News Subscribe to the Libraries' Monthly Newsletter Location All Avery Library Barnard College Library Butler Library C.V. Starr East Asian Library Columbia University Archives Columbia University Libraries Copyright Advisory Services Digital Scholarship Global Studies Jewish Studies Law Library Music & Arts Library Oral History Archives Rare Book & Manuscript Library Science & Engineering Library Social Work Library The Burke Library Web Archives Category All In the media News Social Video Year All (2020 - 2016) 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Sep 11, 2020 News Expanded Parking and Commuting to Campus: Then and Now The University will provide shuttles to faculty and staff for the Fall 2020 term, which isn't the first occasion that Columbia has expanded services for commuters. Sep 11, 2020 News News from RBML’s Archivists | August 2020 News from the archives of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes newly-digitized audio material from the Language and Culture Archive of Ashkenazic Jewry (LCAAJ). Sep 9, 2020 News Eleanor Roosevelt Speaks for Herself: Identifying 1,257 Married Women by their Full Names Archivists in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library identify more than 1,200 women in the library's finding aids by their full names who were previously described only by their husbands' names. Sep 8, 2020 News Here’s What to Expect at RBML this Fall Semester In accordance with the University's COVID-19 safety protocols, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library offers a number of accommodations and services for the Fall 2020 term. Sep 3, 2020 Video Five Ways to Get Started at the Libraries Whether you’re learning remotely or on campus, as a first-year student or returning, we are here to support you. Watch as we share five easy ways to get started at the Libraries. Sep 1, 2020 News Libraries Opens Six Libraries for Study Space by Reservation Six libraries are now open for study space by appointment or reservation for University students who are approved to return to campus. Aug 28, 2020 News RBML Staff and CUL Bid Farewell and Good Luck to Sean Quimby The Rare Book & Manuscript Library bids farewell to director Sean Quimby, who joins the University of Pennsylvania after six years with Columbia University. Aug 25, 2020 News Going to Columbia While Living At Home As the University reduces the number of students who will live on campus for the Fall 2020 term, the University Archives recalls that Columbia wasn't always a residential college. Aug 20, 2020 News University Librarian’s Update on Fall Plans for Libraries University Librarian Ann Thornton provides an update on the Libraries' plans reopening for the Fall 2020 term and serving the Columbia community both in person and online. Aug 18, 2020 News Teaching With Digitized Archives: Some Challenges and Opportunities The wealth of digitized archival material available from the Libraries presents both opportunities and challenges that instructors should consider when teaching with digitized archives. Aug 13, 2020 Social Columbia University Archives Postcards The University Archives shares weekly postcards from Columbia University history on Facebook, including recent pieces that date to 1912, 1915, 1920, and 1926. Aug 7, 2020 News Black Lives Matter International A bibliography of sources provides a starter kit of archival collections, books, videos, and websites on the struggle to overcome systemic racism, including the global Black Lives Matter movement. Aug 6, 2020 News New from RBML’s Archivists | July 2020 News from the archives of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes the Radio Liberty Oral History Project, which documents the 1917 Russian Revolution and is now open to researchers. Jul 29, 2020 News Libraries Digitizes Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center Collection With a grant from the GRAMMY Foundation, the Libraries digitizes 400 hours of recordings of early electroacoustic music from the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center (CPEMC). Jul 29, 2020 News Libraries Expands Book Pick-up Service The Libraries expands its newly-launched book pick-up service to include materials from numerous collections and libraries, graphic novels, and DVDs. Jul 20, 2020 News Finding the Women in Columbia’s Judaica Collections Librarian Michelle Chesner uncovers traces of women in the Libraries' rare Judaica collection through records of book ownership, marriage, prayer, and printing. Jul 20, 2020 News The Malleable Academic Calendar: Then and Now The 2020-2021 academic calendar was adjusted to address the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest example of how the calendar has been historically responsive to circumstances. Jul 19, 2020 In the media Politalk: Reparations in 2020 Curator Thai Jones discusses the form of reparations for victims of slavery and their descendants with Politalk, a podcast from Trinity College Dublin. Jul 15, 2020 News Libraries Launches Book Pick-Up Service The Libraries launches a book pick-up service that enables students, staff, and faculty to request and pick up library materials from participating library locations. Jul 13, 2020 News News from RBML’s Archivists | May and June 2020 News from the archives of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes newly-digitized oral history collections and records from the University Archives. Jul 10, 2020 News Just Launched: Digital Gaming Communities Web Archive The Digital Gaming Communities Web Archive preserves content about digital games, including critical gaming, game ethics, accessibility in gaming and game design, and other themes. Jul 6, 2020 In the media ‘Hamilton’ and the Historical Record: Frequently Asked Questions The New York Times cites the Columbia & Slavery project, co-taught by curator Thai Jones, as experts set the historical record straight about acclaimed musical "Hamilton." Jun 29, 2020 In the media This Victorian Painting Depicting Two Women in Love was Nearly Lost in History CNN consults curator Roberto Ferrari about an 1864 painting held by Avery Library's Art Properties that is likely among the earliest depictions of same-sex female desire. Jun 26, 2020 In the media 'I'm Leaving, and I'm Just Not Coming Back': Fed Up with Racism, Black Americans Head Overseas Curator Kimberly Springer weighs in on a trend among Black Americans who choose to settle abroad in the face of persistent racism in the United States. « 1 2 »
Expanded Parking and Commuting to Campus: Then and Now The University will provide shuttles to faculty and staff for the Fall 2020 term, which isn't the first occasion that Columbia has expanded services for commuters.
News from RBML’s Archivists | August 2020 News from the archives of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes newly-digitized audio material from the Language and Culture Archive of Ashkenazic Jewry (LCAAJ).
Eleanor Roosevelt Speaks for Herself: Identifying 1,257 Married Women by their Full Names Archivists in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library identify more than 1,200 women in the library's finding aids by their full names who were previously described only by their husbands' names.
Here’s What to Expect at RBML this Fall Semester In accordance with the University's COVID-19 safety protocols, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library offers a number of accommodations and services for the Fall 2020 term.
Five Ways to Get Started at the Libraries Whether you’re learning remotely or on campus, as a first-year student or returning, we are here to support you. Watch as we share five easy ways to get started at the Libraries.
Libraries Opens Six Libraries for Study Space by Reservation Six libraries are now open for study space by appointment or reservation for University students who are approved to return to campus.
RBML Staff and CUL Bid Farewell and Good Luck to Sean Quimby The Rare Book & Manuscript Library bids farewell to director Sean Quimby, who joins the University of Pennsylvania after six years with Columbia University.
Going to Columbia While Living At Home As the University reduces the number of students who will live on campus for the Fall 2020 term, the University Archives recalls that Columbia wasn't always a residential college.
University Librarian’s Update on Fall Plans for Libraries University Librarian Ann Thornton provides an update on the Libraries' plans reopening for the Fall 2020 term and serving the Columbia community both in person and online.
Teaching With Digitized Archives: Some Challenges and Opportunities The wealth of digitized archival material available from the Libraries presents both opportunities and challenges that instructors should consider when teaching with digitized archives.
Columbia University Archives Postcards The University Archives shares weekly postcards from Columbia University history on Facebook, including recent pieces that date to 1912, 1915, 1920, and 1926.
Black Lives Matter International A bibliography of sources provides a starter kit of archival collections, books, videos, and websites on the struggle to overcome systemic racism, including the global Black Lives Matter movement.
New from RBML’s Archivists | July 2020 News from the archives of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes the Radio Liberty Oral History Project, which documents the 1917 Russian Revolution and is now open to researchers.
Libraries Digitizes Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center Collection With a grant from the GRAMMY Foundation, the Libraries digitizes 400 hours of recordings of early electroacoustic music from the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center (CPEMC).
Libraries Expands Book Pick-up Service The Libraries expands its newly-launched book pick-up service to include materials from numerous collections and libraries, graphic novels, and DVDs.
Finding the Women in Columbia’s Judaica Collections Librarian Michelle Chesner uncovers traces of women in the Libraries' rare Judaica collection through records of book ownership, marriage, prayer, and printing.
The Malleable Academic Calendar: Then and Now The 2020-2021 academic calendar was adjusted to address the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest example of how the calendar has been historically responsive to circumstances.
Politalk: Reparations in 2020 Curator Thai Jones discusses the form of reparations for victims of slavery and their descendants with Politalk, a podcast from Trinity College Dublin.
Libraries Launches Book Pick-Up Service The Libraries launches a book pick-up service that enables students, staff, and faculty to request and pick up library materials from participating library locations.
News from RBML’s Archivists | May and June 2020 News from the archives of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes newly-digitized oral history collections and records from the University Archives.
Just Launched: Digital Gaming Communities Web Archive The Digital Gaming Communities Web Archive preserves content about digital games, including critical gaming, game ethics, accessibility in gaming and game design, and other themes.
‘Hamilton’ and the Historical Record: Frequently Asked Questions The New York Times cites the Columbia & Slavery project, co-taught by curator Thai Jones, as experts set the historical record straight about acclaimed musical "Hamilton."
This Victorian Painting Depicting Two Women in Love was Nearly Lost in History CNN consults curator Roberto Ferrari about an 1864 painting held by Avery Library's Art Properties that is likely among the earliest depictions of same-sex female desire.
'I'm Leaving, and I'm Just Not Coming Back': Fed Up with Racism, Black Americans Head Overseas Curator Kimberly Springer weighs in on a trend among Black Americans who choose to settle abroad in the face of persistent racism in the United States.
