The Libraries hope everyone was able to weather Hurricane Sandy this week. As the campus and New York City get back to normal, we are excited to present " 'Corporations are People Too:' The Strange History of Corporations and the 14th Amendment" on Wednesday, November 7. This lecture by Naomi R. Lamoreaux, Professor of […]
Category: Events and Exhibits
What Is Open Access Week?
Open Access Week is a global event promoting the opportunity for academic communities to continue to share the results of their research and scholarship. It runs October 22-28, 2012. Columbia University Libraries and the Scholarly Communication Program are pleased to host three events promoting open access and its benefits this week! Monday October 22, 1:00 […]
Check Out The “Memory Project” On Monday, October 22
The M.A. Film Studies Program and C.V Starr East Asian Library presents, "Memory Project: Chinese Independent Documentaries" on Monday, October, 22 at 8pm. Chinese documentary filmmakers of the only-child generation explore their identities by engaging with the past. In 2011, these directors returned to their ancestral villages to uncover oral histories from their grandparents. Found […]
Check Out What’s Going On At The Libraries In October!
Mark your calendars because October is more than just mid-terms and Halloween! From historical drama to General Motors to the annual PhD Reception, the Libraries are full of action this month. "Treacherous Beauty" A lecture and book signing by author Stephen H. Case, who will speak on his book, "Treacherous Beauty: Peggy Shippen, the Woman […]
Welcome to the Libraries!
Columbia University Libraries welcomes undergraduates in Columbia College, School of Engineering and Applied Science, and General Studies! As part of our welcome, you have three chances to win an iPad! Enter our Online Library Contest at bit.ly/LibrariesContest2012. Attend our Butler Library Welcome Events on Wed. 8/29 from 10-11am and on Fri. 8/31 from 11am-12pm for […]
“Gorey Preserved” Exhibition Extended Until August 10th
Due to popular demand, "Gorey Preserved," a major exhibition of works by the idiosyncratic illustrator, designer, and writer, Edward Gorey (1925-2000), is extending its run in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library (6th floor, Butler Library) until Friday, August 10th. So if you thought you missed it, there is still time to view this extensive […]
Through August 27th: “Joseph Urban & the Great American Revue”
"Joseph Urban & the Great American Revue" will be on display in the Octagon Room in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library on the 6th floor of Butler Library from July 2 until August 27th. The exhibition is free and open to the public and features watercolors and photographs of drawings Urban did for the […]
Going On Now: Public Events For CCOH’s 2012 Summer Institute!
The Columbia Center for Oral History's Summer Institute is currently running June 4- June 15. This year the Institute explores "What is Remembered: Life Story Approaches in Human Rights Contexts." A series of lectures and panel events are free and open to the public. For additional information on the Institute, please visit the Center's website. […]
On Display: “Archaeology and the City: George Olcott and His Collection, Between Rome and Columbia”
Next week is your last chance to catch the exhibition, "Archaeology and the City: George Olcott and His Collection, Between Rome and Columbia," currently on display in the rotunda of Low Library. This exhibit, which runs through the first week of June, displays artifacts collected by George Olcott, Columbia's first lecturer of Roman archaeology. Olcott […]
Library Events On YouTube
Every semester the Libraries' host a variety of lectures, events, and symposiums to promote discussion, share knowledge, and further research in wide ranges of subjects and disciplines. Some of these events are recorded and posted to YouTube, so if you missed something you wanted to attend – you have a second chance! Of particular note […]