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Oct 8, 2024

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Author and independent researcher Laura Fisher Kaiser consulted the archival records of the Paul R. Reynolds literary agency in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library for an upcoming biography of novelist Frances Elizabeth Budgett (pen name Elizabeth Dejeans).

Oct 4, 2024

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The staff of the Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary collaborated with the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life (IRCPL) to host a panel discussion on the role of water in religion and spiritual life in South Asia.

Oct 2, 2024

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Sculptor Louise Nevelson was born September 23, 1899 in Pereiaslav, Ukraine. To mark what would be her 125th birthday, University archivists explore the connections between Nevelson and Columbia, now and then.

Oct 1, 2024

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Librarian for Jewish Studies Michelle Margolis continues a series of blog posts about the history of Jews at Columbia with a brief detour across Broadway to explore Jewish connections to Barnard College.

Sep 30, 2024

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The South Asian Governmental Publications Web Archive aims to collect and preserve open access, online formats of government serials from South Asia, on all subjects and from all countries in the region.

Sep 28, 2024

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"Coney Island, Spectacular," an exhibition in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML), "juxtaposes photographs taken from the RBML archives with new artworks from Columbia students, all of which were centered around the theme of Coney Island."

Sep 27, 2024

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The Libraries recognizes Open Access Week (October 21-27), which "prioritizes approaches to open scholarship that serve the best interests of the public and the academic community," through a week-long series of discussions and workshops.

Sep 19, 2024

Dr. Robert P. Jackson visited the Rare Book & Manuscript Library to review the papers of scholar and public intellectual Edward Said in relation to his research on Italian theorist Antonio Gramsci.

Sep 17, 2024

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Students in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Itzel Franco ('26CC) and Sarah Noon ('24GS), helped University archivists to improve the condition and description of a brittle but valuable collection of records from the New York Public Library (NYPL) Library School.

Sep 17, 2024

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Now on display in Lehman Social Sciences Library: Highlights from the Student Research Mentorship Program, which paired five first-generation, low-income students and students of color with librarian mentors on research projects that leveraged the Libraries' collections and services.

Sep 13, 2024

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The second post in a series about the history of Jews at Columbia details the evolution of Jewish studies at the University and specifically focuses on the period from 1854-1901.

Sep 12, 2024

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The Ask A Librarian Internship Program, which provides currently-enrolled library and information science students with paid, hands-on experience in academic librarianship, announces the Fall 2024 interns: Federica Alesiani, Willy Anthony Diaz Tapia, and Jasmine Zacate.

Sep 5, 2024

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The Libraries recognizes Peer Review Week (September 23-27), which serves as a crucial platform to facilitate discussions among researchers, publishers, and others about the peer review process, through workshops on scholarly publishing.

Sep 3, 2024

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After undergoing renovations this summer, the Mathematics Library has officially reopened to Columbia students and affiliates. Updates to the space include a new collaborative study area and a printing/computer station with high-top seating.

Aug 30, 2024

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The Ideas of the Anthropocene Web Archive brings together an interdisciplinary sample of websites that document concepts and critiques of the "Anthropocene," from sites in the earth sciences to the environmental arts and humanities.

Aug 28, 2024

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An A-to-Z guide to the Libraries' Oral History Archives: 'G' is for gun violence in America, addressed in the Forty Percent oral history collection which "gives a powerful voice to survivors of gun violence" in the U.S. from 2017 through 2020.

Aug 26, 2024

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The first installment in a series of blog posts about the history of Jews at Columbia by Librarian for Jewish Studies Michelle Margolis centers on the first 100 years of the University, then known as King's College, from 1754-1854.

Aug 19, 2024

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Processing Archivist Yingwen Huang details a small exhibition in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library on the people of the Chinese Republican era (1912-1949) and beyond, which includes photographs, letters, ephemera, and other artifacts.

Aug 9, 2024

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Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library is pleased to announce the launch of a new online resource, the Frank Lloyd Wright (FLW) Digital Archive, which makes accessible more than 15,000 residential drawings from the FLW archival collections.

Jul 30, 2024

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The (other) legacy of Frederick A.P. Barnard, tenth president of Columbia College: Best known for paving the way for the College to become a University and for his unsuccessful campaign in support of coeducation, Barnard also made significant contributions in the education of deaf students.

Jun 17, 2024

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The Libraries joins the growing number of research institutions to adopt the FOLIO Library Services Platform (LSP) with the support of EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), a leading provider of online research content and search technologies.

Jun 12, 2024

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An A-to-Z guide to the Libraries' Oral History Archives: 'F' is for fair use and copyright, which dictate how journalists, researchers, and others are permitted to incorporate archival materials like oral histories into their academic work.

Jun 10, 2024

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University archivists recount efforts by alumnus John B. Pine, CC 1877, LAW 1879, to obtain a series of diplomas with the signatures of all previous University presidents at the turn of the twentieth century.

Jun 7, 2024

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An exhibition in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library features reproductions of diplomas awarded by King's College, as Columbia was known at its founding, that date from 1763 to 1773 and are signed by Myles Cooper, the second President of King's College.

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Research at the RBML | Laura Kaiser Finds Elizabeth Dejeans in the Paul Reynolds Papers

Water: Climate and Religion with IRCPL

Louise Nevelson at 125

Jews at Columbia: Annie Nathan Meyer and the “College for Women”

Just Launched: South Asian Governmental Publications Web Archive

Coney Island, Spectacular: Where Art Meets Archives

Open Access Week at Columbia Libraries

Research at the RBML | Robert P. Jackson Explores Connections between Edward Said, Antonio Gramsci, and Italian Thought

NYPL Library School Records: A Student Project

Now on View: Student Research Mentorship Program Displays

Jews at Columbia: The Beginnings of Jewish Studies (1854-1901)

Announcing the Fall 2024 Ask A Librarian Interns

Peer Review Week at the Libraries

Mathematics Library Reopens to Columbia Students

Just Launched: Ideas of the Anthropocene Web Archive

An A-to-Z of Oral History | G is for (40% Oral History Collection on) Gun Violence in America, 2017-2020

Jews at Columbia: The First Hundred Years (1754-1854)

Archivist’s Pick: A Glance at the Chinese Republican Era and Beyond

Avery Library Launches Frank Lloyd Wright Digital Archive

President Barnard’s Other Legacy

Columbia University Libraries Selects FOLIO as New Library Services Platform (LSP)

An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia: “F” is for “Fair Use”

King’s College Diplomas and John B. Pine

Now on View: King’s College Diplomas

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Research at the RBML | Laura Kaiser Finds Elizabeth Dejeans in the Paul Reynolds Papers

Water: Climate and Religion with IRCPL

Louise Nevelson at 125

Jews at Columbia: Annie Nathan Meyer and the “College for Women”

Just Launched: South Asian Governmental Publications Web Archive

Coney Island, Spectacular: Where Art Meets Archives

Open Access Week at Columbia Libraries

Research at the RBML | Robert P. Jackson Explores Connections between Edward Said, Antonio Gramsci, and Italian Thought

NYPL Library School Records: A Student Project

Now on View: Student Research Mentorship Program Displays

Jews at Columbia: The Beginnings of Jewish Studies (1854-1901)

Announcing the Fall 2024 Ask A Librarian Interns

Peer Review Week at the Libraries

Mathematics Library Reopens to Columbia Students

Just Launched: Ideas of the Anthropocene Web Archive

An A-to-Z of Oral History | G is for (40% Oral History Collection on) Gun Violence in America, 2017-2020

Jews at Columbia: The First Hundred Years (1754-1854)

Archivist’s Pick: A Glance at the Chinese Republican Era and Beyond

Avery Library Launches Frank Lloyd Wright Digital Archive

President Barnard’s Other Legacy

Columbia University Libraries Selects FOLIO as New Library Services Platform (LSP)

An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia: “F” is for “Fair Use”

King’s College Diplomas and John B. Pine

Now on View: King’s College Diplomas