A new exhibition, "Working Close to the Source: Graduate Interns Uncover Collections in History, Humanities, Architecture and Religion" opened at Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML). The exhibition highlights the archival collections processed by Columbia University graduate students, and will be on display in the Chang Octagon Exhibition Room on the 6th Floor […]
Category: Events and Exhibits
Research without Borders Speaker Series: “Communicating Climate Change Science”
Communicating Climate Change Science Tuesday, April 6, 2010 12:30 pm Alfred Lerner Hall Room 555, Columbia University, Morningside Campus Researchers often come up against the challenge of effectively communicating complex data to an audience beyond academia. In the case of climate-change science, this challenge is a special one. Now a highly politicized issue, climate change […]
Free Laptop Engraving at Butler Library
Stop by Butler Library lobby on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 from 11am to 2pm, for free laptop and property engraving from CU Public Safety. This is a great way to keep your valuables safe at the library and around campus! More details from CU Public Safety: Dear Public Safety Friends, CU Public Safety will be engraving […]
New Online Exhibit: Korean Independence Outbreak Movement
The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary is pleased to announce the launch of the new online exhibition Korean Independence Outbreak Movement. The exhibition documents The Records of the Korean Independence Outbreak, a collection in the Mission Research Library archives at The Burke Library. The Records were sent from Shanghai to Charles Fahs, the librarian […]
Events at the Libraries
The Libraries hosts a number of events, exhibitions, speaker series, and conferences throughout the year. Here are few upcoming highlights. All events are free and open to the public. Exhibition: "Comics in the Curriculum" Running through May 2010 Butler Library, 3rd Floor Lecture on the Life of Pulitzer Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 6:00 p.m. Lecture Hall, […]
Book History Colloquium: “Forged In Fire: The Jefferson Collection at the Library of Congress” with Mark Dimunation
The Book History Colloquium at Columbia will welcome Mark Dimunation, Chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress on March 23, 2010. Mr. Dimunation recently completed the project to reconstruct Thomas Jefferson’s Collection. He will speak on Mr. Jefferson’s Library and how it shaped the nation’s library. The nucleus of the […]
Research Without Borders, Speakers Series: “Who Pays for Open Access?”
Is publishing an open-access journal good business? And for whom? Join this lively discussion about business-model options for open-access scholarly journals. More info about this event. Join us today for a conversation about open-access business models with Mike Rossner of Rockefeller University Press, Ivy Anderson of the California Digital Library, and Bettina Goerner of Springer. Who […]
“Frances Perkins: The Woman Behind the New Deal” New Online Exhibit!
The Columbia University Libraries are pleased to launch a new online exhibition, "Frances Perkins: The Woman Behind the New Deal." Frances Perkins (1880-1965) is no longer a household name, yet she was one of the most influential women of the twentieth century. Government official for New York State and the federal government, including Industrial Commissioner of […]
Book History Colloquium: “The Two Futures of Book History” with Michael F. Suarez
This week at the Book History Colloquium: "The Two Futures of Book History" Michael F. Suarez, recent co-General Editor of The Oxford Companion to the Book, will give a talk on the state of the discipline and where it might go. This event is free, and open to the public. Butler Library, room 523 6PM […]
History of Health Sciences Lecture Series
Wonders of Nature and Miracles of Medicine: Popularizing Science in Life Magazine, 1936-1972 Dr. Bert Hansen, Columbia graduate and professor of history at Baruch College of the City University of New York, will examine the role of LIFE magazine in shaping Americans’ ideas of science in the mid-20th century. LIFE was one of the most […]