Curious about open access? Eager to negotiate better publishing agreements for your work? Interested in making your journal to open access? Mark your calendars; there’s plenty to learn during Open Access Week at Columbia, October 18-24. Open Access Week is relevant to faculty and researchers from all disciplines at the University. A week-long series of events […]
Category: Events and Exhibits
The Many Worlds of Florence Nightingale: An Exhibit Commemorating the Centennial of Her Death
A century ago this year, Florence Nightingale died at age 90. Nurse, war hero, educator, public health reformer, and spiritual seeker, Nightingale surmounted the constricted role assigned to Victorian upper-class women to become internationally famous for her work as a nurse. She remains a figure of veneration to millions. The Columbia Health Sciences Library is […]
Book History Colloquium: “Authorship, Attribution, and Anonymity” with Peter Stallybrass
The Book History Colloquium at Columbia University is pleased to announce the following lecture Peter Stallybrass, “Authorship, Attribution, and Anonymity” In this talk, Stallybrass will be looking at what were perhaps the two most popular poems to circulate in manuscript in the seventeenth century. Both are now attributed to Sir Walter Ralegh, and it is […]
Opening Reception Tonight – Nancy Holt: Sightlines at the Wallach Gallery
Nancy Holt: Sightlines Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York September 22 – December 11, 2010 Columbia University’s Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery opens its exhibition season with Nancy Holt: Sightlines. This traveling exhibition offers an in-depth look at the early projects of this important American artist whose pioneering […]
The Cordial at the Libraries: A Happy Hour for Faculty
Cheers, Columbia Faculty! There’s now a faculty happy hour just for you. Attend The Cordial at the Libraries and enjoy complimentary wine and cheese with colleagues, educational technologists, librarians, and informational professionals at Columbia Libraries. The inaugural Cordial will be held on Thursday, September 23 in the Geology Library, 601 Schermerhorn. Reserve your spot today. […]
Constitution Day at Columbia
The John Jay Papers, contain many letters that Jay wrote just prior, during, and just after the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia in 1787. Jay, then serving as Secretary of Foreign Affairs for the Confederation, kept American diplomats serving abroad, such as John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, informed of the news, while frustrated that […]
CUL Digital Collections: New York Real Estate Brochure Collection Now Includes Manhattan
The Libraries are pleased to announce that The New York Real Estate Brochure Collection now includes Manhattan. This online collection covers approximately 3,000 buildings and more than 13,000 images from brochures including drawings, floor plans and marketing material from Brooklyn and Manhattan. The New York Real Estate Brochure Collection is an invaluable resource for studying […]
CUL Digital Collection: Bunraku Puppet Theater
Bunraku, Japanese puppet theater, is an unusually complex dramatic form, a collaborative effort among puppeteers, narrators, and musicians. This online exhibit features highlights from the Barbara Curtis Adachi Bunraku collection. This unique collection is held at the C. V. Starr East Asian Library. The Barbara Curtis Adachi Collection, given to Columbia’s C. V. Starr East […]
CUL on YouTube: Andrew Alpern Collection of Drawing Instruments
This collection of architectural drawing instruments was gathered over forty years by New York architect, historian, and attorney Andrew Alpern, largely by purchase at auction and from private dealers in the United States and Europe. The collection was a gift from Mr. Alpern to Avery Library in 2006. Learn more about the Alpern Collection […]
Avery Library Sixth Annual Display of Recent Acquisitions
The director and curators at the Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library cordially invite you to a viewing and reception for “The Avery Library Sixth Annual Display of Recent Acquisitions” on Monday, May 17th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, 1172 Amsterdam Avenue, on Columbia University’s Morningside […]