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Barnard Library is open for seating and access to stacks for Barnard and Columbia students, staff, and faculty. Read more about our hours or current Barnard Library services. Questions? Reach out to the virtual circulation & help desk or library@barnard.edu. 

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Welcome to Barnard Library

We are dedicated to intellectual discovery and cross-disciplinary collaboration. We seek to bring together people, ideas, collections and technologies, forming a space and community that serves as a catalyst for knowledge creation and investigation. We provide a wide range of research and scholarly services and programming to create a unique and connected undergraduate library.

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Services

From data analysis to experimental dance, we offer cross-curricular support for research, instruction, media and technology

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Community

Community is at the core of what we do: We aim to be a social and intellectual center that brings scholars and disciplines together

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Spaces

Whether you want quiet corner to study or a studio to shoot a music video, we have room for all types of learning, creativity, and curiosity

Upcoming Events & Workshops

Feb 8

Stillness Lab

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Movement Lab, Milstein Center LL020
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Undesign the Redline

Undesign the Redline @ Barnard is an interactive exhibition combining history, art, and storytelling with community outreach and collaboration in order to reckon with systemic racism by examining the legacy of redlining in Barnard and Columbia’s neighborhood.

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News & Announcements

Rabbit Zines (We've Got a Zine for That: February 2023)

Welcome to a new feature: We've Got a Zine for That! Each month we'll highlight zines with a topical theme. In honor of the water rabbit, the theme for February 2023 is rabbits!

January 23, 2023

DHC Newsletter Vol 1. Issue 3

Hello and welcome back to our third issue of the Barnard Digital Humanities newsletter– and to the end of the year!

December 7, 2022
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@barnlib December 2022

With the temperature outside dropping, BLAIS and the Milstein Center have a variety of events to keep your spirits high. There’s plenty of activities, workshops, movie screenings, and more to keep you warm and learning till the end of the semester!

December 1, 2022
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