Beginning Sunday, October 4, the Engineering Library will be open until 3:00 AM on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays during the academic year. Check the hours website for a daily schedule. We received many constructive comments from the Libraries’ 2009 Online Survey, and students requested longer hours at the Engineering library. We are thrilled […]
Sign up for a free New York Public Library card
Stop by the Barnard College Library to sign up for your free NYPL library card. In addition to books, the circulating collections of the New York Public Library include videos, DVDs, CDs and more. You can also request that materials be delivered to an NYPL branch near you. Just bring your Columbia ID card with you […]
Book History Colloquium: “Writing About Coffee, Reading in Cafes: Literature and Coffeehouses in Early Modern France” with Thierry Rigogne
Update: This event has been postponed due to illness. We will post the new date and time as soon as we have more information. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. 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, […]
Try a Workshop: October
The Libraries offers free workshops to help you build research and technology skills. Here’s a selection of what’s coming up in October. Adobe Photoshop, Part I: A brief tutorial on this basic image manipulation tool, covering workspace, tools, and some basic functions. EndNote Bibliographic Software: The classic bibliographic citation software, still the best choice for […]
Library Essentials Video Tutorials
Need to use the library for your research and class projects? Not sure where to start? Try the Library Essentials video tutorials to help you get started! Library Essentials will help you find books and journals in CLIO, install and use the new LibX toolbar, and more. You can watch the tutorials on the […]
You spoke, we listened: New Circulating Film Collection!
Last fall Kim’s Video donated its entire rental collection of VHS and DVDs from the former store on Broadway and 113th Street to Columbia University Libraries. As of September, nearly two thousand DVD titles are now available in the Butler Media Center for currently enrolled students, staff and faculty to check out from the library. […]
Constitution Day at Columbia University
The John Jay Papers, contain many letters that Jay wrote just prior, during, and just after the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia in 1787. Jay, then serving as Secretary of Foreign Affairs for the Confederation, kept American diplomats serving abroad, such as John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, informed of the news, while frustrated that the […]
Barnard Writers in Coversation, September 23
The Friends of the Columbia Libraries are pleased to sponsor an evening of conversation with acclaimed writers Mary Beth Keane, author of the new book The Walking People, and Mary Gordon, author of Circling My Mother and Pearl. The event will take place on Wednesday, September 23 at 6:00 p.m. in the Sulzberger Parlor on […]
Your Course Reserves
Access the course reserve materials for your classes in multiple ways. CourseWorks, two ways: Get to all of your Course Reserves by clicking on My Libr. Reserves from your My Courses page: Or, find the Reserves list for a specific course you are taking by clicking Libr. Reserves from the Course page: […]
IM a Librarian – new hours!
Since 2001, students and faculty have been able to IM a librarian at Columbia. This year, we’re extending our hours, thanks to feedback from students. 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 […]