To celebrate its support for film editing and the talents of the film makers on its staff, the DHC will be holding a two-day festival on Monday November 16 and Tuesday November 17 in 203 Butler. The program, which will start at 6:30 p.m. each day, presents 12 short works and a special bonus feature […]
Digital Centers Intern Gustavo Rosa Talks about the Libraries
Gustavo Rosa, a graduate student in the Film division of the School of the Arts, has worked since 2012 as an Electronic Research Assistant at the Digital Humanities Center (DHC), assisting patrons with video editing, digitization of text and image, and a variety of other tasks. His training at the school has given him the […]
Open Access Week at Butler Library
This is International Open Access Week (October 19-25) and Columbia University Libraries is working hard to get the word out about open access at several locations, including the lobby of Butler Library. Come and stop by our table all week between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to find out why open access matters to research […]
The Humanities & History Division Librarians Launch Morningside Heights Digital History (MHDH)
We are proud to announce the launch of our site, Morningside Heights Digital History, or MHDH. Two years ago we announced a professional development program in the Columbia University Libraries for the Humanities & History Division. In our first iteration of the Developing Librarian project or, as we refer to it on social media, the […]
EVENT: “Mirror Me, Mirror You: the Color of Comics” Thursday, 10/8, 6 PM
Comics@Columbia is excited to present a panel to coincide with New York Comic Con. Together with Alex Simmons, Columbia University Libraries presents a conversation with comics writer Amy Chu, comics writer and artist Larry Hama, artist and scholar John Jennings, comics artist and writer Alitha […]
10/1 @ 6PM: Doing Recent History: History that Talks (and Tweets!) Back
Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 6:00 PM Columbia University’s Butler Library, Room 523 535 West 114th Street, NYC (Directions) Why is writing living history challenging? What are the ethics of doing research on social media? How can archivists balance the ethics of open access and ethics of privacy? Do historians watch enough TV?! Join Tenured […]
Changes to Butler Library
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 […]
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 […]