C.V. Starr East Asian Library, 300 Kent Hall Orientation Fall 2015 week 2 This week, and into next week, we are offering orientation sessions for all our languages. Come and find out about all the wonderful resources we have available, learn the basics of identifying and using them, and get up to speed for your […]
Starr Library Orientation, Fall 2015
C.V. Starr East Asian Library Orientation, Fall 2015 Come master the maze that is Starr Library. We are offering 20-30 minute tours of our physical environment. Please join us for any of the following dates and times, and learn to find your way around. No sign-up necessary. All tours start at the library’s front desk. […]
Welcome to a new semester!
Another September, another academic year! A warm welcome from all of us at Starr Library to all new students, faculty, scholars and staff, and an equally warm welcome back to all ongoing students, faculty, scholars and staff. We look forward to another exciting year full of interesting activities, events, and challenges. Very shortly we will […]
Tibetan Special Collections Exhibition
From March 23 – April 15 we offer an exhibit of selected Tibetan Special Collections items . The following select items are now on display in the main reading room on the 300-level of the Starr Library: 1678 Notice by the regent Lobsang Jinpa during the reign of the Fifth Dalai Lama 1723 Scroll with […]
A Friendly Gift
In 2014, our Library acquired a new friend in Michael Lam. Mr. Lam is a health-remedy advisor, an artist and a writer. He started writing calligraphy at age 7, and created his own Zen style of calligraphy and painting. Using black and white ink, he writes and paints abstract images on various types of paper. […]
November 7, 2014 Mo Yan lecture: a report
Dec. 18, 2014 Jim Cheng Director, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University Almost two years ago, on Dec. 11, 2012, immediately after the New York Times reported that Mo Yan received the Nobel Prize in Literature, Jim Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, asked me if we could invite Mo Yan […]
Library Orientation sessions this week
Library Orientation C.V. Starr East Asian Library 300 Kent Hall Come and learn about the Library’s resources and services! Wednesday Oct. 29, 2014 2:30 PM East Asian Studies (with Ria Koopmans-de Bruijn) Thursday Oct. 30, 2014 11:00 AM Japanese Studies (with Sachié Noguchi) Thursday Oct. 30, 2014 […]
Tibetan language related talk and discussion
Tibetan in Digital Communication: Corpus Linguistics and Lexicography Dr. Nathan W. Hill Lecturer in Tibetan and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London Thursday, October 30, 2014 ~ 4:00 – 5:30 PM 523 Butler Library, Columbia University DESCRIPTION: Dr. Nathan W. Hill is co-investigator on a three-year research project “Tibetan […]
Library Open House today
C.V. Starr East Asian Library Open House Thursday, September 4, 2014 3:00-5:00 PM 300 Kent Hall Get to know the library staff, take a tour, see our new Tibetan Pecha & Graduate Study Area Refreshments will be served. […]
HathiTrust Digital Library now offers 80,000 Japanese volumes
The HathiTrust Digital Library is "an international community of research libraries committed to the long-term curation and availability of the cultural record. Through their common efforts and deep commitment to the public good, the libraries support the teaching and learning activities of the faculty, students or researchers at their home institutions, and the scholarly needs […]