Russell Hall
Teachers College, Columbia University
525 West 120th Street
New York, NY 10027
Russell Hall. Library. Curriculum Reading Room (Floor 5). Historical Photographs of Teachers College. Courtesy of Gottesman Libraries.
Becca Gates, Research and Instruction Librarian
Here you will find information about how to get started with research, whether you are a seasoned scholar or brand new to the process.
But first, what is a Library?
Libraries can be defined in many different ways, as demonstrated by the quote below. The Gottesman Libraries specifically are the main form of support for information collection, retrieval, and development at Teachers College. We are housed in Russell Hall and our library began with our physical research collection which can be found in the stacks (definition below) on each floor. Now, we maintain many different physical and digital resources, provide physical spaces for study, host educational and entertaining events, and much more. Think of the library as the hub of information at TC. Below you will find key terms associated with Libraries, definitions are drawn from the Multilingual Glossary for Today's Library Users by the Instruction Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) unless otherwise noted.
September, 2024