Discover the exciting world of computing at Columbia University Libraries! Foundations for Research Computing, entering its 8th year, is expanding to bring you workshops and events throughout the year to teach skills for today’s research landscape. Whether you’re a beginner or need help with a specific tool, we have something for you! In partnership with […]
New journal issues from Columbia Libraries journal partners!
Summer is a busy time for Editorial Boards, and the summer of 2025 was no exception. We’re pleased to share the following new issues published this summer: Columbia Libraries supports the creation, discovery, and dissemination of open-access research by providing technical publishing support and covering hosting and related costs for over 30 scholarly journals. We […]
Announcing library partner journals newly-indexed in the DOAJ!
We’re thrilled to announce that Current Issues in Comparative Education and the The Columbia University Journal of Global Health have been accepted for inclusion in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). The DOAJ is the preeminent index for open access journals. From their website: DOAJ is a unique and extensive index of diverse […]
Current Issues in Comparative Education – Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict: Lessons in Education (The Special Issue 2025)
Current Issues in Comparative Education (CICE) is an international online, open-access journal inviting diverse opinions of academics, practitioners, and graduate students. One of Columbia Libraries’ partner journals, CICE is dedicated to serving as a platform for debate and discussion of contemporary educational matters worldwide. The Special Issue 2025 – Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict: Lessons […]
Open Source Week 2025
Thanks to colleagues in Open Scholarship and Digital Library & Scholarly Technologies for their helpful edits and advice in writing this blog post The UN Open Source Week takes place from June 16-20, 2025. Learn more and register for this event on the UN’s website. Here’s a description of the event from the organizers: “UN […]
Shoe Leather’s New Season Explores the Rise and Fall of Rudy Giuliani
Today we are pleased to highlight Shoe Leather, the six-season investigative podcast from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. Shoe Leather was recently featured as a Spotify “New Show Release” for its newest season about Rudy Giuliani. Shoe Leather is written and produced by Journalism students under the instruction of Joanne Faryon. The podcast is […]
The COVID Information Commons & Columbia University Libraries – using translation & transcription to increase accessibility to NSF-funded research
The COVID Information Commons & Columbia University Libraries – using translation & transcription to increase accessibility to NSF-funded research by Lauren Close, Lylybell Teran, and Esther Jackson, with editorial support from Florence Hudson, Macy Moujabber, Isabella Graham-Martinez, and Jeremiah Mercurio With thanks to Lara Azar, Elia Bregman, Brian Buckley, Tushar Bura, Karem Coca, Cora Lee […]
Digital Privacy for National Libraries Week
by Sydni Meyer, Esther Jackson, Kathryn Pope and Emily Schmidt In honor of National Libraries Week in the United States, we consider one of our lesser known librarians-turned-FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who honed his understanding of information and its varied uses while working at the Library of Congress (article and book). “Hoover spoke about […]
Data Rescue: A 2025 Update
As important research data–including those related to key topics including climate change and cancer treatments, and funded by public money–is disappearing from federal government websites, there are many efforts underway to save it. Individuals, academic libraries, data organizations, and Web repositories are collecting government datasets and working to maintain the accessibility of the data to […]
Love Data Week 2025: Final Report
Introduction Love Data Week took place February 10-14, 2025. The theme was “Whose Data Is It, Anyway?” A team of Columbia Libraries staff collaborated on a series of workshops that explored different datasets and how to work with them. Organizing team With instructional support from: Project planning We, as Columbia Libraries staff, are sure the […]