There were many service enhancements in Butler Library over the summer of 2015, including adding seating and printers, and moving some computers, scanners, and books to new locations within the building. To locate a printer, computer, or scanner, please visit the Butler Library Computers, Printers, Scanners page. We added over 90 new seats throughout the […]
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Getting Your Bearings: Tours and Orientation for Graduate Students
If you’re a graduate student, you may wish to attend one of our “Getting Your Bearings” orientations, designed to help you begin using the powerful information tools at your disposal and to point you to some of the most important library services and personnel at Butler Library and elsewhere on campus. The Libraries will be […]
Butler Library Lockers: Important Dates
2015 – 2016 LOCKER LOTTERY Columbia graduate students may enter both the graduate and second floor locker lotteries. Columbia undergraduate students may only enter the second floor locker lottery. LOTTERY STARTS Wednesday, August 5, 2015 LOTTERY ENDS Monday, September 14, 2015 LOCKER WINNERS Notified via e-mail on Friday, September 18, 2015. CLAIM You no longer […]
Become a Digital Centers Intern!
The Columbia University Libraries is looking for Columbia graduate students to collaborate with librarians and technologists in supporting and promoting digital scholarship on campus. The Columbia University Libraries has three digital centers: Humanities, Science, and Social Science. The Digital Centers are looking for students with a keen interest in digital scholarship to be interns in […]
Humanities & History Columbia Libraries Newsletter Issue #4
Hot off the presses! Humanities & History Columbia Libraries Newsletter Issue #4 […]
Columbia Libraries Graduate Internship Program in Primary Sources
Columbia University Libraries Graduate Internship Program in Primary Sources Invites Applications: http://library.columbia.edu/find/special-collections/internships/apply.html The Columbia University Libraries’ Graduate Student Internship Program is designed to enrich graduate studies and professional training in primary sources through an introduction to archival work, supplemented with lectures, workshops and tours. Once trained, interns arrange, describe and catalogue collections, and create […]
CLIO Adds Virtual Shelf Browse
Virtual Shelf Browse allows researchers to browse the catalog as if all of our items, including titles that are at Offsite or online, were arranged by call number on a single shelf. Start browsing from the foot of a CLIO catalog record, by choosing “Show” or “Full Screen.” Choose “Full Screen” for a larger display, […]
Power Research and Writing on the Mac: Workshops in Digital Workflow Applications
Three Digital Humanities Center workshops will focus on scholarly workflow tools on successive Friday mornings. Attend any that interest you. February 13th, 20th and 27th 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Butler 306 These are designed for users with Mac laptops, who are encouraged to download a demo version (as described below) of each of the three […]
Humanities Library Newsletter Issue #3
Here it is, folks! Hot off the presses… Columbia University Libraries Humanities Newsletter Issue #3 […]
Tabloids Added to British Periodicals Database
British periodicals (Collection III) has been recently added to our British Periodicals database: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio6022732 British Periodicals provides access to the searchable full text of British periodicals from the late seventeenth to the early twentieth century. Subject areas covered include literature, philosophy, history, science, the fine arts and the social sciences. British Periodicals Collection III includes […]