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Description and Digitization of the George Hunt Kwak’wala Ethnographic Manuscripts
The manuscripts of Tlingit artist, ethnographer, and linguist George Hunt, part of the papers gifted to the University by famed anthropologist Franz Boas, were recently digitized by archivists in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
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Everyone Uses Research Data | Exceptional Scholarship with Research Data, Part 1
The Libraries' Research Data Services team collaborates with the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) to design a course on research data management, which includes a series of publicly-available animated videos.
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Original Copies: Facsimiles and Their Mediations of Authenticity and Ownership
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library announces the opening of an exhibition that explores the technologies that make facsimiles possible, the motivations that drive their production, and the questions they raise about authenticity.
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One-Hit Wonder: Busting a Major Myth About Lou Gehrig
"A hundred years ago, legendary baseball player Lou Gehrig hit a monstrous home run on South Field. But where did the ball really land?" Columbia Magazine consults the University Archives to "bust a major myth" about the baseball icon.
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Histories of Hoover, the Mexican Revolution, and 1790s New York Win the Bancroft Prize
The New York Times reports that "histories of Hoover, the Mexican Revolution, and 1790s New York" win the 2023 Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy, considered one of the most prestigious awards in the field of American history.
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Ivy Plus Libraries Weigh in on OSTP Guidance on Access to Federally Funded Research
Columbia University Libraries joins peer institutions in the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation in support of updated policy guidance from the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) that will make funded research immediately available to the public.
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Columbia’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library Welcomes the Josefina Báez Papers, the Tenth in the Latino Arts and Activisms Collection
The Latino Arts and Activisms (LAAS) Collection in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library acquires the papers of writer, performer, and theorist Josefina Báez, founder of the Latinarte/Ay Ombe Theatre in New York, among numerous other accomplishments.