Our Values & Commitment in Action
Columbia University Libraries is responding to the University's call for all parts of Columbia to "challenge racism, its systems, and its consequences," as reflected in President Bollinger's message. In order to effect real change, we are examining and correcting harmful practices, elevating collections that have been excluded from scholarship and teaching, and supporting antiracist pedagogy and the staff, faculty, and students who do this work. This page reflects a selection of where the Libraries are contributing to this call to action.
Partnerships, Projects & Initiatives
Notable New & Recently Processed Collections
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News About our Work in Progress
A Message from the University Librarian
Vice Provost and University Librarian Ann Thornton affirms the essential role of libraries in providing reliable and safe spaces for all Columbia students, faculty, staff, and visitors, regardless of identity, belief system, political or religious affiliation.
Ned Blackhawk, Winner of the 2023 National Book Award for Nonfiction, Speaks at Columbia
Ned Blackhawk, winner of the 2023 National Book Award for Nonfiction for his work, "The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History," speaks at the University's Lehman Center for American History.
Columbia University Libraries Awarded Grant from the Arcadia Fund to Support Anticaste Archives Project
Arcadia awards the Libraries a grant to support a project, Anticaste Archives: Preserving Historical and Cultural Memory, that will develop a digital archive of materials created by communities in India related to anticaste advocacy.