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 […]
Category: Events and Exhibits
“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 […]
Karen Wilkin To Speak On “Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey & His Sources”
On Thursday, May 3, art historian Karen Wilkin will be at Columbia for a lecture entitled, "Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey & His Sources." Gorey, a world-renowned illustrator, is perhaps best known for the animated opening sequence to the long-running PBS television series, Mystery! In 1978, he won a Tony for best costume design for work […]
The Study Break Is Wednesday, May 2!
Finals and the end of the semester are rapidly approaching! Remember the libraries and its staff are resource here to help you. On Wednesday, May 2 from 10pm-12am in the Butler Lounge, take a moment to recharge and refuel with Starbucks coffee, bagels, and more healthy snacks and activities. Librarians will also be on hand […]
Tonight! “More Powerful Than Dynamite: Radicals, Plutocrats, Progressives, and New York’s Year of Anarchy”
Tonight in Butler Room 523 at 6:30pm, author Thai Jones will read and discuss his latest work, "More Powerful Than Dynamite: Radicals, Plutocrats, Progressives, and New York's Year of Anarchy." Jones, who wrote "A Radical Line: From the Labor Movement to the Weather Undergroud, One Family's Century of Conscience," is intimately familiar with anarchy in […]
A New Vision of Black Freedom: The Manning Marable Memorial Conference April 26-29
The Libraries support the Institute for Research in African-American Studies (IRAAS) in “A New Vision of Black Freedom: the Manning Marable Memorial Conference,” an academic and community-focused event April 26-29 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at Columbia University and Riverside Church in New York City. In an era of emerging social […]