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, […]
Expanded access
We have some good news for our alumnae and retirees! Effective 9/12/22, Columbia University Alumni and Columbia University Retirees will be able to access all library locations with a valid existing CUID. A new CUID, if needed, can be requested from the Library Information Office during business hours for alumni and the campus ID center for retirees. All alumni and […]
Pick-up and Scan-and-deliver Holiday suspension
Our library will be closed during the entire holiday week, and there will be no staff on site during this period. Due to this closure book pick-up and scan-and-deliver service will be suspended between December 24, 2020 and January 3, 2021. The last day to submit requests for these services before the suspension is December […]
Congratulations Graduates!
Commencement Day was not the same this year. It was bittersweet to have to watch the ceremony without the crowds, the cheers, and the sea of blue we know and love so well. We in Starr will miss all those who frequented our library over these last four years. While we cannot meet with you […]
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 […]
New Japanese Studies Librarian
We are delighted to welcome our new Japanese Studies Librarian, Chiaki Sakai. She started on October 1, 2019. Ms. Sakai has more than 20 years of experience in the library profession. Most recently she worked at the Library of the Japan Foundation in Urawa, Saitama, Japan. Before that she was the Japanese Studies Librarian at […]
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. […]
Toshi Ichiyanagi to receive the Order of Culture
The Japanese government announced on Oct. 26 (Friday) that it has selected five people to receive the country’s top cultural award this year, including composer Toshi Ichiyanagi, 85. Toshi Ichiyanagi, notable Japanese composer, was born in. Kobe, Feb. 4, 1933. He studied composition with Kishio Hirao and piano with Chieko Hara. He pursued training […]