We’re excited to announce that the latest CLIO release incorporates a new top level data source, joining Catalog, Articles, Academic Commons, and Web site search. Select GeoData to search the Columbia University Libraries spatial data collection as well as the collections of several other institutions, using geographical constraints. GeoBlacklight, a new open source platform for […]
New Video: What is CLIO?
Barnard’s Instructional Media and Technology Services (IMATS) has produced a great new video introducing CLIO to a first year student. […]
Enhanced Author and Subject Searching in CLIO
Are you sometimes puzzled about which form of a name (Rachmaninov or Rachmaninoff?) to use when searching the catalog? CLIO will now find variant forms of names and subjects. Libraries use standard forms of names and subjects in catalog records to ensure that, for example, all works by a given author will be cataloged under […]
Art Properties in CLIO
Columbia University’s collection of art works and cultural artifacts will soon be discoverable through CLIO. Art Properties, based in the Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, oversees the art collection owned by Columbia University. Comprised of more than 10,000 works of art in all media, displayed in buildings at each campus and held in storage, […]
New Item Feedback Form
The latest CLIO release adds an “item feedback” form to help patrons give direct feedback to library staff about specific holdings. Please use this form to recommend that an item be: retained on campus and not sent to Offsite (ReCAP) treated as a rare or unique item (non-circulating) reviewed for preservation (item in poor condition) […]
Zotero Workshops in February and March
Zotero is a free citation management program that helps you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources and enables the download, capture, and indexing of full text, web pages, and research notes. It also allows you to insert citations in Word documents in a wide variety of writing styles, such as APA, Chicago, […]
Latest CLIO Release Improves Advanced Search
The first CLIO release of the year, v8.1.7, was deployed this evening. This release includes a number of interrelated improvements to advanced search and fielded searches, for the Catalog and the Articles data sources, as well as a few additional small bugfixes. We welcome questions, comments and suggestions for improving CLIO. Nearly all improvements and […]
Returning Borrowed Items
Most books and bound periodicals may be returned to any Columbia University Library. Book bins are usually located near library entrances. Borrow Direct books may be returned to any library circulation desk. These materials must be returned to the service desk or library from which they were borrowed: Reserve materials Media – including DVDs, CDs, […]
Placing Requests from the Catalog
Need to request an item? Most options are listed below the call number and item status under Requests: These include: Offsite — request before 2:30 pm on weekdays and the book will be delivered the following weekday, requests for scanned electronic delivery are usually filled by the next business day. Borrow Direct — books will […]
Attend a Zotero Workshop
is a free citation management program that helps you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources and enables the download, capture, and indexing of full text, web pages, and research notes. It also allows you to insert citations in Word documents in a wide variety of writing styles, such as APA, Chicago, etc. […]