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Dec 27, 2019

In the media

Curator Thai Jones, who studies radical social movements, discusses the potential consequences of a decision by a Virginia school district to allow students time off to protest.

Dec 13, 2019

In the media

Columbia Engineering Magazine consults the Libraries' lead conservators about the future of cultural preservation.

Nov 11, 2019

In the media

Two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone donated a portion of her theatrical archive, spanning the actress's five-decade career, to the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Oct 31, 2019

In the media

The curators of the archival exhibit "Roar, Lion, Roar: A Celebration of Columbia Football" share stories about New York City from the history of Columbia Football.

Oct 23, 2019

In the media

In partnership with the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Libraries announces a digital archive that explores the philanthropic legacy of Andrew Carnegie.

Oct 18, 2019

In the media

"The Pavilion," a mural by Baris Gokturk, SOA '20, and based on a book by Professor Zeynep Celik, is installed in Butler Library as part of the Performing the Library project.

Oct 11, 2019

In the media

2020 presidential candidates have paid more attention to climate change than in previous election cycles. The reason, according to Curator Thai Jones, is activism.

Oct 9, 2019

In the media

The Chronicle of Higher Education cites the partnership between the Libraries and Cornell Library in Slavic studies as an example of successful collaborative collecting.

Oct 7, 2019

In the media

CNN reports on the Butler Banner Project and Columbia students' "bold statements about the lack of inclusivity" in the inscriptions of male names on the exterior of Butler Library.

Oct 2, 2019

In the media

Students uncover underreported and ignored stories from African American history in the archival collections of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Sep 27, 2019

In the media

Based on an artifact in the Libraries’ collections and a historic campus event, an inside-outside exhibition aims to foster conversations about representation in library spaces and collections.

Sep 23, 2019

In the media

Curator Thai Jones weighs in on the role that disruptive protests against the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s have played in shaping modern American activism.

Sep 20, 2019

In the media

Librarian Sophie Leveque leads Columbia's School of Social Work on a "time-travel adventure" into the Social Work Agency Collection, with archival materials that date to the 18th century.

Sep 12, 2019

In the media

Curator Thai Jones appreciates the "wonderfully rich depictions" of the Chinese community in New York in the writings of the late Chinese-American journalist William Chang.

Sep 5, 2019

In the media

The Libraries' Head of History & Humanities Jeremiah Mercurio advises School Library Journal on the key to teaching college-level research.

Aug 23, 2019

In the media

A collection of "paper gods" in the Starr East Asian Library, donated to Columbia by missionary Anne Swann Goodrich, provides a window into 20th-century folk religion in Beijing.

Aug 21, 2019

In the media

An exhibition that celebrates the legacy of the earliest documented Africans to arrive in America in 1619 incorporates works from Avery Library and the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Jul 22, 2019

In the media

Columbia Magazine explores the life and work of Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, whose sculpted bronze likeness resides in the Music & Arts Library.

Jul 17, 2019

In the media

The wedding bands exchanged by Alexander and Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, on loan from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, feature in an exhibit on "the Schuyler sisters and their circle."

Jul 2, 2019

In the media

A team of experts consulted the Rare Book & Manuscript Library's copy of an early work by Galileo, "Sidereus nuncius," for a PBS documentary.

Jun 17, 2019

In the media

A team of Libraries staff help Barnard art history students tell the story of the most radical upheaval in clothing history, taking 18th-century fashions to the digital age.

Jun 13, 2019

In the media

The New York Times remembers former University Librarian Patricia Battin, "a pioneer and a visionary" and the first woman to lead an Ivy League library.

May 16, 2019

In the media

Rare Book Librarian Jane Siegel chats with Columbia's The Current about her 30-year tenure in the Libraries and the role of the library in the age of the Internet.

May 1, 2019

In the media

How many Columbians does it take to change a lightbulb? Columbia Magazine investigates and, actually, just one - but relamping the Libraries' reading rooms can be a tall order.

News

Virginia School System to Allow Students Day Off to Protest

Engineering the Future of Cultural Preservation

Columbia University Acquires Patti LuPone’s Theatrical Archive

Roar, Lion, Roar: Columbia Football History

Digital Archive Exploring Andrew Carnegie’s Philanthropic Legacy Launches at Columbia University Libraries

'The Pavilion' by Current Student Baris Gokturk Installed in Butler Library

2020 Presidential Candidates Pay More Attention to Climate Change than Past Elections

The Future of Campus Libraries? ‘Sticky Interdependence’

Students Address the Inscriptions of Male Authors on Butler Library

Uncovering the Underreported and Ignored

A New Banner for Butler

Historic Protests Shaped American Activism

A Trip to Social Work's Past, Guided by School Librarian Sophie Leveque

William Y. Chang, Whose Newspaper Spoke to Chinatown in English, Dies at 103

The Key to Teaching College-Level Research

The Story of an American Missionary and Her Paper Gods

An Exhibition Celebrates the Legacy of Jamestown

Bring Me the Head of Béla Bartók

'Schuyler Sisters' Exhibit Examines Albany's Hamilton Link

Secrets of the Dead: Galileo's Moon

What They Wore: Art Historian Spotlights Revolutionary Fashion Magazine

Former University Librarian Patricia Battin Dies at 89

Butler's Hidden Gem: An Interview with RBML Librarian Jane Siegel

How Many Columbians Does It Take to Change a Lightbulb?

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Virginia School System to Allow Students Day Off to Protest

Engineering the Future of Cultural Preservation

Columbia University Acquires Patti LuPone’s Theatrical Archive

Roar, Lion, Roar: Columbia Football History

Digital Archive Exploring Andrew Carnegie’s Philanthropic Legacy Launches at Columbia University Libraries

'The Pavilion' by Current Student Baris Gokturk Installed in Butler Library

2020 Presidential Candidates Pay More Attention to Climate Change than Past Elections

The Future of Campus Libraries? ‘Sticky Interdependence’

Students Address the Inscriptions of Male Authors on Butler Library

Uncovering the Underreported and Ignored

A New Banner for Butler

Historic Protests Shaped American Activism

A Trip to Social Work's Past, Guided by School Librarian Sophie Leveque

William Y. Chang, Whose Newspaper Spoke to Chinatown in English, Dies at 103

The Key to Teaching College-Level Research

The Story of an American Missionary and Her Paper Gods

An Exhibition Celebrates the Legacy of Jamestown

Bring Me the Head of Béla Bartók

'Schuyler Sisters' Exhibit Examines Albany's Hamilton Link

Secrets of the Dead: Galileo's Moon

What They Wore: Art Historian Spotlights Revolutionary Fashion Magazine

Former University Librarian Patricia Battin Dies at 89

Butler's Hidden Gem: An Interview with RBML Librarian Jane Siegel

How Many Columbians Does It Take to Change a Lightbulb?