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Oct 8, 2021

Video

In honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, curator Roberto C. Ferrari joins Columbia students, faculty, and staff to reflect on the indigenous scholarship that takes place across the University community.

Oct 8, 2021

News

The Sheila Michaels Civil Rights Organization Oral History Collection offers a democratized narration of the Civil Rights Movement, through interviews with foot soldiers who made change possible through consistent, diligent activism.

Oct 6, 2021

News

Moonlight inside the library: When Low Library opened in 1897, visitors enjoyed magical, artificial moonlight shows on Friday evenings, courtesy of a wooden sphere hung from the domed ceiling over the Rotunda reading room.

Sep 30, 2021

News

The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary proudly reopens its doors - and its collections of rare and archival materials - after closing for 18 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sep 27, 2021

Video

The Libraries and the Lehman Center for American History co-host a conversation with W. Caleb McDaniel of Rice University, author of "Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America."

Sep 21, 2021

News

Current Columbia University faculty, staff, and students now have full access to content from The New York Times through the Libraries. Learn how to activate your NYTimes.com Pass.

Sep 16, 2021

News

The Digital Publishing program invites students and faculty across the Columbia community to partner with the Libraries to publish research through the Podcasting and Journal Publishing programs.

Sep 16, 2021

In the media

Archival documents in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library bring light to historical African American legal triumphs, including a Black woman who sought - and won - justice in 1791.

Sep 15, 2021

News

A new online exhibit, "The Hispanic Institute Between the Wars: The Making of Cultural Networks," celebrates the centennial anniversary of the founding of the Hispanic Institute for Latin American & Iberian Cultures.

Sep 15, 2021

News

As Columbia University nears 125 years in Morningside Heights, University archivists look to the only building left on campus from its time as the Bloomingdale Asylum: Buell Hall.

Sep 15, 2021

In the media

Librarian Caro Bratnober received the inaugural Educational Resource Prize from the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network for her work to teach graduate students about using primary sources in religious studies with a queer lens.

Sep 10, 2021

In the media

Mary Marshall Clark, Director of the Columbia Center for Oral History Research, discusses the Center's September 11, 2001 Oral History Project and the process of oral history under conditions of trauma.

Sep 8, 2021

News

Columbia University faculty, students, and staff now have access to 3.6 million volumes held by Harvard University through the Research Collections and Preservation Consortium (ReCAP) partnership.

Sep 8, 2021

News

With University Life, the Office of the President, and the Welcome Home Columbia Planning Committee, the Libraries welcomes new and returning students and invites you to participate in the Columbia Quest Scavenger Hunt!

Aug 31, 2021

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The Libraries and partners across Columbia mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Russian Institute (now the Harriman Institute) with a forthcoming collection of essays and a virtual exhibition.

Aug 31, 2021

News

Public Services staff in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library carry on a long-standing tradition of making the library's holdings available to patrons, a service once headed by the pioneering Dr. Mary A. Bennett.

Aug 27, 2021

News

A new addition to the papers of comic book artist Jerry Robinson, held by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, sheds a startling light on the early years of a storied creator and illustrator.

Aug 20, 2021

In the media

Columbia News highlights curator Thai Jones and his work in the archives and the classroom in Voices for Change, a series designed to spark conversation about how to create a truly inclusive, antiracist community at Columbia.

Aug 19, 2021

News

News from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes newly-reformatted oral histories from the Thomas Iorio Stonewall Vets video recordings, which document LGBTQ culture and heritage in New York City in the mid-1990s.

Aug 17, 2021

News

The Libraries partners with the University's Miller Theatre and the School of the Arts to present "Live from Columbia: Pop-Ups from Morningside Campus," a series of free, digital performances by world-class musicians.

Aug 16, 2021

In the media

The 36-pound comic scrapbook that chronicles the Great Depression: Atlas Obscura tells how the collection went from a small-town barbershop to a big-time library. (That would be our Rare Book & Manuscript Library!)

Aug 12, 2021

News

Two fragments of an ancient papyrus letter - one piece held in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library and the other in the British Library in London - are virtually rejoined into a seamless, digital whole.

Aug 9, 2021

News

As the Libraries plans to restore select services for the Fall term, important changes to library access and borrowing procedures will take effect on August 17, including the reopening of library stacks.

Aug 4, 2021

In the media

Postcards from the Libraries' special collections showcase "amusements, movies, and the great outdoors" that writer H.P. Lovecraft visited during the summer of 1925, including the Vale of Cashmere in Prospect Park.

News

What's the Indigenous History (Past and Present) of Columbia University?

New Collection | Sheila Michaels Civil Rights Organization Oral History Collection

Moonlight Inside the Library

The Return of Special Collections at the Burke

Sweet Taste of Liberty

Access The New York Times through Columbia University Libraries

Exploring Podcasting and Journal Publishing with the Columbia Community

Archival Documents Bring Light to Historical African American Legal Triumphs

The Hispanic Institute Between the Wars (Digital Exhibit)

A Little House with a Long History

Honorees | LGBTQ-RAN Educational Resource Prize

Remembering How We Remember: Columbia’s 9/11 Oral History Project Allows Us to "Think About It Differently"

ReCAP Expands Access to 3.6 Million More Volumes

Columbia Quest | Scavenger Hunt

People, Books & Archives in Pictures, 1903-2021: Resources for Russian/Soviet, East European & Eurasian Studies on the Heights

Making Holdings Available to Users: A Long-Standing Tradition

Formation of a Comic Book Artist

Voices for Change: Thai Jones, Herbert H. Lehman Curator for American History, Rare Book & Manuscript Library

News from RBML’s Archivists and Collections Managers | July and August 2021

Miller Theatre: Live from Columbia Digital Performances

The 36-Pound Comic Scrapbook That Chronicles the Great Depression

Two Ancient Papyrus Fragments and Their Very Modern Reunion

Stacks, Circulation, ETAS and More: What’s Happening August 17 and Beyond

Amusements, Movies, and the Great Outdoors: Summertime Fun with H.P. Lovecraft

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What's the Indigenous History (Past and Present) of Columbia University?

New Collection | Sheila Michaels Civil Rights Organization Oral History Collection

Moonlight Inside the Library

The Return of Special Collections at the Burke

Sweet Taste of Liberty

Access The New York Times through Columbia University Libraries

Exploring Podcasting and Journal Publishing with the Columbia Community

Archival Documents Bring Light to Historical African American Legal Triumphs

The Hispanic Institute Between the Wars (Digital Exhibit)

A Little House with a Long History

Honorees | LGBTQ-RAN Educational Resource Prize

Remembering How We Remember: Columbia’s 9/11 Oral History Project Allows Us to "Think About It Differently"

ReCAP Expands Access to 3.6 Million More Volumes

Columbia Quest | Scavenger Hunt

People, Books & Archives in Pictures, 1903-2021: Resources for Russian/Soviet, East European & Eurasian Studies on the Heights

Making Holdings Available to Users: A Long-Standing Tradition

Formation of a Comic Book Artist

Voices for Change: Thai Jones, Herbert H. Lehman Curator for American History, Rare Book & Manuscript Library

News from RBML’s Archivists and Collections Managers | July and August 2021

Miller Theatre: Live from Columbia Digital Performances

The 36-Pound Comic Scrapbook That Chronicles the Great Depression

Two Ancient Papyrus Fragments and Their Very Modern Reunion

Stacks, Circulation, ETAS and More: What’s Happening August 17 and Beyond

Amusements, Movies, and the Great Outdoors: Summertime Fun with H.P. Lovecraft