The Spotlight BLOG isn’t the only blog in town. Check out these other fine blogs, awaiting your subscription, from the Libraries. Features and Shorts: The long and short of researching film studies and performing arts at the Libraries CUL Spatial: GIS and spatial data news, workshops, tips, and more Digital Social Science Center Blog: This […]
CRL Primary Source Awards
The Columbia Libraries, a CRL membership library, encourages researchers, faculty and librarians to submit a nomination to the Center for Research Libraries Primary Source Awards. The Primary Source Awards are an annual juried competition designed to recognize and publicize librarians, teachers, and researchers whose innovative use of CRL primary source materials result in activities and initiatives […]
Interlibrary Loan Service Interuption
The Interlibrary Loan (ILL) system will be unavailable on Thursday morning, 1/7/2010, for a necessary upgrade. We expect to have the system up and running again by early afternoon. We apologize for the inconvenience. Call the ILL Office, (212) 854-7535, with questions. […]
Rare Book and Manuscript Library in the NYTimes
From the article, Modernist Furniture of Futures Past by Eve M. Kahn: Pack-Rat Bounty Lawyers, at least competent ones, love orderly paperwork, the chronological or alphabetical files in which every i is dotted and t crossed, just in case an opposing counsel or disgruntled client tries to find fault years later. A dusty example of […]
Columbia Image Bank on ARTStor
The Columbia Image Bank is now available as a hosted collection in the ARTstor digital image library. Columbia users can search the Image Bank as a separate collection, or alongside all ARTstor content. The Image Bank includes over 66,000 images covering a broad range of subjects, cultures and time periods. Access outstanding examples of the […]
Winter Break Hours
Happy Holidays from the Libraries! The Libraries will be closed on December 24, 25, 31 and January 1. Please check library hours before stopping by during break. Credit: Eileen Barroso / Columbia University […]
Extended Library Hours for Finals
The following Libraries are offering extended hours for finals period. Check the hours webpage for each library for details. Barnard Library Burke Library (UTS) Business Library Butler Library 23/7 Milstein Reading Rooms: 202, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 213a, 214 (Butler Lounge), 301, 303, 303a, 304, 310, 403, 403a, 404, 405, 406a, 406, 407, 408, […]
CLIO Tip: Book covers in CLIObeta
Book covers now display in the results list when you use CLIO beta, providing a colorful visual cue when selected full-text is available through Google Books. From the results list, click on the title of the book to view the CLIO record for that item. From here, you can connect to full-text, when available. […]
Curator Lecture Series: “Architectural Archives in Avery Library”
Janet Parks, Curator of Drawings and Archives in the Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, will speak at Columbia University on "Curator’s Choice: Architectural Archives in Avery Library." The talk, sponsored by the Friends of Columbia Libraries, is free and open to the public. Janet Parks has been Curator of Drawings and Archives at Columbia […]
“The Acropolis Museum and It’s Collections” at the Wallach Art Gallery
Join us for a talk by Dimitrios Pandermalis, President of the Board of Directors of the New Acropolis Museum, on "The Acropolis Museum and It’s Collections." This talk is presented in conjunction with the exhibition on the New Acropolis Museum, currently on view at the Wallach Art Gallery until December 19th. The Wallach Art Gallery […]