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Libraries
The Columbia University Libraries system
is among the country’s ten largest academic libraries, with
7.5 million volumes, 84,000 serials, as well as extensive collections
of electronic resources, manuscripts, rare books, microforms, and
other nonprint formats. The collections are organized into twenty-two
libraries, each generally supporting a specific academic or professional
discipline. Lehman Library on Columbia’s Morningside campus
is the primary library associated with SIPA.
Computing Facilities
The Office of Information Technology
supports the computing needs of the SIPA curriculum, students, faculty,
and the administration. SIPA computing provides computing services
that complement those of Columbia University’s Academic Computing
(AcIS). The expansion of SIPA’s computer resources in the
last decade has reflected the transition of international affairs
and public administration from a qualitative to a quantitative science.
In 1995, the lab was named the Picker Computer Center to honor former
SIPA dean Harvey Picker, whose generous gift enabled the School
to expand and upgrade its computer resources. The labs, in addition
to being used for word processing, have also developed into an instructional
facility providing students with the skills needed to compete in
the current job market. Students learn the fundamentals of research
design, measurement, and data analysis using statistical packages.
Computer-based simulations supplement classroom instruction in economics
and security courses, and all students can use the facility for
hands-on training in financial management, cost-benefit analysis,
and accounting.
To meet the school’s increasing
demands, the Computer Center has been upgraded and expanded to an
instructional lab, two lab facilities, and a computer lounge. These
are equipped with 125 Pentium-based systems, a few Macs, and several
laser printers on the Novell network. The labs support programs
such as Microsoft Office, WordPerfect, SPSS, Stata, Aldus Pagemaker,
Quark, Photoshop, and Internet services. SIPA’s computer labs
are open over one hundred hours each week during the academic year.
In addition, students have 24-hour access to computers and laser
printers in the sixth floor computer lounge, and laptop users can
connect to the SIPA network from the student lounge. The labs are
administered by two systems coordinators and a network coordinator
under the supervision of the executive director of Information Technology,
and staffed with twenty-five to thirty trained student consultants.
Environmental MPA students also have access to computer resources
available on the Lamont campus. Both SIPA and Lamont are equipped
with a wireless network.
Recreation: Dodge Physical Fitness Center
The tri-level fitness center located
in the University Hall section of the Dodge Fitness Center is our
most popular facility. The facility is available and supervised
approximately one hundred hours per week and features 7,500 square
feet of state-of-the-art aerobic and anaerobic exercise equipment.
The fitness area is equipped with steppers, cycles, treadmills,
rowing machines, Versa Climbers, elliptical trainers, weight training
circuits, and free weight equipment. All of our cardio equipment
and the strength training equipment was recently replaced or updated.
Two rooms with approximately 5,000 square feet of hardwood floor
exercise space are available for classes in aerobics, body sculpting,
martial arts, yoga, and other scheduled activity. The main gymnasium
floor (9,000 square feet) features an all-purpose surface to accommodate
basketball, volleyball, badminton, indoor soccer, floor hockey,
and virtually any other activity. The one-tenth of a mile running
track is comprised of a molded steel frame and a Mondo rubberized
surface, and our locker rooms provide comfort and equitable accommodations
for men and women.
Uselful Links
The Earth Institute at Columbia
University:
http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/
American Meteorogical Society:
http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS/
Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies
http://www.ceres.org/
U.S. Department of Defense:
http://www.defenselink.mil/
U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.energy.gov/
U.S. Department of Transportation
http://www.dot.gov/
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Insurance
(part of the EPA):
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/
U.S. Federal Emergancy Management Agency:
http://www.fema.gov/
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:
http://www.fws.gov/
U.S. Geographic Survey
http://www.usgs.gov/
U.S. National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/
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