Ben Bunnell, library partnerships manager for Google Book Search, will be here to talk to staff about the Google Book Search project and answer questions related to Google in general and the Google/Columbia partnership in particular. His presentation will be given on February 7, in room 203 Butler, at 2 pm. […]
Ellesmere Chaucer Added to Digital Scriptorium
Digital Scriptorium, the online visual catalog of medieval and renaissance manuscripts that unites scattered resources into a tool for teaching and scholarly research, has added forty-five new images to the database from EL 26 C9, the Ellesmere Chaucer at the Huntington Library. “The Ellesmere Chaucer occupies a virtually iconic position in the Anglo-American world, since […]
Special Events, Exhibits & Lectures for January, February & March
Image from The Author as Artist: Jack Kerouac and Friends Exhibit, February 8 The following events, lectures, and conferences are sponsored or co-sponsored by the Friends of the Columbia Libraries unless otherwise noted. To attend, please respond to cul-events@columbia.edu or visit us on the Web at www.alumni.libraries.columbia.edu. When responding by e-mail, please indicate the date […]
Welcome! New Hires for Dec. & Jan.
Jennifer Comins Project Archivist, RBML – 12/1/2007 Zachary Lane ReCAP Coordinator, Bibliographic Control – 12/3/2007 Theodore White Library Assistant 5, Access Services – 12/18/2007 Kenneth Crews Director, Copyright Advisory Office – 1/1/2008 Candace Kail Web Services Librarian, Digital Program – 1/1/2008 Rosemarie Perez Coordinator, Payroll Information, University Librarian/Administration – 1/2/2008 Brooke Baldeschwiler Bibliographic Assistant 4, […]
New Award from Mellon for Web Resources Project
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a one-year grant of $156,000 to Columbia University Libraries, in partnership with the University of Maryland Libraries, to support planning for the systematic, holistic collection and preservation of web content. Columbia and Maryland will each focus on a different subject area to explore variations in the amount, depth, […]
Mass Deacidification Project
The Libraries recently completed an assessment of a deacidification treatment and methodology called CSC Booksaver, used in Germany. A study group, also including NYU and Yale, was convened and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to evaluate CSC Booksaver’s potential for adoption in North American research libraries. […]
The Amistad Digital Resource for Teachers
In partnership with Dr. Manning Marable of the Center for Contemporary Black History, CDRS completed the prototype of its web-based multi-media resource to help secondary school teachers teach African-American history. This first phase was funded by a grant from the Ford Foundation. The resource is now available: http://www.amistadresource.org. […]
A Year in Starr for Visiting Librarian Jongchang Yi
The year is passing quickly for Jongchang Yi, who traveled from Korea to join the staff of the C. V. Starr East Asian Library as a visiting librarian last December. Yi’s residence at Starr is part of the Columbia University’s Visiting Librarian Program, which provides learning opportunities through an educational program of work experience and […]
Welcome! New Hires for Oct. & Nov.
Gerald Cloud Librarian for Research & References, Rare Book & Manuscript Library – 10/1/2007 Robert Cartolano Libraries Information Technology Office Director, Information Technology – 10/1/2007 Keicha Forbes Clerical Assistant 3, Social Sciences – 10/3/2007 Lucas Buresch Bibliographic Assistant 4, Social Sciences – 10/8/2007 Iwalani Wall Library Specialist, Rare Book & Manuscript Library – 10/8/2007 Cody […]
Professional Staff Meeting
The next professional staff meeting will be held December 7th in the Kellogg Center, 15th Floor, International Affairs Building from 9am – 11am. There will be breakfast at 9:00am and the meeting will start at 9:30am. An agenda will follow shortly. We look forward to seeing you all there! Kathleen Dreyer for RCL […]