Book Treasures for Tractors: The Dispersal of Libraries in Soviet Russia

2012/2013 Book History Colloquium at Columbia University Edward Kasinec Book Treasures for Tractors: The Dispersal of Libraries in Soviet Russia 523 Butler Library, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m The destruction and displacement of cultural treasures has often followed in the wake of political and social revolution. Kasinec’s presentation treats the Soviet government-sponsored sales of art, books, […]

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Cultural Change in the Digital Humanities: Balancing Access, Participation & Security

Tues, Feb.  19  ~  Noon – 1:30 PM 203 Butler Library SPONSORS:  Columbia Libraries Digital Humanities Center and Digital Program Division Free and open to the public. No RSVP required. Arienne M. Dwyer Visiting Professor of Digital Humanities, CUNY Graduate Center Professor of Linguistic Anthropology, University of Kansas Co-Director, Institute for Digital Research in the […]

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Columbia Spectator Archive, 1953-1992, Now Available Online

The Columbia Spectator Archive now includes content from 1953 to 1992, totaling nearly 50,000 pages.  The website, initially launched in Fall 2012,  represents the first phase of a multiyear project to digitize the full run of the Columbia Spectator, Columbia's student newspaper and the second-oldest college daily in the United States. When completed, it will […]

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Workshop: Enhancing Access to Oral History, February 14 at 6PM

Columbia Center for Oral History, the Oral History Master of Arts, and the Digital Humanities Center Presents: Search, Explore, Connect: Enhancing Access to Oral History Thursday, February 14th, 2013 6pm – 8pm 523 Butler Library Free and open to the public. No registration required. The digital age has greatly enhanced opportunities and possibilities for a […]

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Faculty Document Delivery Service Expands Beyond Butler Library

Using the Faculty Document Delivery Service, full-time faculty from the Columbia Morningside campus, Barnard, and Union Theological Seminary now can request electronic delivery of journal articles and book chapters from the general print collections in the Avery, Burke, Business & Economics, Butler, East Asian, Engineering, Geology, Journalism, Lehman Social Sciences, Math, Science & Engineering, and […]

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Deadline Alert: Apply for the Library Research Awards Program by February 15th!

The Columbia University Libraries (CUL) invites applications from scholars and researchers to a program designed to facilitate access to Columbia’s special and unique collections.  CUL will award ten (10) grants of $2500 each on a competitive basis to researchers who can demonstrate a compelling need to consult CUL holdings for their work. For more information on […]

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