“I’m Solangel Rosario, but my colleagues call me Sol. I maintain the physical collection of books and law materials at the library. My expertise includes working knowledge of nearly five languages including French, which is the language I specialize in. My favorite part of my job in the Libraries is interacting with the global community of staff […]
GRAMMY Museum Grant Program Awards $200,000 For Music Research And Sound Preservation, including $20,000 to Columbia University Libraries
The GRAMMY Museum® Grant Program announced this week that $200,000 in grants will be awarded to 14 recipients in the United States and Canada to help facilitate a range of research on a variety of subjects, as well as support a number of archiving and preservation programs. Among this year’s recipients, Columbia University Libraries will […]
2018 Recipients of the Libraries’ Outstanding Student Employee Award
Several individuals from a student workforce of more than 300 were recognized with the 2018 Outstanding Student Employee Award. These students have demonstrated exceptional commitment to their work and are recognized for their numerous contributions to our Libraries. Molly Boord (General Studies), Rare Book & Manuscript Library Kate Burt (School of Engineering and Applied Science), […]
What’s Happening with Barnard Library in Spring/Summer 2018
Great news! Barnard’s new Milstein Teaching and Learning Center opens in September 2018. Because moving presents some logistical challenges, including restoring books and archival materials to their shelves and the library catalog, the Barnard Library will suspend access to some services and resources for a time this summer. If you are a Barnard library user, […]
Libraries Receives CLIR Recordings at Risk Grant for Bob Fass Collection
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) today announced that Columbia University Libraries has been awarded a Recordings at Risk grant to support the digitization of the recently acquired Bob Fass collection. Columbia will preserve and provide access to almost two decades’ worth of audiotapes from the archive of groundbreaking broadcaster Bob Fass. A […]
ReCAP Accessions 15 Millionth Item
The country’s largest offsite library shelving facility, the Research Collections and Preservation Consortium (ReCAP), now holds over 15 million items. ReCAP’s 15 millionth item, “Object lessons & the formation of knowledge : the University of Michigan museums, libraries, & collections 1817-2017,” was accessioned April 27, 2018. In September, the consortium members launched a Shared Collection […]
Columbia Magazine Comic about Curator for Comics & Cartoons Karen Green Nominated for an Eisner Award
Our favorite comic is up for an Eisner Award! “A Life in Comics,” published in the Summer 2017 issue of Columbia Magazine, was created by cartoonist and Teachers College alum Nick Sousanis and traces the unconventional path taken by librarian Karen Green which led to an unconventional career as Columbia Libraries’ first-ever Curator for Comics & […]
Columbia Libraries Partners with Design for America to Address Stress Culture in Butler Library
The Design for America project with Columbia Libraries is a student-led effort working alongside administrators and staff in Butler Library with a mission to improve the student experience at Butler. Based on the results of a survey of more than 200 current students, DFA x CU Libs has prioritized promoting healthy study habits, comfort, and […]
Python Open Labs: April 23, 2018
Today was the last Python Open Lab of the semester – congrats to all of the students who have made it this far and picked up skills in a new programming language! Over the course of the semester, we’ve been learning the basics of Python: how to initialize lists, create dictionaries, iterate through items, and define […]
Spring 2018 R Open Lab: Advanced Visualization
Apr 18 Today we will explore the advanced data visualization in R. First, we will review the basic graphic functions in R and learn how to use additional parameters to achieve different goals. Then, we will introduce the powerful package ggplot2. Here are the codes: # Quick review of basic visualization library(ggplot2) plot(diamonds$carat, diamonds$price, main […]