Damon Jaggars, Associate University Librarian for Collections and Services, spoke at the ACRL/NY Annual Symposium 2009 in December: http://acrlnysymp09.wordpress.com/program/ . He also recently published “Comparing Service Priorities Between Staff and Users in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Member Libraries,” /portal: Libraries and the Academy/, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2009, pp. 441-452 (with Shanna Smith Jaggars […]
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Staff Activities
st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Jaclyn Barcewski, Scholarly Communication Program Intern, is pursuing her MLS at Pratt Institute and most recently worked as a Library Assistant at The New Yorker. Kenneth Crews received a grant from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation for the study of library and museum licensing practices, especially in regard to the licensing of images […]
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The Music & Arts Library donated duplicate and withdrawn scores to The Drawing Center in Soho for use in The Big Draw, the annual public art event co-produced with The River to River Festival which was held this year on July 21. Held at the World Financial Center Winter Garden, the public was invited to […]
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Elizabeth Davis, Head of the Gabe M. Wiener Music & Arts Library, will present a paper at the annual meeting of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres held in Amsterdam in July 2009. Its title is A Force for American Music: The Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University and draws […]
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Nancy E. Friedland, Librarian for Butler Media, Film Studies & Performing Arts was recently elected to serve on the Theatre Library Association Board for a second, non-consecutive, term. Katie L.B. Henningson, a Library Assistant I currently working on the New York Chamber of Commerce Records, has won a fellowship with the ARL Career Enhancement Program. […]
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Rick Block, head of special collections and metadata cataloging, is the recipient of Library Journal‘s 2008 Teaching Award. Block teaches at the Palmer School of Library & Information Science at Long Island University, Brookville, NY, and at the School of Information and Library Science at Pratt Institute in New York City. Read more about the […]
Chris Sala, recipient of the New Directions Award, describes her tour of Dutch libraries
At the end of October, Chris Sala, Architecture Bibliographer, attended the Study Tour of the Netherlands sponsored by the International Relations Committee of the Arts Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA). She joined them thanks to the Librarian III/New Directions Award. Five days. Five cities. Twelve libraries. Chris describes a few of the highlights of […]
RBML GAs Win Contest
A team from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library recently won first place in the Smith Annual Pimp My Bookcart competition. Check it out: http://www.unshelved.com/PimpMyBookcart/2008/ Said Iwalani Wall, “I’m so proud! The students involved were Ben Heller (CC ’09), Nate Trunnell (CC ’10), Darragh Martin (Theater, PHD candidate CU), Andrea Vazquez (MA School of Arts […]
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Jeff Carroll, Terry Kirchner and Jennifer Rutner attended the Library Assessment Conference at the University of Washington in Seattle, where they presented a poster session, “Building an Assessment Program @ Columbia University Libraries: Year One.” Jennifer also spoke on a panel about developing and implementing assessment plans. Karen Kapp just completed her master’s degree and […]
Kathleen Dreyer recognized for achievement in academic business librarianship
Kathleen Dreyer has received the first Achievement in Academic Business Librarianship Award, administered through the Business & Finance Division of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). The inaugural award was presented to Dreyer, at the 2008 Special Libraries Association Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington. The award recognizes the accomplishments of librarians who are new to the […]