LITO is pleased to announce the creation of a computer “sandbox” testing lab on the mezzanine in Butler for use by all CUL/IS staff. The sandbox testing lab contains our standard public, staff and Mac workstations as well as an additional Windows staff desktop with open administrative access. These machines can be used at any […]
Category: New Resources
CDRS announces new service for conferences
For Columbia-based organizers of research conferences, the Center for Digital Research and Scholarship (CDRS) now offers support for building a web presence and managing events online. The complete service includes site hosting, design, training, and software enabling easy review of paper submissions, participant registration, and more. Partners can choose from a set of support and […]
Libraries Podcasts on iTunes U!
In early March, the Libraries launched podcast series in iTunes U. Access iTunes U: http://itunes.columbia.edu/ (This will launch the iTunes U software on your computer.) iTunes U on Lweb: www.columbia.edu/library/podcasts <http://www.columbia.edu/library/podcasts> (Learn about and subscribe to the podcasts using any RSS reader.) Current podcasts include: Library Guides & Tours C. V. Starr East Asian Library […]
CUL Style Guide
Is it Web site or website? The Burke Library, or simply Burke Library? How many “Rs” are in Starr? You’ll find answers to these questions and helpful information about how to refer to our buildings, divisions and the usage of common words in the CUL Style Guide. Created in 2006, the style guide is adapted […]
Microsoft Digitization Project Update
In January Columbia University and Microsoft Corporation signed an agreement to digitize a large number of books from the Libraries and make them available to Internet users with the support of the Open Content Alliance (OCA). The first books are now available online through the Internet Archive. To see Columbia’s digital books, go to http://www.archive.org/details/ColumbiaUniversityLibraries. […]
CDRS Launches “Jazz Studies Online”
On March 24, CDRS and the Center for Jazz Studies will formally launch Jazz Studies Online, a web-based resource that will serve as a central portal for the collection and dissemination of scholarly research and educational materials in the new interdisciplinary field of jazz studies. Visit the website at jazzstudiesonline.org. The scholarly and educational content […]
Ellesmere Chaucer Added to Digital Scriptorium
Digital Scriptorium, the online visual catalog of medieval and renaissance manuscripts that unites scattered resources into a tool for teaching and scholarly research, has added forty-five new images to the database from EL 26 C9, the Ellesmere Chaucer at the Huntington Library. “The Ellesmere Chaucer occupies a virtually iconic position in the Anglo-American world, since […]