Columbia users may now access the contents of another 1,000 Tibetan volumes scanned by the Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center. Since 2006, the C. V. Starr East Asian Library has purchased all ten collections released by the TBRC, thus enabling online access to a total of 10,000 Tibetan volumes (about 7,000 titles). Users can access these […]
Category: Announcements
General Library announcements, not specific to Starr.
Tibetan Studies collaboration with U. Toronto
Tibetan Studies Librarian, Dr. Lauran Hartley, will lead the work of coordinating Tibetan-language acquisitions at Columbia and the University of Toronto in a new pilot project. She will also provide research-support services to University of Toronto faculty and students via email, phone and video conferencing and will visit the University of Toronto annually. This international […]
Holiday and Intersession Schedule
The Library will be closed from Saturday December 22 through Tuesday December 25 (Christmas Day) The Library will be open 9:00 AM-7:00 PM from Wednesday December 26 through Friday December 28 The Library will be closed from Saturday December 29 through Tuesday January 1, 2013 (New Year’s Day) During Intersession, January 2-20, the Library will […]
Makino Online Presentations Archive
No less than twelve digital remarks and presentations of last year’s symposium “The Makino Collection at Columbia: the Present and Future of an Archive” have just been made available for online viewing on Columbia’s YouTube channel. They are linked from the symposium’s webpage, and will also be added to an upcoming special section on our […]
First Anniversary of Miwa Kai’s passing
Today, December 10, marks the one-year anniversary of the passing of Ms. Miwa Kai. In her honor we have placed flowers and her memorial photo at the circulation desk of the C. V. Starr East Asian Library. We all miss Ms. Kai for her energy, wit, and smile. Since this is the […]
Holiday weekend hours
Please be advised that due to the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the library will close at 7:00 PM today, and will be closed on Thursday and Friday. We will re-open on Saturday for our regular weekend hours. We hope you will enjoy your holiday. […]
Check Out The “Memory Project” On Monday, October 22
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Enter to win a Kindle Fire!
Enter the IM/text a Librarian poster contest and win a Kindle Fire! Design a poster about the Libraries’ IM/text a Librarian service! The poster content will also be used as an ad in the Spectator appearing in November! The best one will win a Kindle Fire. Up to ten other contestants will win an awesome, […]
More Library Tours
Back by popular demand. We have added two more library tours. These will take place on: Thursday September 13 @ 10:00 AM, and Friday September 14 @ 10:00 AM If you missed out on our previous tours, here is your chance to catch up and find out what’s what and what’s where. Tours start at […]
Starr’s Bibliographic Orientation Fall Schedule
During the week of September 10 we will be offering bibliographic orientation sessions to introduce you to the most important resources in all our languages. The schedule is as follows: Monday, September 10 @ 3:00 PM Western-language resources, with Ria Koopmans-de Bruijn Tuesday, September 11 @ 10:00 AM Western-language resources, with Ria Koopmans-de Bruijn […]