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By Jim Cheng, 8/3/2023 Due to outdated library facilities, the C.V. Starr East Asian Library collection suffered several major disasters in the past.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 […]
Closed for recarpeting
Please note that during the upcoming week (March 1-5) the library will be closed. The carpet in the reading room will be replaced during that time; a long overdue improvement! We will be back open for usual business again starting March 8. Enjoy your Spring Break! […]
Starr Library stacks re-opened
I am very happy to inform you that the book stacks at C.V. Starr East Asian Library are now officially open to all library patrons and staff . Following the flooding that occurred in the stacks in September 2018, over 52,000 damaged volumes were immediately removed for treatment. We are extremely pleased to report that […]
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 […]
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 […]
Service Alert Update
On Sunday, September 16, the C.V. Starr East Asian Library suffered significant water damage in the library stacks as a result of a water leak in a component part of the HVAC system. The damage to spaces and collections in the stacks is extensive. Libraries staff immediately performed an item-by-item assessment of all collections. Libraries’ […]
Update on the stacks
Following up on our message of September 17 about the flood incident in the library stacks, here are some updates and instructions about access to books and other materials. The damage is extensive, and a significant number of books were shipped out for treatment. While recovery, repair and cleaning work is in progress the stacks […]
Stacks and Rare Book Reading Room closed until further notice
Due to water leak in a component part of the HVAC system on Sunday morning, which resulted in flooding in parts of the Starr Library, our stacks, including access to the Rare Book Reading Room, are closed to allow for emergency work to take place. The main reading room in Starr remains open, as do […]