From the Columbia University E&HS newsletter, Safety Matters: "A computer fire was recently avoided by a quick thinking employee and thorough investigation by staff. Upon entering the work area, the employee detected an unknown burning odor and immediately called Public Safety, who in turned called EH&S Fire Safety and Facilities to investigate the odor. The […]
Category: Announcements
Call for volunteers for coordination with missions to Haiti
The Association of National Committees of the Blue Shield (ANCBS) wants to help the people of Haiti. The earthquake in Haiti of 12th January has caused an enormous devastation. The amount of people that lost their lives is beyond imagination. At the moment basic humanitarian aid and the rebuilding of a functioning infrastructure is crucial. […]
News from CDRS and the Scholarly Communication Program
The Center for Digital Research and Scholarship and its Scholarly Communication Program have settled into new offices at 201 Lehman Library in SIPA. The Center hosted a well-attended open house on October 19th, at which visitors met staff and learned about publications, conference, Wikischolars, and video services. The Scholarly Communication Program presented two events this […]
CUL/Information Services Planning for Pandemic
The University initiated pandemic planning in 2007. If a pandemic strikes so badly that the University needs to close down non-essential activities, on-campus services to patrons by CUL, CCNMTL, and CDRS will stop. However, we will continue providing online services. We will also continue to maintain our own essential activities, such as keeping CLIO, LWeb, […]
Nominations for the CRL Primary Source Awards are now open
The annual program features three award categories—research, teaching, and access—and prizes for both the awardees and those who nominate them. Faculty, students and librarians are all eligible. Please note that the award is not limited to the use of CRL-held resources. Nominees must be affiliated with CRL member institutions, however. Nominations for the 2010 awards […]
H1N1 Influenza
On June 11, WHO officially declared that the global incidence of H1N1 had met the criteria for official classification as a ‘pandemic’, the first such designation in 41 years. Our collective knowledge of this agent’s epidemiology is rapidly evolving as would be expected with any novel pathogen. But despite the inability to provide many definitive […]
Indoor Air Quality: Molds-Leaks-Response
From Columbia’s Environmental Health & Safety newsletter, Safety Matters: Molds are environmentally ubiquitous organisms that routinely populate indoor and outdoor environments; nearly anywhere one looks for mold, it will be found. For this reason, testing for molds is not recommended when aberrant mold amplification is suspected. Following water leaks or other events that create conditions […]
CCNMTL Case Study Commended at Maternal Survival Conference in Ethiopia
A case study developed by CCNMTL and faculty partners from Columbia University’s Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD) Program received overwhelmingly positive reviews at a recent African regional conference, Human Resources for Maternal Survival: Task-Shifting to Non-Physician Clinicians, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. CCNMTL piloted the case study at the conference in preparation for devising a […]
CCNMTL Launches Mobile Portal for Columbia on iTunes U
iPhone and iPod Touch users now have direct access to Columbia on iTunes U on their mobile devices, making Columbia podcasts readily available for download and play without the need of a desktop computer. With the release of the iPhone 3.0 software, iPhone and iPod Touch users can navigate to iTunes U via the iTunes […]
Registration Opens for the CCNMTL Fall Premiere 2009
CCNMTL will host its annual Fall Premiere on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 from 11am-12pm in 203 Butler Library. Columbia faculty and instructors, librarians, teaching assistants, and CCNMTL partners are invited to attend this one-hour event and explore the latest teaching technologies offered at Columbia University. During the Fall Premiere, you’ll see demonstrations of new, collaborative tools […]