Open Access Week at Butler Library

This is International Open Access Week (October 19-25) and Columbia University Libraries is working hard to get the word out about open access at several locations, including the lobby of Butler Library. Come and stop by our table all week between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to find out why open access matters to research […]

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The Humanities & History Division Librarians Launch Morningside Heights Digital History (MHDH)

We are proud to announce the launch of our site, Morningside Heights Digital History, or MHDH. Two years ago we announced a professional development program in the Columbia University Libraries for the Humanities & History Division. In our first iteration of the Developing Librarian project or, as we refer to it on social media, the […]

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EVENT: “Mirror Me, Mirror You: the Color of Comics” Thursday, 10/8, 6 PM

                    Comics@Columbia is excited to present a panel to coincide with New York Comic Con. Together with Alex Simmons, Columbia University Libraries presents a conversation with comics writer Amy Chu, comics writer and artist Larry Hama, artist and scholar John Jennings, comics artist and writer Alitha […]

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10/1 @ 6PM: Doing Recent History: History that Talks (and Tweets!) Back

Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 6:00 PM Columbia University’s Butler Library, Room 523 535 West 114th Street, NYC (Directions) Why is writing living history challenging? What are the ethics of doing research on social media? How can archivists balance the ethics of open access and ethics of privacy? Do historians watch enough TV?! Join Tenured […]

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Changes to Butler Library

There were many service enhancements in Butler Library over the summer of 2015, including adding seating and printers, and moving some computers, scanners, and books to new locations within the building. To locate a printer, computer, or scanner, please visit the Butler Library Computers, Printers, Scanners page. We added over 90 new seats throughout the […]

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Butler Library Lockers: Important Dates

2015 – 2016 LOCKER LOTTERY Columbia graduate students may enter both the graduate and second floor locker lotteries. Columbia undergraduate students may only enter the second floor locker lottery. LOTTERY STARTS Wednesday, August 5, 2015 LOTTERY ENDS Monday, September 14, 2015 LOCKER WINNERS Notified via e-mail on Friday, September 18, 2015. CLAIM You no longer […]

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Become a Digital Centers Intern!

The Columbia University Libraries is looking for Columbia graduate students to collaborate with librarians and technologists in supporting and promoting digital scholarship on campus. The Columbia University Libraries has three digital centers: Humanities, Science, and Social Science. The Digital Centers are looking for students with a keen interest in digital scholarship to be interns in […]

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