East Asian Library Orientation Workshops coming up

    East Asian Studies Library Resources Fall 2023 Orientation Area-specific Workshops (1.5-hour sessions): (sign-up required; all sessions take place in Room 306, Butler Library)   Chinese Studies: Wednesday, 9/20, 1:00-2:30 PM              Sign up: https://events.columbia.edu/go/Chinese1 Friday, 9/22, 11:00 AM-12:30 PM              Sign up: https://events.columbia.edu/go/Chinese2 Japanese Studies: Friday, 9/29, 3:00-4:30 PM                       Sign up: https://events.columbia.edu/go/Japanese1 […]

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Starr Duplicate Book Sale/Giveaway, April 6–7

The C.V. Starr East Asian Library Duplicates Sale is returning April 6–7, 2023. Every year, the library accumulates duplicate books and journals which we make available to the public through an annual book sale, raising funds for the library in the process.  This year, because of a large surplus due to a Covid-related hiatus of […]

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Visit our newly-expanded Reading Room

The Starr East Asian Library is delighted to announce the opening of the recently-renovated west wing of our Reading Room. In a special ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Columbia Vice Provost & University Librarian Ann Thornton, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Eugenia Lean, faculty from the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, and other CUL friends and colleagues, […]

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Spring hours

We are very happy to announce that, starting January 31, 2022, barring any unforeseen circumstances, we will return to our pre-pandemic opening hours for the spring semester, including late evening and weekend hours. Please refer to our hours calendar for detailed day-by-day information. Please note that, while we return to our pre-pandemic opening hours, for […]

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The Treasury of Lives receives NEH grant to expand its online Encyclopedia of Tibet

On April 8, 2020, The Treasury of Lives database project announced receipt of a substantial grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Collections and Reference Resources (Division of Preservation and Access) to support the long-term sustainability of its Biographical Encyclopedia of Tibet, Inner Asia and the Himalaya. The three-year grant will enable a […]

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New database

With the print collections unavailable while the libraries remain closed, we are all working hard to assist you remotely, and to make more electronic resources available. Your Libraries Online summarizes all the various ways the Libraries offer these online services. The Starr Library collection development librarians are, of course, doing their part too. We try […]

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BI sessions schedule

Fall 2019 Language-specific orientation sessions Chinese Studies Resources Wednesday, September 18, 2019 2:00-3:30 pm Chinese Studies Resources Tuesday, September 24, 2019 2:00-3:30 pm Korean Studies Resources Thursday, September 26, 2019 2:00-3:30 pm Tibetan Studies Resources Friday, September 27, 2019 1:00-2:30 pm All sessions take place in the Kress Seminar Room (access via the 200-level stacks) […]

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An American Missionary and Her ‘Paper Gods’

Dr. Mingjie Li, professor in the Folklore Institute, School of Social Development at East China Norma University, as part of her research project on our Paper God Collection, has just published an English-language article on Anne Swann Goodrich, the original collector, and subsequent donor of the collection. The article, along with other pieces by Dr. […]

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