Written by Web Collections Librarian Miranda Siler Columbia University Libraries is pleased to announce the launch of the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement of Iran Web Archive, curated by librarians with the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation. This web archive preserves material on, about, and from the Woman, Life, Freedom movement of Iran, which emerged in the […]
Columbia University Libraries Awarded Grant from the Arcadia Fund to Support Anticaste Archives Project
Arcadia has awarded a five-year grant of U.S. $1.7 million to Columbia University Libraries (CUL) in collaboration with Barnard College and the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta (CSSSC) to support a project entitled, Anticaste Archives: Preserving Historical and Cultural Memory. This ambitious new international project seeks to follow ethical and non-extractive practices to […]
Event | ArteSana: Celebrating the Life and Work of Josefina Báez
Join us for a conversation and celebration of the Josefina Báez Papers, now part of the Latino Arts and Activisms Collection in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. The discussion will be held on Thursday, October 5, 2023, at Maison Française (515 W. 116th St, New York, NY 10027) from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. […]
Event | Disasters: The Stories We Share
Disasters can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. Documenting disasters may influence change, emphasize varied narratives, demonstrate social inequities, and/or be part of a community’s resilient response. And when we think about the word “disasters,” what often comes to mind are the “natural”: floods, hurricanes, earthquakes. And yet, a “disaster” is […]
Columbia University Libraries Recognizes Staff Service Milestones
Columbia University Libraries honors staff who have reached milestones in their years of service to the organization. The Libraries thanks you for your commitment to the Columbia community and your continued hard work. We are deeply grateful. Staff members were also recognized at a picnic at Faculty House, open to all Libraries staff, on Wednesday, […]
Columbia University Libraries Announces 2023 Outstanding Student Worker Award Winners
Columbia University Libraries is pleased to announce 14 recipients of the annual Outstanding Student Worker awards, nominated by Libraries staff from a workforce of nearly 200 students. Each year, the Libraries awards students who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to their work for the organization. “The high caliber of services that the Libraries provides would not […]
Columbia Alumna Beverly Gage Reflects on Winning a 2023 Bancroft Prize
Beverly Gage, a 2004 graduate of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, was recently awarded a Bancroft Prize for her book, G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, a biography of former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Reviewing it in The New York Times, Jennifer Szalai described the 837-page biography […]
Year of Open Science Extravaganza
The Columbia University Department of Physics will welcome a host of visitors for a special edition of its Community Round Table on Tuesday, April 25. The discussion will address questions like, “What is open science?,” “What does open science look like for me?,” “What resources are available to help me participate in open science?,” and […]
Just Launched: Historical Representation at American House Museums Web Archive
Written by Web Collections Librarian Miranda Siler Columbia University Libraries is pleased to announce the launch of the Historical Representation at American House Museums Web Archive. Developed by librarians, library workers, and professors within the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation, the collection aims to document the changing interpretation and presentation of the experiences of working people […]
How to Use the Libraries as an Alum (Plus, New Databases!)
Alumni of Columbia University enjoy free lifetime access to library facilities. It’s this simple: Visit the Library Information Office during business hours to get your alumni ID card. Visit any library location with your ID during open hours*. Want to borrow books? Purchase borrowing privileges for $30 per month at the Library Information Office. Alumni […]