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In the field of European Studies, Columbia’s libraries hold more than 2 million volumes, 3000 periodicals, and thousands of archival documents.
University librarians specialize in a number of areas—from German literature to Russian history—and are available to assist Columbia faculty and students. Primary LibrariesAvery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Avery Library holds books and periodicals in architecture, historic preservation, art history, painting, sculpture, photography, city planning, and archaeology. The architectural and fine arts components are non-circulating. Materials in the Ware Collection, mainly books on urban planning and real estate development, do circulate. Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary Burke Library, the largest theological library in the western hemisphere, contains rich collections for theological study and research as well as includes extensive holdings of unique and special materials. Butler Library Butler Library houses the University's collections in the humanities, with particular strengths in history, government, literature, philosophy, and religion. Gabe M. Wiener Music and Arts Library The Wiener Library's collection includes printed items, music scores, sound and video recordings, and multi-media titles. Lehman Social Science Library Lehman Library holds materials acquired by Columbia libraries since 1974 in political science, sociology, anthropology, journalism, environmental science, and international relations. Special CollectionsAncient and Medieval Studies Reading Room This Reading Room provides researchers with an extensive selection of primary texts as well as commentaries, concordances, and reference works useful in ancient and medieval studies. Bakhmeteff Archive of Russian and East European Culture The Bakhmeteff Archive is one of the largest repositories of Russian émigré materials in the United States. Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research CHRDR supports the community of teachers, researchers, and advocates working in the multidisciplinary sphere of Human Rights. The Center develops global collections – primary and secondary resources, as well as archival collections and internal records from human rights organizations – and enhances the visibility and accessibility of these collections through high-profile programs, collaborative projects, and library services. Oral History Research Office The Oral History Research Office is the oldest and largest oral history program in the world. Founded in 1948 by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Allan Nevins, this collection now contains nearly 8,000 taped memoirs, and nearly 1,000,000 pages of transcript. These memoirs include interviews with a wide variety of historical figures. Rare Book and Manuscript Library RBM, the home of many of Columbia's greatest treasures, is housed on the sixth floor of Butler Library. The range of the library's holdings spans more than 4,000 years, from cylinder seals created in Mesopotamia to artists' books on which the ink is barely dry. In addition to printed and manuscript resources, the library contains cuneiform tablets, papyri, ostraca, astronomical and mathematical instruments, maps, works of art, photographs, posters, early printing presses and papermaking equipment, type specimens, sound and moving image recordings, theater set models, puppets, masks, and memorabilia. Specialists
Robert H. Davis, Russian, Eurasian & East European Studies Librarian
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