The librarian is: BLOGGING | Journalism Library, Columbia University

Effective Tuesday, 1/17/06, the new hours for the Journalism Library will be:
Monday - Thursday, 1-8 pm
Friday, 1-6 pm
Saturday, 10 am-6 pm
Sunday 2-8 pm

For more info on library hours, during the holidays and at other times, see this page.

Those who have used the Gotham Gazette as a resource for neighborhood reporting may be interested to know that they have a fundraiser going on. While those who donate $250 or more will receive a gift in recognition, isn’t the Gotham Gazette site just a gift in itself? See if you can’t manage a donation of any amount… after all, $10 gets you coffee at Starbucks for a couple of days, but Starbucks doesn’t have the latest NYC campaigns and elections info, or Community Gazettes, or great coverage of immigrants in New York.

Due to the transit strike, some Columbia libraries may have different hours of operation this week. See this page for further information.

The World Health Organization has posted a guide (in PDF format) on covering the flu pandemic. This 24-page handbook provides basic background info on influenza, information on flu research and public health issues, and a section on the role of science journalists in coverage of the pandemic.

During the holidays and winter intersession, the Journalism Library hours will change. Visit our hours page for all the details. For hours at other Columbia libraries, you can look here.

Please note that the Journalism Library will be CLOSED the entire week, December 26-30.

During this time, blog posts may still occur, so watch this space…

Happy New Year!

If you’d like to keep track of the latest acquisitions at Columbia Libraries, try CLIO’s Recent Acquisitions database. It will pull up a list of recently received titles at all of the libraries, or just the one that interests you. And you can sort the list by call number (topic), author, or title.

Free on the web, from LexisNexis (I repeat, this resource is free, not just for subscribers):

As the year winds down, the staff of LexisNexis News has compiled a unique perspective on the people and events that shaped the news this year, the 2005 Year in Review. Journey back to the actual day this year’s top national and international news events occurred. From front page stories to editorials, LexisNexis presents newspaper headlines and stories from around the U.S. and World - the day it happened.

An online version of the National Portrait Gallery’s holdings of Time magazine’s cover portraits, this site can be browsed by category (e.g. Man of the Year) and also includes enhanced features such as biographical sketches and audio clips.

Please note the following scheduled down time for Factiva this Saturday and Sunday:

Factiva will be performing routine maintenance on its servers this weekend. Access to the following Factiva products may be affected at these times.

The ability to search/view Help & FAQs:
US EST: Saturday, December 3rd 8:00 PM to Sunday, December 4th 2:00 AM
GMT: Sunday, December 4th 0100 to 0700

Editorial comment: If you are trying to connect to Factiva between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a Saturday night… you should get out more.