the European University Institute visited the Rare Book & Manuscript Library to consult the papers of Chinese diplomat V. K. Wellington Koo to "extend her research on the intellectual foundations of international cooperation into the twentieth century."

May 21, 2024

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An annual event in honor of the Bancroft Prize, organized in partnership with the Department of History and the Forum, included remarks by Vice Provost and University Librarian Ann Thornton as well as conversations with the winners, Carolyn Woods Eisenberg and Elliott West.

May 17, 2024

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"Established by award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson, the Baldwin-Emerson Elders Project captures and celebrates [through oral history] the untold stories of activists, storytellers, and community builders who have witnessed and shaped monumental change in American public life."

May 15, 2024

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In recognition of Nakba Day on May 15, Middle East and Islamic Studies Librarian Peter Magierski calls attention to the ongoing erasure of archives, libraries, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions in Gaza and shares resources related to the destruction, both past and present.

May 9, 2024

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Jonathan Marty, a Ph.D. student at the University of California-Berkeley, consults the papers of New York City-based, Marxist philosopher Marshall Berman, held by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, for a forthcoming project on the "Socrates of Hamilton Heights."

Apr 23, 2024

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Ann Hornaday, a movie critic with The Washington Post, visits the Rare Book & Manuscript Library to explore the papers of screenwriter William Goldman, who wrote the script for the award-winning film, "All the President's Men," the subject of Hornaday's latest project.

Apr 23, 2024

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Vice Provost and University Librarian Ann Thornton affirms the essential role of libraries in providing reliable and safe spaces for all Columbia students, faculty, staff, and visitors, regardless of identity, belief system, political or religious affiliation.

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Now on View: Student Research Mentorship Program Displays

Jews at Columbia: The Beginnings of Jewish Studies (1854-1901)

Announcing the Fall 2024 Ask A Librarian Interns

Peer Review Week at the Libraries

Just Launched: Ideas of the Anthropocene Web Archive

An A-to-Z of Oral History | G is for (40% Oral History Collection on) Gun Violence in America, 2017-2020

Jews at Columbia: The First Hundred Years (1754-1854)

Archivist’s Pick: A Glance at the Chinese Republican Era and Beyond

Avery Library Launches Frank Lloyd Wright Digital Archive

President Barnard’s Other Legacy

Columbia University Libraries Selects FOLIO as New Library Services Platform (LSP)

An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia: “F” is for “Fair Use”

King’s College Diplomas and John B. Pine

Now on View: King’s College Diplomas

“Welcome the Class of ’89” Exhibit and the “Collection of China’s Spring 1989 Democracy Movement”

Helping Others and Stepping Outside Comfort Zones in the Ask A Librarian Internship

Columbia Graduates: Take Advantage of Alumni Benefits

Research at the RBML | Glenda Sluga Uses the Wellington Koo Papers to Tell a Story of Economic Development

Columbia University Libraries Recognizes the 2024 Recipients of the Bancroft Prizes in American History and Diplomacy

Oral History | New Collection Launches with Hundreds of Interviews with African American Elders

Nakba Day Anniversary 2024: Archives, Libraries, Memory, and Narrative

Research at the RBML | The Socrates of Hamilton Heights: Jonathan Marty on Marshall Berman

Research at the RBML | Ann Hornaday on "All the President’s Men"

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Now on View: Student Research Mentorship Program Displays

Jews at Columbia: The Beginnings of Jewish Studies (1854-1901)

Announcing the Fall 2024 Ask A Librarian Interns

Peer Review Week at the Libraries

Just Launched: Ideas of the Anthropocene Web Archive

An A-to-Z of Oral History | G is for (40% Oral History Collection on) Gun Violence in America, 2017-2020

Jews at Columbia: The First Hundred Years (1754-1854)

Archivist’s Pick: A Glance at the Chinese Republican Era and Beyond

Avery Library Launches Frank Lloyd Wright Digital Archive

President Barnard’s Other Legacy

Columbia University Libraries Selects FOLIO as New Library Services Platform (LSP)

An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia: “F” is for “Fair Use”

King’s College Diplomas and John B. Pine

Now on View: King’s College Diplomas

“Welcome the Class of ’89” Exhibit and the “Collection of China’s Spring 1989 Democracy Movement”

Helping Others and Stepping Outside Comfort Zones in the Ask A Librarian Internship

Columbia Graduates: Take Advantage of Alumni Benefits

Research at the RBML | Glenda Sluga Uses the Wellington Koo Papers to Tell a Story of Economic Development

Columbia University Libraries Recognizes the 2024 Recipients of the Bancroft Prizes in American History and Diplomacy

Oral History | New Collection Launches with Hundreds of Interviews with African American Elders

Nakba Day Anniversary 2024: Archives, Libraries, Memory, and Narrative

Research at the RBML | The Socrates of Hamilton Heights: Jonathan Marty on Marshall Berman

Research at the RBML | Ann Hornaday on "All the President’s Men"

A Message from the University Librarian