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Dec 16, 2020

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The Libraries announces updates to services during intersession and Spring term, including access to in-person library services with modified hours like book pick-up and scanning.

Dec 15, 2020

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The iconic Santa Claus with a beard “as white as the snow" was created by loyal Columbian Clement Clark Moore, CC 1798, in a poem for his children, written on Christmas Eve in 1822.

Dec 14, 2020

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Declassified government documents held in the Libraries’ collections are now significantly easier to search and discover through the Freedom of Information Archive.

Dec 10, 2020

In the media

The Libraries' Norman E. Alexander Lecture in Jewish Studies celebrates ten years of collecting and conserving Judaica and highlights research in Jewish studies.

Dec 10, 2020

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Transcripts and select audio material from the Eisenhower oral history project, among the University's most researched collections, are now accessible to scholars.

Dec 9, 2020

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News from the archives of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes newly-digitized audio and video material from the Chinese oral history project collection.

Dec 8, 2020

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Meet Candice Kail, Head of Web Services, who implemented an online library seat reservation system in a few short weeks from her dining room table.

Dec 8, 2020

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The University Archives details an initiative that began in 1919 and enabled Columbia to provide educational opportunities, or "home study," to students all over the world.

Dec 4, 2020

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Lucas Massuco, a fellow with the University's Institute for the Study of Human Rights, shares his work with archives and human rights to mark Human Rights Month.

Dec 1, 2020

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The University Archives celebrates the holiday season with one of the oldest Columbia traditions, the Yule Log, which dates to the colonial days of King's College.

Nov 24, 2020

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The Libraries remembers the late David N. Dinkins, the first African-American mayor of New York City, whose papers are held by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Nov 19, 2020

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The Libraries’ Studio, a space that enables collaborative, ethical, fair, and sustainable digital and data-driven research, now streams ideas and projects on Twitch.

Nov 19, 2020

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Meet Zak Rouse, Reserves and Access Services Supervisor for Avery Library, who is on campus almost daily to help keep the library safely open for study space and collection access.

Nov 18, 2020

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Learn the basics behind the University Archives, which helps Columbians manage their records and preserves and makes accessible the institutional history of the University.

Nov 17, 2020

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Vice Provost and University Librarian Ann Thornton announces her appointment of Jonathan O. Cain as the Associate University Librarian for Research and Learning.

Nov 17, 2020

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The Radio Liberty oral history project, which presents a broad social, political, economic, and cultural panorama of Russia during the 1917 Russian Revolution, is now publicly available.

Nov 12, 2020

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News from the archives of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes more than 1,300 digitized oral histories that are now accessible via CLIO and the Digital Library Collections.

Nov 12, 2020

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The University Archives explores the past 150 years of Columbia Football, including the team's first game on November 12, 1870 against Rutgers University.

Nov 9, 2020

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The Libraries announces an update to operating hours for Thanksgiving weekend, from Thursday, November 26, to Sunday, November 29.

Nov 9, 2020

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Meet Jim Crocamo, Head of Access and User Experience, who led the effort to reopen library spaces safely and launched new services to connect users with collections and tools.

Nov 9, 2020

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Columbia Law School announces the appointment of Simon Canick as director of the Arthur W. Diamond Law Library, effective January 2021.

Nov 4, 2020

In the media

The Libraries hosts four cartoonists for "America, WTF?: Comics in a Time of Crisis," a discussion of the Trump administration, identity, and the role of comics.

Oct 28, 2020

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Two Columbia professors, John K. Rees and Harold Jacoby, were instrumental in New York City's decision to adopt Daylight Savings Time in the early 20th century.

Oct 23, 2020

In the media

University President Lee C. Bollinger moderates an online panel, co-sponsored by the Libraries, that focuses on how the post-Civil War period connects to contemporary U.S. politics.

News

Update on Library Services During Intersession and Spring Term

“’Twas the Night Before Christmas” and Columbia

Declassified Government Documents Held in the Libraries’ Collections are Now Significantly Easier to Search and Discover

Celebrating 10 Years of Collecting, Conserving, and Studying Judaica

Oral History | Newly Available in the Digital Library Collection: Eisenhower Oral History Project

News from the RBML’s Archivists and Collections Management Specialists | November 2020

Meet Candice, Who Implemented an Online Library Seat Reservation System in a Few Short Weeks from Her Dining Room Table

Home Study: Columbia’s Long-Distance Experiment

Archives and Human Rights: International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10th: An Interview with Lucas Massuco

Lighting Up the Yule Log

Remembering “Our Mayor”: David N. Dinkins and Columbia University Libraries

Columbia University Libraries Announces Studio Remote

Meet Zak, Who is on Campus Almost Daily...

Records Management and University Archives 101s

Jonathan O. Cain Named as New Associate University Librarian for Research and Learning

Radio Liberty Oral History Project Newly Available to the Public

News from the RBML’s Archivists | September and October 2020

Columbia Football at 150!

Update on Library Hours for Thanksgiving Weekend

Meet Jim, Who Led the Effort to Reopen Library Spaces Safely

Columbia Law School Names Simon Canick Director of the Arthur W. Diamond Law Library

How Did We Get Here, As Answered Through Comics

Columbia and Daylight Saving Time: You’re Welcome

Reflecting on the History and Legacies of Reconstruction