Columbia University Libraries is pleased to announce a significant expansion of access to mobile ebooks on the “Palace Project” mobile app. The Palace Project app brings together over 250,000 ebooks from our collections and makes them accessible all in one place. Palace helps Columbia’s Libraries improve the reading experience and makes available ebooks […]
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Library Stacks Reopening; ETAS Ending
Since the suspension of on-campus academic activities in March 2020, the Libraries have been providing students and faculty with increased access to millions of online resources, emergency digital access to in-copyright materials, and online assistance in support of teaching and research. We put in place several emergency services that will be discontinued for Fall 2021, […]
SimplyE for Columbia
Columbia University Libraries is pleased to announce the launch of SimplyE for Columbia, a free mobile app that brings together ebooks from our collection and makes them accessible all in one place. Initially developed and launched by the New York Public Library, SimplyE helps Columbia’s Libraries improve the reading experience and makes available ebooks […]
Borrowing (book pick-up service), scanning from Library collections, and book returns
Book pick-up service is now available for select print material. Eligible items will have a “Pick-up” hyperlink in the CLIO record (currently available for materials shelved in Butler Library only). Please refer to the Pick-Up Service page for instructions about how to request materials for pickup, how to pick up the materials, and how to […]
Scanning from Offsite resumes
It is once again possible to request scans from our offsite collections held at ReCAP. Offsite items available for scan requests will have the “Request: Scan” links displayed in CLIO records. Physical delivery of ReCAP items has not yet resumed, so the offsite request form has been modified to only allow scan requests to be […]
Expanded online access to collections during COVID-19 Emergency
Close to 40% of our print collections are now available through Hathi Trust Emergency Temporary Access. Books and journal volumes currently available to you through the Emergency Temporary Access Service have the label “Log in for temporary access” After connecting to Hathi Trust from the list, scroll down to see the “Temporary Access” link. Then […]
CLIO introduces “Best Bets” feature
CLIO has added new functionality designed to get researchers to our most frequently used resources and web sites with less typing and fewer clicks. As you type in a search term if it matches one of these resources you will see a direct link displayed below your search: The links are chosen as the most […]
Steps for downloading your list of checked out items to Zotero
Reader feedback helps us to fine-tune our collections and services. One recently requested upgrade to our catalog has been the ability to download citations for the books that one has checked out. Thanks to the Library Information Technology team, this is now possible. Note that this procedure uses My CLIO rather than My Library Account […]
Country of Publication facet added to CLIO Catalog
It is now possible to filter CLIO catalog results by country (and sometimes state or province) of publication To see everything published in a particular country, leave the search blank, hit search, and then filter by the country: Have a question or comment about CLIO? Click on “Help” in the upper right corner of each […]
Four Million Princeton and NYPL Titles Added to CLIO
The Shared Collection Service, developed in partnership with Princeton University Library and The New York Public Library (NYPL), has launched! More than four million titles (comprising over seven million items) from New York Public Library and Princeton University Library are now available for request in CLIO. Columbia faculty, students, and staff can request direct delivery […]