st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”;} Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 1:00 p.m. Jed D. Satow Conference Room of Lerner Hall on Columbia’s Morningside Campus Stuart Shieber James O. Welch, Jr. and Virginia B. Welch Professor of Computer […]
Conference: Saving the History of Printing
Sponsored by the American Printing History Association and Columbia University Libraries. Friday, October 10-Sunday, October 12, 2008 Events held at both the Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street, and Columbia University’s Kellogg Center, 420 West 118th Street. Note: There is a fee for attending, and registration is required. For more information, including the complete conference […]
Council on Library and Information Resources
The RBML submitted a proposal to the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), which established a new grant program for cataloging hidden special collections and archives, in partnership with the Mellon Foundation. The RBML proposes to process, treat, and make available the papers of Amiri Baraka, the poet, writer, and activist. Mr. Baraka has volunteered to […]
The Single Leaf Registry
As part of an application submitted by the University of California, Riverside Libraries to the NEH, the Columbia University Libraries/Information Services is proposing to help make available uncataloged pre-1600 manuscript leaves through a database of images and metadata. The images are of detached pages (single leaves) produced on the continent of Europe and currently in […]
“Reflections on George Arthur Plimpton: The Man and the Collection”
Sponsored by the Friends of the Columbia Libraries Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 6:00 p.m. Robert A. McCaughey Professor of History, Barnard College Jennifer B. Lee Librarian for Public Services & Programs, Rare Book & Manuscript Library Butler Library, Room 523 535 West 114th Street Reception and viewing of the exhibition, “The Tools of Learning: George […]
The Papers of Joseph Pulitzer
The RBML submitted a grant proposal to the NEH requesting support to process, treat, and provide wide access to the Papers of Joseph Pulitzer and those of his newspaper, the New York World. Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911) was one of the most influential American journalist in history. In addition to his historic impact on journalism–including the advent […]
High Impact: Which Factors Really Matter?
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“Charles R. Crane: A Major American Globalist and Philanthropist”
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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 […]
Emerging Technologies Brown Bag
Many of you may remember the series of lunch time discussions called Emerging Technologies Brown Bags (ETBB), started in 2006. A group of staff has come together to revive these discussions, and is pleased to announce the first event (see below). All staff are welcome to join us. The ETBB is an opportunity for Libraries/Information […]