Columbia University Libraries access to Ethnographic Video Online has been expanded to Volume III, which emphasizes indigenous issues and perspectives, with much content created by indigenous film makers. Volume III currently contains nearly 100 hours of content and footage from the Oceanic regions of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia. The collection will continue to expand with […]
Category: Global Studies
NEH grant to digitize LCCAJ (Yiddish language archive) at Columbia
Columbia University Libraries/Information Services (CUL/IS) has received an award of $150,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize field notes and linguistic surveys from the Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry (LCAAJ) archive. The LCAAJ archive is an extraordinary resource for research in Yiddish studies that can shed much valuable light on […]
Afghan Titles Available in Microfilm Format
A collection of materials originally published in Afghanistan has been preserved in microfilm format, and is available for lending from CRL (the Center for Research Libraries). MEMP (Middle East Materials Project) and SAMP (South Asia Materials Project) contributed funds to preserve these materials from the Library of Congress–Islamabad office. (Columbia is a member of both […]
Radical Increments: Toward New Platforms of Engaging Iraqi Studies
Butler Library is hosting international conference on April 24-25, 2015 Friday April 24 and Saturday, April 25 Radical Increments: Toward New Platforms of Engaging Iraqi Studies Time: See schedule here Location: Butler Library, Room 203 Sponsored by the Middle East Institute, the Middle East, South Asian and African Studies Department (MESAAS), Butler Library, and al-Shaybani […]
CEIC India Enhanced Datasets
Web CEIC Data Manager is a subscription database of economic, financial and industrial time-series indicators that covers over 117 countries and regions. It is available to Columbia University affiliates by online access. The India Premium module of CEIC has been expanded with enhanced datasets on India’s pharmaceutical sector including: detailed sector-wise operational indicator statistics; detailed […]
Online resources for Hebrew language and the Israeli elections
In preparation for the elections in Israel, to be held next week on March 17, I’d like to highlight two new freely available resources. The first, created by the National Library of Israel, relates directly to the upcoming elections. The NLI has created an online portal to the “Election Chronicles,” an online exhibit and information […]
International Women’s Day 2015
International Women’s Day is observed on March 8th and in the U.S. the month of March is designated as Women’s History Month. Here are some especially interesting and unique resources available in our collections, and out in the world. Women and social movements, international: 1840 to present, “Online archive of published and manuscript primary […]
Música Brasileira!
The Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is the site of parades and performances by the “Samba Schools” during the annual Carnival. Things have no doubt quieted down since last week’s celebrations. It’s been an unusually hot summer in Brazil, a counterpart to the frigid and arctic-blast filled winter we are having up here in […]
Himalayan Times Archive (1947-1963)
A digital archive of the Himalayan Times, an English language newspaper published in Kalimpong, India is available from Heidelberger historische Bestände — Digital for the years 1949-1963. The newspaper provides historical material on social and political developments in the Eastern Himalayas after World War II. […]
EIGHT early American Jewish newspapers, now available digitally!
I am pleased to announce that the following Early American newspapers are now available digitally through the following links. With the exception of the American Israelite and American Hebrew and Jewish Messenger, all newspapers are freely available through the Historical Jewish Press website Columbia is very proud to have been involved, with New York University […]