The Columbia University Libraries received a $15,000 grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation to process and preserve correspondence, financial records, and photographs collected in the University’s Woodlawn Cemetery Archive. The Woodlawn Cemetery Archive documents the history of the grounds, mausoleums, monuments, and operations of this cemetery, which was founded in 1863 in The Bronx […]
New Professional Staff Appointments in the Columbia Libraries
The Columbia University Libraries/Information Services announces the following recent professional staff appointments: William Andersen is the new Digital Repository Assistant in the Center for Digital Research and Scholarship. He is an August 2009 MLS graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Ashlinn Quinn is the Global Learning Senior Program Specialist in the Center for […]
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 […]
CDRS is moving to Lehman Library
In early Fall 2009, the Center for Digital Research and Scholarship (CDRS) will be moving from its downtown location at 330 Fifth Avenue to a brand new suite in Lehman Library. The space, located on the 200 level of the library, is under construction now. The Center’s staff includes Video, Usability Research, Production, Digital Initiatives, […]
New Acquisitions: May-June 2009
The following is a list of recent acquisitions of interest to CUL librarians, information professionals, and staff. All of the titles below are shelved in Butler stacks, unless otherwise noted. Copyright and related issues relevant to digital preservation and dissemination of unpublished pre-1972 sound recordings by libraries and archives / by June M. Besek. KF2996 […]
CUL Chosen to be National Library RDA Test Partner
Columbia has been selected by the US National Libraries RDA Test Steering Committee as one of 26 partners to test the content, benefit and functionality of Resource Description and Access (RDA). RDA is the new cataloging code that is expected to supersede the currently used Anglo-American Cataloging/Rules (AACR2). The 26 partners were chosen to be […]
2009 Librarian Promotions
Congratulations! Colleen Major, Networked Electronic Resources Librarian, Promoted to Rank III Dina Matsoukas, Reference and Education Coordinator, Promoted to Rank III Dana Neacsu, Reference Librarian, Promoted to Rank III John Oliver, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Promoted to Rank II Lea Osborne, Processing Archivist, Promoted to Rank II Neil Romanosky, ILL and Delivery Services Librarian, Promoted […]
New Mellon Award
The Libraries received a $716,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to develop and implement a program for incorporating web content into the Libraries’ collections. Building on the results of a planning grant completed in 2008, the new three-year project will establish best practices for collecting, managing, preserving, and providing access to at-risk digital […]
The Bay and Paul Foundations
The Bay and Paul Foundations awarded a grant to RBML for the care of archives of the Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research. This new grant will pay for graduate students to process the collection. Bay and Paul has been an important contributor to the Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research since 2005. […]
J.C.C. Fund Supports Starr Library
The C. V. Starr East Asian Library received renewed support from the Japanese Chamber of Commerce (J.C.C.) Fund for collection building in the area of Japanese studies. The J.C.C. Fund has contributed to the Starr Library for the past several years. […]