Libraries

With grant, libraries make tool to simplify citations

The Columbia Libraries will organize over 1900 citation styles into one easily accessible database.

By Henry Willson | Feb 3 03:40 am ET

Butler to get more 24-hour space starting next week

Starting next Tuesday, Butler Library will add 150 seats to its 24-hour spaces. If enough students fill the seats on Butler's fifth and sixth floors, they will remain open 24 hours a day for future finals periods.

By Karla Jimenez and Ben Gittelson | Dec 6 02:11 am ET

Librarians say 'Om' at Bloomingdale Library

The yoga instructor said she'd like to bring yoga to an underserved population.

By Amanda Stibel | Mar 24 03:32 am ET

Local library cuts hours, but weathers NYC budget slashes

The New York Public Library system has taken a financial hit, but the Morningside Heights branch has gotten off comparatively easy with a reduction in morning hours and no staff cuts.

By Zoha Khan | Nov 16 04:12 am ET

Columbia launches Jewish Studies library

The University, which already has more than 100,000 monograph volumes in its Jewish studies research collections and the second largest collection of Hebrew manuscripts in North America, allotted $2 million toward establishing a Jewish studies librarian position

By Katherine Meduski | Nov 15 03:31 am ET

One person’s trash is another person’s livelihood, anthropologist says

An anthropologist lauds the people who pick up your garbage.

By Ann Chou | Nov 18 03:50 am ET

Laptop Thieves Hit Libraries

Two suspects accused of involvement in separate crimes—a spate of on-campus library computer robberies and a purse theft—were arrested this week by the Department of Public Safety and the New York

By Daniel Amzallag | Feb 8 02:05 am ET

Libraries Upgrade With Tech Improvements

From the time of Herbert Dewey—the Columbia librarian who invented the organizational Dewey decimal system—Columbia University libraries have always been at the forefront of new technology.

By Bianca Isaias | Oct 4 04:09 am ET

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