Columbia Receives Early Slavic Books and Manuscripts from Alumnus Franklin A. Sciacca

In 2019, Columbia has received a large portion of the personal library and realia collection assembled by Hamilton College Professor Emeritus Franklin A. Sciacca (Columbia BA and PhD).  The collection consists of Early printed Apostol from the Sciacca Collection approximately 162 items, of which the majority are now located in the Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Books […]

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South Asia Open Archives (SAOA) Launched

The South Asia Open Archives (SAOA) was launched on Friday, October 18th, in conjunction with the Annual Conference on South Asia in Madison, Wisconsin. A collaborative initiative of (currently 22) US libraries and (currently 4) partners from South Asia, SAOA is administratively hosted by the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) and available globally open access […]

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