Tonight, Wednesday March 7 at 6pm the Digital Humanities Center will be hosting the first of a series of presentations of films created by users and staff of the DHC. This first evening, held in Butler 306, will feature five short films by DHC staff members Jason Alarcon, Kostas Antonopoulos, Michele de Caro, Rachel Israel, […]
It’s (Streaming) Music to Your Ears
Like to listen to music on the go? Explore the Libraries' streaming audio databases. The Libraries offer several databases which feature streaming audio, in a wide variety of musical styles. One easy way to find these is the click on the "E-Resources" tab from the main Library Web page, and then select "E-Music". You can […]
The Digital Humanities Center presents…
New Questions, Methods, and Collaborations Please join us for the next Digital Humanities talk with a presentation by Joan Lippincott, Associate Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Tuesday February 21, 2012 | 12:00 – 1:30pm | 523 Butler Library | Refreshments served Joan K. Lippincott is the Associate Executive Director of the […]
The Digital Humanities Center Presents…
Virtual Reality, VSim, and the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893: Is There Hope for the Technically Challenged? Please join us for the next in our Digital Humanities Speaker Series with a presentation by Dr. Lisa Snyder, Associate Director of the Experiential Technologies Center, UCLA. Tuesday Jan. 31, 2012 / 4-5:30pm / 114 Avery Hall […]
Last Minute Research Help
The 10 research librarians/subject specialists who work in Butler Library are here to help you throughout Study Days and Finals. You can see when the Butler Reference Desk is staffed here: http://hours.library.columbia.edu/?library=butlref If you’d rather reach us individually, our contact info is here: http://library.columbia.edu/indiv/butlref/staff.html Also note that there will be additional study space open […]
UWriting Students: More Research Tips
As you begin working on your research proposals, use these multi-subject databases to find articles from scholarly journals, newspapers, and magazines: ProQuest EbscoHost Research Databases JSTOR LexisNexis Academic Remember to use the truncation symbol (*) and nested searching to improve your results. Example: (smoking OR tobacco OR nicotine) AND (ethic* OR moral*) If you need […]
Archival Recordings of the Composers Forum, 1951-1977
Contained within the archives of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center (which are held by Columbia University Libraries) there is a series of original reel-to-reel recordings of the concerts of the Composers Forum, made in New York from 1951-1977. The Composers Forum concerts were an important series of concerts of art music by contemporary American composers. […]
UWriting Students: Need Help with your Research?
For help with your research, use the UW Research Guide on the sidebar of your CourseWorks page: http://library.columbia.edu/subjects/ENGL/ENGLC1010.html The research librarians in Butler Library can help you in a number of ways: –we can help you find scholarly resources in our library databases –we can help you determine the scholarly merit of a resource –we […]
A conversation with the creators of “Marzi: a memoir,” October 28th
On Friday October 28th, the creators of the graphic novel Marzi: a memoir will be in conversation in Butler Library. Marzena Sowa, the author, was born in Poland in 1979; by the time she was ten years old she had experienced Communist rule, Chernobyl, the Solidarity factory strikes of 1988, and the triumph of […]
The Digital Music Lab
Make some music! The Digital Music Lab in the Music & Arts Library (701 Dodge) offers an extensive collection of software and hardware to enable your inner Beethoven, rock star, or musical mad scientist. The Lab is equipped with 5 Mac Pro workstations, 2 Yamaha Arius YDP181 […]