Columbia University Libraries joins the international digital preservation community today in celebrating World Digital Preservation Day to recognize the collections preserved, the access maintained and the understanding fostered by preserving digital materials. The commemorative day seeks “to create greater awareness of digital preservation that will translate into a wider understanding which permeates all aspects of society – […]
Curator of Oral History Kimberly Springer Shapes a Collection for Future Researchers
Kimberly Springer, curator of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library’s expansive oral history collections, commemorates past and present events, crafting a meaningful collection of diverse voices for future scholars. […]
Meet Janina Marquordt, Bibliographic Assistant at Diamond Law Library
“My name is Janina Marquordt and I work in technical services, which includes a wide range of tasks and a whole lot of expertise in different areas in order to make materials available through the Libraries. I love being part of that extensive process. Also, as an immigrant, I love learning about different languages and cultures […]
Meet Emily Holmes, Assistant Director of Preservation Reformatting
“My name is Emily Holmes and my expertise extends to all areas of library preservation, with an emphasis on reformatting and digitizing the Libraries’ collections. My favorite part of my career is being able to make Columbia’s world-renowned collections available to people all over the world through digitization and preservation. I also value the opportunity to teach preservation to the next generation […]
Meet Breck Witte, Director of Library Information Technology
“I’m Breck Witte and as Director of Library IT, I’m privileged to lead a team of dedicated and resourceful professionals who provide a range of computing services to the University community. From workstations in our digital centers and other public spaces to CLIO, Borrow Direct, ReCAP discovery to delivery, and related services, our focus is on facilitating discovery […]
Meet Yingwen Huang, Processing Archivist
“I’m Yingwen Huang and I arrange and describe archival collections in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, specifically historical manuscripts and documents in the Chinese language. My interests include East Asian languages, history, and culture. My favorite part of my job is making our collections more accessible to everyone and assisting researchers from all over the world in learning […]
Meet Gustavo Martinez, Library Assistant at Butler Library
“My name is Gustavo Martinez and I work in the Library Information Office in Butler Library where I create alumni cards, take care of overdue fines, assist visitors or scholars in gaining access to the Libraries, and other tasks. My favorite parts of my job are the many people I meet throughout the day and helping them […]
R Open Lab Fall 2018 – Randomness and linear regression
In today’s open lab, we didn’t cover a lot. We first looked at how to generate random samples with certain conditions. Then we did an easy example of linear regression in R. The purpose of this lab is to let attendants understand how randomness works in R and how to use linear regression model for […]
R Open Lab Fall 2018 – R Shiny
If you still haven’t got any idea of how amazing and powerful R can be, here is the time. In this open lab, I introduce my favourite part of R —- R shiny, which is a package to bulid interactive web app for data visualization, dashboard, map interaction and so on. I start from showing […]
Python Open Lab November 9
This week we learned pandas, which is a package built on top of Numpy. It has Dataframe as its core data structure which is very useful for dealing with table data. Dataframe is made up of multidimensional arrays with rows and columns. It supports heterogeneous types and missing data, which is a great feature. Pandas […]