The Columbia Spectator covers the completion of Butler Library’s 15-year, $110 million renovation. Butler Library, Reference Room 301 […]
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 […]
IM a Librarian!
A quick reminder that our Ask Us Now IM service is offering extended hours this semester! Mondays, 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM Tuesdays, 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM Wednesdays, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Thursdays, 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM Fridays, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Just log in with your UNI and password to get […]
“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 […]
March Workshops
Here’s a selection of research and technology workshops offered by the Libraries this month. Workshops are free an open to all students, faculty or staff at Columbia. Find listings for all Libraries workshops on the workshops website. March 05, 2010 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm EST Filemaker Pro Database Software 305 Butler Library […]
New! Document Delivery Service for Faculty
Columbia University Libraries is pleased to announce the launch of a new Document Delivery service for Morningside, Barnard, and Union Theological Seminary faculty and visiting scholars with library borrowing privileges. Document Delivery enables these faculty to request scans of book chapters and articles from the print collections of Butler Library. Who may use the Document […]
Avery’s Max Bond Collection Featured in The Record
The Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library’s J. Max Bond Jr. Collection was recently featured in an issue of The Record. Last year, the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library acquired the papers of J. Max Bond Jr., the African American architect and former Columbia professor who died last February at age 73. The documents, […]
The Book History Colloquium: Writing About Coffee, Reading In Cafés: Literature and Coffeehouses in Early Modern France by Thierry Rigogne
Well before Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, Parisian cafés have shared a strong affinity with literature. In the seventeenth century, it was books, from travel accounts to medical treatises, that introduced the French to what was then a new, exotic, Oriental beverage. Writers immediately patronized the first coffeehouses, where they could discuss literature and […]