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Libraries and Computing
The Columbia University Library system is one of
the nation’s ten largest academic libraries, with holdings totaling more than
9.3 million volumes, 6.2 million units of microfilm, 28 million manuscript items
in 1,700 separate collections, 48,000
currently received serial titles and more than 600,000 rare books. The Library’s
collections are housed in 25 libraries, located on both campuses, as well as at
the libraries of Union Theological Seminary, Teachers College and the
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. In addition to the extensive on-campus
collections, Columbia students have free access to the entire New York Public
Library system. Contact the Library for information on access to New York
University and Princeton libraries at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/.
The
University’s libraries are organized into three main divisions: Humanities and
History, Science and Engineering, and Social Sciences. Beyond these general
collections, the University is also home to a number of distinctive collections,
including Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, which includes the Rare
Book and Manuscript Library; the Bakhmeteff Archive of Russian and East European
History and Culture; the C.V. Starr East Asian Library; and the Oral History
Collection, which was the first of its kind in the United States.
Columbia University Information Technology (CUIT) provides centralized
information delivery, computing and network services to the University. CUIT
facilities include a large central cluster of networked UNIX timesharing
computers for instruction and research as well as Macintosh, Windows and UNIX
workstations. Over 400 workstations and terminals around campus can be used for
student work or to access Columbia’s Digital Library, Internet resources, and
central systems. Over 200 public network jacks allow students to connect their
laptops to the University’s network. CUIT offers free electronic mail and World
Wide Web space to students, faculty and staff allowing them to correspond
world-wide, as well as publish on the Internet. With the Libraries, CUIT also
supports the Electronic Data Service (EDS), which provides access to thousands
of numerical datasets in the social and health sciences for secondary analysis.
A Computing Support Center and Help Desk are available as well as student
consultants in several computer labs. For more information on CUIT facilities
and services, see http://www.columbia.edu/cuit/.
Beyond
the resources of CUIT, many departments and divisions of the University maintain
separate systems for academic work. Most of these systems are also accessible
through the campus-wide network. For information on computing on the Health
Sciences campus, see http://www.cubhis.org/.
Other Opportunities for Research and Instruction
For detailed
information on institutes, centers, and other opportunities for research and
instruction available to the University community, please see click http://www.columbia.edu/research/research_institutes.html.
Regional Institutes and the School of International and
Public Affairs
The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and
the seven regional institutes (Institute of African Studies, East Asian
Institute, W. Averell Harriman Institute, Institute of Latin American Studies,
Middle East Institute, Southern Asian Institute, The European Institute), which are staffed by Columbia faculty, have as their purpose the
strengthening of University programs in international and regional studies.
Bulletins describing the programs of the School of International and Public
Affairs and the regional institutes are available on request from the SIPA
Office of Admissions, 420 West 118th Street, Mail Code 3325, Columbia
University, New York, NY 10027. The institutes provide intensive
training for a small number of experts and scholars who plan to devote their
efforts to teaching, research or careers relating to a major world area. Each
institute offers an interdisciplinary program leading to a certificate, which
includes work in history, political institutions, economics and international
relations, with additional work in literature, sociology, anthropology, music,
art and related subjects. Each institute requires either a working knowledge of,
or further training in, one or more languages relevant to its region of the
world.
The Exchange Scholar Program
The Exchange Scholar
Program enables a graduate student enrolled in a Ph.D. program in one of the 31
arts and sciences departments at Columbia to study at one of the following
graduate schools: University of California at Berkeley, Brown University,
University of Chicago, Cornell University, Harvard University, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania,
Stanford University and Yale University. Students may study at one of these
schools for a limited period of time in order to take advantage of particular
educational opportunities not available at Columbia. This exchange, however, is
not available for summer courses.Students in free-standing master’s programs are not eligible to
participate in the Exchange Scholar Program.
Inter-University Doctoral
Consortium
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is a member of the
Inter-University Doctoral Consortium, which provides for cross-registration
among member institutions. Matriculated Ph.D. candidates in the Graduate School
of Arts and Sciences may register for courses at the CUNY Graduate Center,
Fordham University, the New School University, New York University,
Princeton University, Rutgers University, Stony Brook University and Teachers
College. This program, however, is not available for summer courses.Students in free-standing master’s programs
are not eligible to participate in the Inter-University Doctoral Consortium.
Jewish Theological Seminary Course Exchange
GSAS students in
the humanities and social sciences may take any graduate course offered by the
Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) except those which JTS places on a restricted
list each year. Further information regarding the program is available in 205
Philosophy Hall.
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