Hired on 3/16/09- Bitton Yoram, Bib Control Dept, Hebrew Manuscript Project Cataloger Hired on 4/13/09- Eric Wakin, Rare Book & Manuscript, Lehman Curator for American History Hired on 3/30/09- Ronald Chielli, Information Technology, User Services Consultant B […]
Professional Staff Meeting this Friday, May 8
The next Professional Staff meeting will be held this Friday, May 8, 9:00-10:30. It will be held in the Kellogg Room, located on the 15th Floor of the School of International Affairs Building (SIPA). Friday’s Agenda: * 9:00-9:30: Breakfast, etc. * 9:30-10:00: Jennifer Rutner discusses findings from LibQUAL+ * 10:00-10:30: Jim Neal, library-wide updates We […]
New Acquisitions: March-April 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. CUL AUTHOR ALERT! Staff development strategies that work!: stories and strategies from new librarians / edited by Georgie L. Donovan and Miguel A. Figueroa. Z682.35.V62 […]
Staff Activities
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 […]
Kress Funds Museum License Study
The Copyright Advisory Office received a grant from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to undertake a study analyzing license agreements from a sample of museums. The purpose of this project is to compare copyright law as it applies to providing photographic reproductions or other images of art objects in museum collections for use in research, […]
Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Art Studies
The C. V. Starr East Asian Library was awarded partial funding from the Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Art Studies to acquire a series of compilations of Japanese art exhibition catalogs from 1868 to 1945. These primary resources publish illustrations, articles, and descriptions of items and are important to the art history of the period. […]
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 […]
Welcome, and Farewell
Hired on 2/2/09; Farris Wahbeh, Project Archivist, Rare Book & Manuscript Library Hired on 2/24/09; Kaoukab Chebaro, Middle East & Islamic Studies Librarian, Area Studies Library Retired 2/20/09; Man Ok Kim, Bibliographic Assistant, Starr East Asian Library […]
Women’s History Month Exhibit
March is Women’s History Month. With the help of Tony Arevalo, we are mounting a small display in the Butler Lobby relating to Women, Butler Library and Columbia College. The display was part of the student celebration of Women’s History Month. A student group held an event on March 3rd focusing on a banner that […]
CCLIP Update – March 2009
Below are a few updates we mentioned at the most recent Professional Staff meeting (Feb. 27): Chair for 2009: I (John Oliver, jo2203@columbia.edu) will be serving as Chair of the Committee for Columbia Library and Information Professionals (CCLIP). Changes in constituent representation: We will no longer maintain direct assignments between individuals/divisions and CCLIP representatives. If you have […]