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Feb 5, 2024

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Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library is pleased to announce a major gift of drawings, papers, and architectural records from Michael Sorkin, a renowned critic, designer, and professor who was devoted to social justice.

Feb 5, 2024

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Recently-acquired and newly-processed collections in the Norman E. Alexander Library for Jewish Studies include a selection of prayer books that broaden the Libraries' holdings of Jewish materials from the Middle East and highlight Jewish and Persian art.

Jan 31, 2024

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A plaque from room 803 of the former Livingston Hall (now known as Wallach) commemorates past residents of the "prize room," through which benefactors subsidized housing costs for students in need.

Jan 29, 2024

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Take advantage of the many resources available to Columbia students, staff, and faculty through the Libraries - free of charge! - including digital subscriptions to major news sources and more than 250,000 ebooks.

Jan 23, 2024

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A series of profiles highlight valued student employees from across the Libraries, including Katherine June St. George, a general assistant in the Manhattanville Business Library and the Science & Engineering Library.

Jan 23, 2024

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The Judaica collection at Columbia includes a strong selection of materials related to the Jewish community in the Netherlands; in fact, the backbone of the entire collection, donated to the University in 1892, originated in Amsterdam.

Jan 18, 2024

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Graduate student Sam Higgins delves into an extensive collection of 20th-century paperbacks that are part of the papers of Sidney Kramer, a prominent literary agent and founder of Bantam Books.

Jan 18, 2024

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The Rare Book & Manuscript Library notes with sadness the passing of composer, music educator, and satirist Peter Schickele (1935-2024), whose papers are held by the library.

Jan 17, 2024

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As part of the Ask a Librarian internship, Marley Rodriguez, an MLIS candidate at UCLA, organized a workshop that addressed how to identify and locate "sources that constitute diversity in academic publishing."

Jan 17, 2024

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University archivists recount efforts by former Mayor of Brooklyn Seth Low, a Columbia alumnus and future University president, to preserve the "colored schools" of 19th-century New York.

Jan 15, 2024

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An A-to-Z guide to the Libraries' Oral History Archives: 'D' is for a brief conversation with San Francisco-based burlesque dancer Carol Doda, which is a part of a larger collection of interviews on 1960s America.

Jan 10, 2024

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A series of profiles highlight valued student employees from across the Libraries, including Kimberly Agyeiwaa Boateng, a Circulation desk attendant at Butler Library and a sustainable development major in Columbia College.

Jan 5, 2024

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The Graphic Novels Collection welcomes the addition of two previously-unpublished manuscripts from Belgian artist Frans Masereel (1889-1972), whose work debuted after World War I and addressed issues of social injustice.

Dec 5, 2023

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A series of profiles highlight valued student employees from across the Libraries, including Callum John Blackmore, Processing Archivist in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Dec 1, 2023

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The Libraries' Digital Internships Program is accepting applications for multiple positions that enable graduate students to collaborate with librarians in digital scholarship and develop useful skills in emerging methods of research.

Nov 28, 2023

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A series of profiles highlight valued student employees from across the Libraries, including Jessie Rollins, a worker in the Library Information Office (LIO) who facilitates access to the Libraries.

Nov 16, 2023

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Through a grant from the Libraries' Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ADEI) Program, librarians at Columbia and peer institutions compiled an index of more than 1,000 holdings related to LBTQ+ communities in Eastern Europe.

Nov 13, 2023

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A series of profiles highlight valued student employees from across the Libraries, including Breanna Patrice Ellison, a General Assistant Student Worker with Delivery Services in Butler Library.

Nov 10, 2023

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New additions to the Libraries' Oral History Archives in October include the LGBTQ+ Columbia University oral history collection, which documents the experiences of LGBTQ individuals affiliated with the University.

Nov 9, 2023

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Newly-processed collections in the Libraries' Oral History Archives in September include the Cuban Voices oral history collection, which follows the transition to communist rule after the Cuban Revolution and events of the subsequent decades.

Oct 27, 2023

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The personal papers of Joanna Wan-Ying Chan (陳尹瑩), a Chinese-American playwright and producer and a member of the Maryknoll Sisters, are now available to researchers through the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Oct 26, 2023

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A newly-discovered set of records of "institutional research data" from 1960-1966 reveals enrollment figures, tuition, and even faculty salaries - including the salary of noteworthy anthropologist Margaret Mead.

Oct 26, 2023

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The Woman, Life, Freedom Movement of Iran Web Archive showcases both government suppression of dissent and the resilience and determination of the Iranian people in their pursuit of meaningful change.

Oct 25, 2023

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Archivists, curators, and subject specialists highlight a number of noteworthy acquisitions, conservation projects, and digitization efforts that are underway in 2023, including the Fly Papers that are now held by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

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Avery Library Announces Major Gift of the Michael Sorkin Collection: Internationally Renowned Architecture Critic, Designer, Urbanist, and Professor Devoted to Social Justice

New and Newly Processed Collections | Jewish Studies

Lewis A. Rosenthal Memorial Room Plaque

Five Free Things Columbia Students Have Access to through the Libraries

Student Employee Profile: Meet Katherine June St. George

From the Stacks: Exploring the Sephardic World in Amsterdam

Collections Highlight | Sam Higgins on the Sidney Kramer Paperbacks

Peter Schickele (1935-2024)

Teaching and Learning in the Ask a Librarian Internship

Seth Low and the Gilded Age

An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia | D is for the Legendary Carol Doda

Student Employee Profile: Meet Kimberly Agyeiwaa Boateng

Frans Masereel, in Ink and Brush

Student Employee Profile: Meet Callum John Blackmore

Digital Internships Program

Student Employee Profile: Meet Jessie Rollins

Checklist of LGBTQ+ Resources From Eastern Europe

Student Employee Profile: Meet Breanna Patrice Ellison

Newly Processed and Updated Oral History Collections for October 2023

Newly Processed and Updated Oral History Collections for September 2023

From Staging Plays in New York’s Chinatown Community Theatres to Fostering Talents in Sing Sing’s RTA Program: Joanna Wan-Ying Chan Papers

Institutional Research Data from the 1960s

Just Launched: Woman, Life, Freedom Movement of Iran Web Archive

Noteworthy Acquisitions, Digitization, and Conservation for 2023

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Avery Library Announces Major Gift of the Michael Sorkin Collection: Internationally Renowned Architecture Critic, Designer, Urbanist, and Professor Devoted to Social Justice

New and Newly Processed Collections | Jewish Studies

Lewis A. Rosenthal Memorial Room Plaque

Five Free Things Columbia Students Have Access to through the Libraries

Student Employee Profile: Meet Katherine June St. George

From the Stacks: Exploring the Sephardic World in Amsterdam

Collections Highlight | Sam Higgins on the Sidney Kramer Paperbacks

Peter Schickele (1935-2024)

Teaching and Learning in the Ask a Librarian Internship

Seth Low and the Gilded Age

An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia | D is for the Legendary Carol Doda

Student Employee Profile: Meet Kimberly Agyeiwaa Boateng

Frans Masereel, in Ink and Brush

Student Employee Profile: Meet Callum John Blackmore

Digital Internships Program

Student Employee Profile: Meet Jessie Rollins

Checklist of LGBTQ+ Resources From Eastern Europe

Student Employee Profile: Meet Breanna Patrice Ellison

Newly Processed and Updated Oral History Collections for October 2023

Newly Processed and Updated Oral History Collections for September 2023

From Staging Plays in New York’s Chinatown Community Theatres to Fostering Talents in Sing Sing’s RTA Program: Joanna Wan-Ying Chan Papers

Institutional Research Data from the 1960s

Just Launched: Woman, Life, Freedom Movement of Iran Web Archive

Noteworthy Acquisitions, Digitization, and Conservation for 2023