In recent days we have been offering tours of our library. If you have not had the opportunity yet to attend one, there are more tours scheduled for today and tomorrow, so be sure to catch one, and learn how to find your way around (and pick up on some fun trivia along the way!). […]
Taiwan’s Digital Resources and the Study of Chinese Religious Culture
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Take a tour of Starr
C. V. Starr East Asian Library 300 Kent Hall Library Tours, Fall 2013 Thursday 9/5 @ 11:00 AM Thursday 9/5 @ 3:00 PM Friday 9/6 @ 10:30 AM Saturday 9/7 @ 2:00 PM Monday 9/9 @ 3:00 PM Tuesday 9/10 @ 11:00 AM Tuesday 9/10 @ 3:00 PM Tuesday 9/10 […]
Xu Bing event was great success!
On Tuesday April 30 a dual event entitled "Meeting with Xu Bing and His Work at Columbia" took place in the Starr Library and the EALAC lounge. Guest of honor was the famous Chinese artist Xu Bing, who recently donated one of his artworks Reflections While Reading to the Library. The program started off with […]
Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center (TBRC) releases Core Text Collection 10
Columbia users may now access the contents of another 1,000 Tibetan volumes scanned by the Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center. Since 2006, the C. V. Starr East Asian Library has purchased all ten collections released by the TBRC, thus enabling online access to a total of 10,000 Tibetan volumes (about 7,000 titles). Users can access these […]
New exhibitions in Starr
We currently have selections from two donated collections on exhibit in our library. One collection was received relatively recently, and is on display for the very first time. The other collection was received longer ago, and was on display once before. We hope you will enjoy viewing them both. On view in our reading […]
Tibetan Studies collaboration with U. Toronto
Tibetan Studies Librarian, Dr. Lauran Hartley, will lead the work of coordinating Tibetan-language acquisitions at Columbia and the University of Toronto in a new pilot project. She will also provide research-support services to University of Toronto faculty and students via email, phone and video conferencing and will visit the University of Toronto annually. This international […]
Holiday and Intersession Schedule
The Library will be closed from Saturday December 22 through Tuesday December 25 (Christmas Day) The Library will be open 9:00 AM-7:00 PM from Wednesday December 26 through Friday December 28 The Library will be closed from Saturday December 29 through Tuesday January 1, 2013 (New Year’s Day) During Intersession, January 2-20, the Library will […]
Makino Online Presentations Archive
No less than twelve digital remarks and presentations of last year’s symposium “The Makino Collection at Columbia: the Present and Future of an Archive” have just been made available for online viewing on Columbia’s YouTube channel. They are linked from the symposium’s webpage, and will also be added to an upcoming special section on our […]
First Anniversary of Miwa Kai’s passing
Today, December 10, marks the one-year anniversary of the passing of Ms. Miwa Kai. In her honor we have placed flowers and her memorial photo at the circulation desk of the C. V. Starr East Asian Library. We all miss Ms. Kai for her energy, wit, and smile. Since this is the […]