Breaking the Code – The Developing Librarian Project

Here’s a list of some of the resources we’ve learned about over the past several months. This list will grow over time, so come back! Feel free to add additional resources in the comments, too.

Harvard Law School’s library created this useful guide to public domain the_content: Finding Public Domain & Creative Commons Media, including the image resource Pixabay.
The Library of Congress’ GG Bain Collection includes photographs from an early news service. LC notes that ‘images from their photographic collections … have no known copyright restrictions.’
The Library of Congress also offers the Chronicling America collection, which includes a wealth of public domain newspapers and periodicals.
The Digital Public Library of America has a wealth of content.
Morningside Heights photos from the Museum of the City of New York.
Harold Vincent Milligan papers at New York Public Library (Milligan was the organist at Riverside Church)

Other useful resources:

Google’s introduction to design principles.

Author: Karen Green

Karen Green has worked at the Columbia University Libraries as librarian for Ancient & Medieval History since 2002, and has been the Graphic Novels librarian since 2005. In 2015, she also became adjunct curator for Comics and Cartoons in Columbia’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library. She has a B.A. from NYU in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, an M.A. and M.Phil. from Columbia University in Medieval History, and an M.L.I.S. from Rutgers University. Karen believes that no one is defined by the relatively narrow set of interests that constitute their official job responsibilities (evidenced, at the very least, by her expansion into comics three years into her job at Columbia). Having lived in New York City since 1978, and loved the city since first visiting in 1969, she is particularly excited by the historical exploration that drives the Morningside Project. Her subject of inquiry is the Lion Brewery, once situated on Columbus Avenue between 107th and 109th Streets, a choice driven in part by her fifteen years as a bartender in NYC (1978-1993). View all posts by Karen Green