Renovation update

  FIXING THE CHRONIC LEAKING, A PEEK AT THE CRITICAL RENOVATION SITES OF THE STARR EAST ASIAN LIBRARY IN KENT HALL Jim Cheng, 5/14/2024 During a sunny morning on May 14, 2024, we, including Richard Heaps, Associate Director of Library Facilities, David Maddox and Alex Ray from CPM, walked through the renovation sites of the […]

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THE CRITIAL RENOVATION, LIBRARY CLOSURE, AND LIMITED LIBRARY SERVICES OF C.V. STARR EAST ASIAN LIBRARY, MAY 2023-JAN. 2024, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

  By Jim Cheng, 8/3/2023 Due to outdated library facilities, the C.V. Starr East Asian Library collection suffered several major disasters in the past. On the recommendation of the Provost’s Advisory Committee on the Libraries (PACL), and with budgetary support from the Provost’s office, a critical renovation plan, including installation of a fire sprinkler and […]

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Update on Collections at C.V. Starr East Asian Library 1/18/2019

Dear Faculty and Students in East Asian Studies: As I reported to you earlier, the C.V. Starr East Asian Library experienced a water leak in the stacks in the early morning of Sunday, September 16. Over the course of the four days that followed, over 100 volunteers from across CUL Libraries and University Facilities joined […]

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Reminder of Temporary Book Access Services

Cleaning and repair work in the stacks is progressing. The dehumidification process mentioned in an earlier blog post has finished. Unfortunately, all subsequent cleaning and repair work was delayed by a necessary asbestos abatement process, but is now again in progress. Once all cleaning and repair is done the books that had to be shipped […]

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