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Mar 9, 2023

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Scholar Lawrence Stern explores nearly 200 linear feet and 500 boxes of materials that document the decades-long career of sociologist Robert K. Merton, spent almost exclusively at Columbia University.

Mar 8, 2023

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Columbia University Libraries has announced that three acclaimed works by Beverly Gage, Kelly Lytle Hernández, and John Wood Sweet will be awarded the 2023 Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy.

Mar 1, 2023

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The Latino Arts and Activisms (LAAS) Collection in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library acquires the papers of writer, performer, and theorist Josefina Báez, founder of the Latinarte/Ay Ombe Theatre in New York, among numerous other accomplishments.

Feb 28, 2023

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University archivists tell how an incident in the original College Hall at Columbia (then King's College) earned statesman John Jay a suspension from the school - and almost cost the future Supreme Court Justice his diploma.

Feb 28, 2023

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Did you know that alumni of Columbia University enjoy free, lifetime access to library facilities as well as free, off-campus access to dozens of journals and databases, including four new resources? Learn how to put your alumni benefits to use.

Feb 28, 2023

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Senior Lecturer at Flinders University Leïla Morsy visited the Rare Book & Manuscript Library to examine how powerful philanthropies in the early 20th century restructured medical education, creating long-lasting legacies that persist today.

Feb 21, 2023

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Columbia faculty, staff, students, and others with borrowing privileges are now able to use the Libraries' self-check app and kiosk to check out materials when physically present in Butler Library.

Feb 21, 2023

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Historian Scott Spillman details the numerous collections in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library that he consulted for a forthcoming book, including the papers of Columbia professor and writer Eric L. McKitrick (1919-2002).

Feb 21, 2023

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On March 9, a panel of expert faculty and staff will share perspectives on and experience with academic publishing in the medical sciences. Register in advance to join the online conversation.

Feb 17, 2023

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Following an announcement on January 18 that Nemat “Minouche” Shafik will become the 20th president of Columbia University, she embarked on a welcome tour of the University, including a visit to Butler Library.

Feb 15, 2023

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Join the Lehman Center for American History and scholars Caleb Gayle and Elizabeth Ellis on February 23 for a conversation about their studies in the history of race, identity, citizenship, and belonging.

Feb 14, 2023

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Everyday is Valentine's Day at Kent Hall: Glance above the second-story windows of Kent Hall on the Morningside Heights campus and you'll find engraved 'putti,' or chubby cherubs with garlands and flowers.

Feb 6, 2023

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Author and poet Kurt Boone, a "collector and documentarian of urban culture" who appears in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library's ongoing Curatorial Shorts series, speaks on the impact of mass incarceration.

Feb 6, 2023

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Recent additions to the catalog of web archives curated by the Libraries and partner institutions within the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation include the Greater China Archival Resources Web Archive.

Feb 3, 2023

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The Katie Geneva Cannon Digital Collection, part of the Archives of Women in Theological Scholarship at the Burke Library, will facilitate access to digitized materials from the papers of the late professor and theologian, including drawings and sermons.

Feb 2, 2023

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Professor Marija Delabello of Rutgers University takes an international perspective in her work with the Industrial Workers of the World collection, held by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, which documents the efforts of the 20th-century union.

Feb 1, 2023

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An iconic Harlem restaurant visits the dining room in John Jay Hall: In 1997, landmark establishment, Sylvia's teamed with Columbia Dining Services to prepare signature dishes like fried chicken, collard greens, and peach cobbler on campus.

Feb 1, 2023

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Scholars James V. Koch and Omari H. Swinton, who authored "Vital and Valuable: The Relevance HBCUs for American Life and Education" from Columbia University Press, comment on the importance of historically Black colleges and universities to the U.S. higher education system.

Jan 25, 2023

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The Rare Book & Manuscript Library welcomes the archive of Tania León, winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Music, a 2022 recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors, and a renowned musician whose compositions are performed across the globe.

Jan 25, 2023

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The Libraries works to comply with new guidelines, set forth in August of 2022, that seek to ensure "broad and expeditious sharing of federally-funded research" so that the public may "benefit from the returns on our research and development investments without delay."

Jan 24, 2023

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A team of faculty members and librarians collaborated during the fall of 2022 to lead a new, interdisciplinary seminar on medieval manuscripts as a part of the University's vibrant Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program.

Jan 23, 2023

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Dean of the School of Journalism Jelani Cobb announced the 20th president of Columbia University, Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, in the World Room of the Journalism School, in front of a stained glass window that bears the Statue of Liberty. University archivists share its history.

Jan 18, 2023

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The University shares several commonalities with an exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum, "She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia," including former Professor of Art History Edith Porada, also the first Curator of Ancient Seals at the Morgan.

Jan 17, 2023

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The C.V. Starr East Asian Library will be closed for critical improvements to its fire alarm and fire suppression technologies from May 2023 through January 2024. The library's collections and services will be modified during this time.

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Research at the RBML | Lawrence Stern on Robert K. Merton

Columbia University Libraries Announces the Winners of the 2023 Bancroft Prizes

Columbia’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library Welcomes the Josefina Báez Papers, the Tenth in the Latino Arts and Activisms Collection

John Jay: #DormLife in 1764

How to Use the Libraries as an Alum (Plus, New Databases!)

Researcher Profile | Leïla Morsy on the Closure of Black Medical Schools

Columbia University Libraries Self-Check App

Research at the RBML | Scott Spillman on Stanley Elkins and Eric McKitrick

Understanding Open Access Publishing: Medical Sciences

In Pictures: Columbia’s Next President Minouche Shafik Visits Butler Library and Views Collections

Black and Native Citizenship: The Making of American Identity

Every Day Is Valentine’s Day at Kent Hall

Mass Incarceration from One Family’s Perspective: A Curatorial Short with Kurt Boone

New Web Archives from Columbia University Libraries and the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation

The Katie Geneva Cannon Digital Collection

Research at the RBML | Marija Dalbello Delves into the Industrial Workers of the World Collections

Sylvia’s in Morningside Heights?!

Columbia University Press | Why Historically Black Colleges and Universities Are Vital and Valuable to the U.S. Higher Education System

Welcoming the Tania León Archive

The Nelson Memo: Preparing for Updated Federal Public Access Policies

New, Team-Taught Course on Medieval Manuscripts

A World Room Welcome

Enheduanna and Columbia

C.V. Starr East Asian Library Temporary Closure: Summer and Fall 2023

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Research at the RBML | Lawrence Stern on Robert K. Merton

Columbia University Libraries Announces the Winners of the 2023 Bancroft Prizes

Columbia’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library Welcomes the Josefina Báez Papers, the Tenth in the Latino Arts and Activisms Collection

John Jay: #DormLife in 1764

How to Use the Libraries as an Alum (Plus, New Databases!)

Researcher Profile | Leïla Morsy on the Closure of Black Medical Schools

Columbia University Libraries Self-Check App

Research at the RBML | Scott Spillman on Stanley Elkins and Eric McKitrick

Understanding Open Access Publishing: Medical Sciences

In Pictures: Columbia’s Next President Minouche Shafik Visits Butler Library and Views Collections

Black and Native Citizenship: The Making of American Identity

Every Day Is Valentine’s Day at Kent Hall

Mass Incarceration from One Family’s Perspective: A Curatorial Short with Kurt Boone

New Web Archives from Columbia University Libraries and the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation

The Katie Geneva Cannon Digital Collection

Research at the RBML | Marija Dalbello Delves into the Industrial Workers of the World Collections

Sylvia’s in Morningside Heights?!

Columbia University Press | Why Historically Black Colleges and Universities Are Vital and Valuable to the U.S. Higher Education System

Welcoming the Tania León Archive

The Nelson Memo: Preparing for Updated Federal Public Access Policies

New, Team-Taught Course on Medieval Manuscripts

A World Room Welcome

Enheduanna and Columbia

C.V. Starr East Asian Library Temporary Closure: Summer and Fall 2023