Check out some of our recent database acquisitions in streaming video: World History in Video: English-language documentaries World history in video is an online collection of streaming video that gives users access to documentaries from filmmakers worldwide, covering Africa and the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania. https://resolver.library.columbia.edu/clio9411569 March of Time From 1935-1967, […]
Explore the Library’s Online Exhibitions
The Libraries house so much more than print resources! Four new online exhibitions opened recently, ranging in topic from social welfare to journalism to architecture to literature. Photographs from the Community Service Society Records, 1900-1920 An exhibit of photographs (by Jessie Tarbox Beals, Lewis Hine, and others) and publications used in the “scientific charity” movement […]
Butler Library in the New York Times!
In the Arts section of the June 27 New York Times, you may find a lovely meditation on the beauty of Butler Stacks. Those of us who work here are no strangers to the tranquil beauty of the "vital inner organ" of Butler Library. Now, Ben Ratliff, CC alumnus and music critic for The New […]
Welcome Summer Session Students!
Welcome to Butler Library! While you are here this summer take advantage of our free library workshops to help you get oriented to our collections and services. Not sure where to start? For an introduction to library research try our course, Getting the Most Out of the Libraries this Summer. Click on the course title […]
Congratulations Class of 2012!
The Butler Librarians and staff congratulate the Class of 2012! We wish you all success in your future endeavors. Remember, access to licensed electronic databases continues for a period of three months beyond the degree conferral date. For more information on alumni privileges, see: http://library.columbia.edu/content/libraryweb/services/lio.html CU Later! […]
Butler Study Break on Wednesday May 2!
The end of the semester and finals are fast approaching. Take a break from studying on Wednesday May 2, 10pm to midnight, in the Butler Lounge. Relax and refuel with free Starbucks coffee, bagels and healthy snacks. Librarians will be on hand to serve you coffee and answer any last minute research questions. Stressbusters will […]
New Books in Butler Provide a Different View of the Middle Ages
Challenge your pre-conceptions about the Middle Ages (don’t you call them Dark!) with books recently added to the Butler Library collections. Motherhood, religion, and society in medieval Europe, 400-1400 is a collection of essays, edited by Oxford University’s Conrad Leyser and Lesley Smith, that honors the work of scholar Henrietta Leyser (appropriately enough, Conrad’s […]
CLIObeta: A New Way to Search
The Columbia Libraries are developing a new interface for CLIO which allows researchers to combine elements from the library catalog in powerful new ways. CLIObeta offers the ability to refine a keyword search by format; publication date; topical, regional, historical, and genre headings; language; library location; call number; and acquisition date. It is also possible […]
Digital Humanities Center presents…
From Archive to Interdisciplinary Tool: Transforming Our Images of the FSA-OWI Photograph Collection Please join us for the next Digital Humanities talk with a presentation by Laura Wexler, Ken Panko, Stacey Maples, Taylor Arnold and Lauren Tilton. Friday, March 23, 2012 | 12:00 – 1:30pm | 523 Butler Library | Refreshments served […]
Digital Humanities Center Hosts Film Night, Wednesday March 7
Tonight, Wednesday March 7 at 6pm the Digital Humanities Center will be hosting the first of a series of presentations of films created by users and staff of the DHC. This first evening, held in Butler 306, will feature five short films by DHC staff members Jason Alarcon, Kostas Antonopoulos, Michele de Caro, Rachel Israel, […]