Due to the anticipated weather and NYC emergency plans, all Columbia University Libraries – including the Journalism Library – will be closed this weekend, Saturday, 8/27 and Sunday, 8/28. At this time, we anticipate all libraries will re-open again on Monday, as scheduled. Thank you for your cooperation. If you have any questions, please let us […]
Death Star Cookie Jar
Fresh cookies each week! Check out the current flavor here. Cookie suggestion, you have? Send email to: journalism@libraries.cul.columbia.edu. […]
NYT & WNYC to Launch SchoolBook
A new project – SchoolBook – will launch on September 7th, 2011 – a collaboration of the New York Times and WNYC, which will be a site offering daily news, data, and discussion about New York City schools, including customized pages for each of the 1,700 pubic schools and 800 private schools in the city. […]
NYC Land Use – Fast Facts
NYC Land Use – Fast Facts – did you know that: Brooklyn leads the 5 boroughs in multi-family residential land use Queens has more lot area for parking than any other borough Manhattan devotes 25.4% of its land use to open spaces Find these and other land use fast facts at the Department of City […]
SeeThroughNY – Salary Information for New York City and State Employees
The Empire Center for New York State Policy now provides a database tool through the SeeThroughNY network where you can look up salary information for New York City Government, State Government, and Public Authority payrolls. Click on SeeThroughNY to use the tool; database is searchable by name Title, Branch or Entity, Agency and Subagency. Data […]
Divide (and Conquer) NYC Using the Address Translator
Is it possible for one address to be in Community District 09, Election District 91, Police Precinct 26, AND Congressional District 15??? YES! And to help you make sense of the different city agency-drawn boundaries, use the Address Translator – Geographic Information by Address at the Department of City Planning. Type in the address to […]
Back to School Stats
Did you know: the average number of children participating each month in the National School Lunch Program in 2009 was 31.3 million? the number of classroom computers in the nation’s schools in 2005-2006 was 14.2 million (or one computer for every four students)? the per-pupil expenditure on public elementary and secondary education nationally in 2009 […]
Welcome, MS Fall 2011 Students!
Welcome, Fall MS Students! Today’s library presentation is here! Don’t leave home without these guides Stay connected: subscribe to the blog for research tips and announcements follow us on Twitter – JournalismLib follow Columbia University Libraries on Facebook send your research questions to journalism@libraries.cul.columbia.edu […]