Written by Matthew Gay (CC’26), Student Curatorial Assistant, Rare Book & Manuscript Library Currently on view on the third floor of Butler Library, Streets Taken places the photographs and archival materials of Edward Schwartz from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML) in conversation with new works from MFA candidate Francisco Javier Ramírez. The exhibition […]
Announcing the Fall 2025 Ask A Librarian Interns
The Ask A Librarian Internship Program is excited to welcome the Fall 2025 cohort to Columbia University Libraries. The Ask A Librarian Internship provides Library and Information Science students with paid, hands-on experience in academic librarianship. Interns receive training and support from a librarian supervisor at Columbia in order to assist users through the Ask […]
Learn How to Make the Most of Your Libraries in 15 Minutes
Drop in for a 15-minute introductory session about how to use your libraries: learn about the Libraries’ collections, expert staff, study spaces, trainings and workshops, and more. Stop by Butler Library on August 28 or September 2-4 for sessions that begin every hour from 11 a.m. through 4 p.m. Can’t make it to a session […]
Meet the 2025 Undergraduate Research Award Winners
The Undergraduate Library Research Award, presented by the Science, Engineering, and Social Sciences Libraries, recognizes outstanding use of library resources—including collections, services, spaces, and staff expertise—in sciences, engineering, and social sciences-based assignments, projects, or creative work completed in the past year. Winners submitted 700-800 word essays detailing their research process with library resources, earning prizes […]
Columbia University Libraries Announces 2025 Outstanding Student Worker Award Winners
Columbia University Libraries is pleased to announce 20 recipients of the annual Outstanding Student Worker awards, nominated by Libraries staff from a workforce of nearly 200 students. Each year, the Libraries awards students who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to their work for the organization. “The high caliber of services that the Libraries provides would not […]
“My First Step into Academic Library Work Was at an Ivy League School”: Reflections from Ask a Librarian Intern Sam Ward
Written by Spring 2025 Ask a Librarian Intern Sam Ward When you first start out as a graduate student getting your Master’s in Library and Information Science (MLIS), you don’t necessarily go into it thinking you will have the opportunity to intern at an Ivy League school. However, thanks to the Ask a Librarian internship […]
National Library Week: Meet Dan Woulfin, Computational Research Instruction Librarian
In recognition of National Library Week (April 6-12), we’re highlighting just a few of the librarians that make up a fantastic team of staff who keep our libraries running. Dan Woulfin, Computational Research Instruction Librarian, focuses on teaching computational and other literacies through open workshops, consultations, and classroom instructions for Columbia students, faculty, and staff. […]
National Library Week: Meet Esther Jackson, Scholarly Communications Technologies Librarian
In recognition of National Library Week (April 6-12), we’re highlighting just a few of the librarians that make up a fantastic team of staff who keep our libraries running. Esther Jackson, Scholarly Communications Technologies Librarian, shares how expanding public access to information has been the foundational goal of her career as a librarian and describes how […]
National Library Week: Meet Katherine Prater, Digital Project & Outreach Librarian
In recognition of National Library Week (April 6-12), we’re highlighting just a few of the librarians that make up a fantastic team of staff who keep our libraries running. Katherine Prater, Digital Project & Outreach Librarian, plays a vital role in expanding online access to Avery Library’s special collections and is currently project-managing the Frank […]
National Library Week: Meet Will Vanti, Science & Engineering Librarian
In recognition of National Library Week (April 6-12), we’re highlighting just a few of the librarians that make up a fantastic team of staff who keep our libraries running. To kick off the week, Will Vanti, Science & Engineering Librarian, shares how his experience doing research in science labs inspired him to pursue librarianship and […]