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Feb 21, 2024

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University archivists highlight the work of Harlem Renaissance artist and educator Charles Henry Alston, CC 1929, TC M.A. 1931, who also served as the first African American project supervisor for the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

Feb 21, 2024

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The Libraries partners with the Jewish Historical Press (JHP) and peer institutions to facilitate access to Jewish newspapers from around the world, including numerous titles that represent the Jewish experience in the United States throughout history.

Feb 20, 2024

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Archivists in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library share an array of "curious and surprising artifacts left behind between pages and amidst letters," such as a set of French lottery tickets that date to 1937.

Feb 20, 2024

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In time for Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week, which begins on February 26, Director of Copyright Advisory Services Rina Pantalony addresses the meaning and extent of fair use and its role in academia and scholarly communication.

Feb 14, 2024

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"From the archives: Five Columbia Libraries collections that amplify Uptown Black history. Dive into into the stories of globally celebrated trailblazers whose transformative work shaped Uptown history."

Feb 13, 2024

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Marie Maynard Daly, a 1947 graduate of Columbia, is the first Black woman in the U.S. to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry, accomplished under the mentorship of Professor Mary Letitia Caldwell, who was the first female assistant professor at the University.

Feb 13, 2024

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Columbia Spectator reports on the progress of the Obama Presidency Oral History Project, which aims to "document the presidency of Barack Obama, CC ’83, from the perspective of...'extraordinary people' affected by the presidency."

Feb 7, 2024

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A series of profiles highlight valued student employees from across the Libraries, including Flor Barceló, a graduate assistant in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library who processes Spanish-language oral history interviews.

Feb 6, 2024

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Columbia News details how the Libraries' conservators partnered with the Columbia Nano Initiative to examine a musical score that dates to the 15th century through cutting-edge nanotechnology.

Feb 5, 2024

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Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library is pleased to announce a major gift of drawings, papers, and architectural records from Michael Sorkin, a renowned critic, designer, and professor who was devoted to social justice.

Feb 5, 2024

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Recently-acquired and newly-processed collections in the Norman E. Alexander Library for Jewish Studies include a selection of prayer books that broaden the Libraries' holdings of Jewish materials from the Middle East and highlight Jewish and Persian art.

Jan 31, 2024

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The American Booksellers Association (ABA) and the Libraries announce that the ABA has donated the association's "extensive organizational and bookseller archives" to the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Jan 31, 2024

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A plaque from room 803 of the former Livingston Hall (now known as Wallach) commemorates past residents of the "prize room," through which benefactors subsidized housing costs for students in need.

Jan 29, 2024

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Jan 25, 2024

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"Mother Country Radicals," a podcast for which Curator for American History Thai Jones served as Historical Consultant, was awarded a 2024 duPont-Columbia Award, which recognizes strength of reporting, storytelling, and impact in the public interest.

Jan 23, 2024

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A series of profiles highlight valued student employees from across the Libraries, including Katherine June St. George, a general assistant in the Manhattanville Business Library and the Science & Engineering Library.

Jan 23, 2024

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The Judaica collection at Columbia includes a strong selection of materials related to the Jewish community in the Netherlands; in fact, the backbone of the entire collection, donated to the University in 1892, originated in Amsterdam.

Jan 18, 2024

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Graduate student Sam Higgins delves into an extensive collection of 20th-century paperbacks that are part of the papers of Sidney Kramer, a prominent literary agent and founder of Bantam Books.

Jan 18, 2024

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The Rare Book & Manuscript Library notes with sadness the passing of composer, music educator, and satirist Peter Schickele (1935-2024), whose papers are held by the library.

Jan 17, 2024

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As part of the Ask a Librarian internship, Marley Rodriguez, an MLIS candidate at UCLA, organized a workshop that addressed how to identify and locate "sources that constitute diversity in academic publishing."

Jan 17, 2024

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University archivists recount efforts by former Mayor of Brooklyn Seth Low, a Columbia alumnus and future University president, to preserve the "colored schools" of 19th-century New York.

Jan 15, 2024

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An A-to-Z guide to the Libraries' Oral History Archives: 'D' is for a brief conversation with San Francisco-based burlesque dancer Carol Doda, which is a part of a larger collection of interviews on 1960s America.

Jan 10, 2024

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A series of profiles highlight valued student employees from across the Libraries, including Kimberly Agyeiwaa Boateng, a Circulation desk attendant at Butler Library and a sustainable development major in Columbia College.

Jan 5, 2024

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The Graphic Novels Collection welcomes the addition of two previously-unpublished manuscripts from Belgian artist Frans Masereel (1889-1972), whose work debuted after World War I and addressed issues of social injustice.

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Harlem Renaissance Artist Charles Henry Alston

American Jewish Historical Newspapers - Available and Online!

Extras Between the Sheets

Fair Use Week 2024: Q&A with Director of Copyright Advisory Services Rina Pantalony

From the Archives: Five Columbia Library Collections that Amplify Uptown Black History

Mary Leticia Caldwell and Marie Maynard Daly

Columbia Spectator | Obama Presidency Oral History Project...

Student Employee Profile: Meet Flor Barceló

Using Nanotechnology to Uncover Details of a Medieval Manuscript

Avery Library Announces Major Gift of the Michael Sorkin Collection: Internationally Renowned Architecture Critic, Designer, Urbanist, and Professor Devoted to Social Justice

New and Newly Processed Collections | Jewish Studies

American Booksellers Association Donates Archives to Columbia University

Lewis A. Rosenthal Memorial Room Plaque

Five Free Things Columbia Students Have Access to through the Libraries

The 2024 duPont-Columbia Awards

Student Employee Profile: Meet Katherine June St. George

From the Stacks: Exploring the Sephardic World in Amsterdam

Collections Highlight | Sam Higgins on the Sidney Kramer Paperbacks

Peter Schickele (1935-2024)

Teaching and Learning in the Ask a Librarian Internship

Seth Low and the Gilded Age

An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia | D is for the Legendary Carol Doda

Student Employee Profile: Meet Kimberly Agyeiwaa Boateng

Frans Masereel, in Ink and Brush

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Harlem Renaissance Artist Charles Henry Alston

American Jewish Historical Newspapers - Available and Online!

Extras Between the Sheets

Fair Use Week 2024: Q&A with Director of Copyright Advisory Services Rina Pantalony

From the Archives: Five Columbia Library Collections that Amplify Uptown Black History

Mary Leticia Caldwell and Marie Maynard Daly

Columbia Spectator | Obama Presidency Oral History Project...

Student Employee Profile: Meet Flor Barceló

Using Nanotechnology to Uncover Details of a Medieval Manuscript

Avery Library Announces Major Gift of the Michael Sorkin Collection: Internationally Renowned Architecture Critic, Designer, Urbanist, and Professor Devoted to Social Justice

New and Newly Processed Collections | Jewish Studies

American Booksellers Association Donates Archives to Columbia University

Lewis A. Rosenthal Memorial Room Plaque

Five Free Things Columbia Students Have Access to through the Libraries

The 2024 duPont-Columbia Awards

Student Employee Profile: Meet Katherine June St. George

From the Stacks: Exploring the Sephardic World in Amsterdam

Collections Highlight | Sam Higgins on the Sidney Kramer Paperbacks

Peter Schickele (1935-2024)

Teaching and Learning in the Ask a Librarian Internship

Seth Low and the Gilded Age

An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia | D is for the Legendary Carol Doda

Student Employee Profile: Meet Kimberly Agyeiwaa Boateng

Frans Masereel, in Ink and Brush