Please join us for the next talk at the Book History Colloquium at Columbia. Thursday, October 28, 2010 6:00 – 7:30PM Butler Library, room 523 Kate Isard, Department of Art History, Columbia University, will speak about “Avery Annotated: Copy Specific Evidence and Architectural Books.” Copy specific evidence in sixteenth-century books has tremendous scholarly value for […]
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PhD Candidates, You’re Invited!
Columbia’s PhD candidates are invited to join the Libraries for a wine and cheese reception this Thursday. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet and mingle with PhD students and librarians from across disciplines. When: Thursday, October 21, 6pm – 8pm Where: Butler Library, room 523 Sponsored by Columbia University Libraries. […]
Book History Colloquium Presents “Witch-Hunters in the Book-Shops: How Curators and Scholars Built the Cornell Witchcraft Collection (1866-2010)”
On Thursday, October 14, Laurent Ferri, Associate Curator of Rare Books at Cornell will speak at the Book History Colloquium on "Witch-Hunters in Book-shops: How Curators Built the Cornell Witchcraft Collection (1866-2010)." That Cornell University Library has the best and most accessible Witchcraft Collection in the world is widely acknowledged in the academic community, but […]
An Introduction to the Visual History Archive
On October 12th, Doug Ballman, from the University of Southern California Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, will be here to discuss the Visual History Archive (VHA) and its multifaceted uses. He will provide an introduction to the database and illustrate ways the content is being used by scholars around the world. We […]
Open Access Week at Columbia
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 […]
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 […]