Collection Overview
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The Library of Columbia College Chicago supports the educational needs of twenty-two academic departments at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The collection reflects the nature of the College, which emphasizes visual and performing arts, media and communications within a liberal education context.
The Library maintains strong collections ranging from art, photography, communications, journalism, and film/video to resources in arts management and marketing. We house one of the largest collections of art materials in the Chicago area. The Library's main collections include our general circulating collection, Reference, Periodicals, Special Collections, the College Archives, Audio-Visual, and the Visual Resources Collection. |
the Collection In Numbers
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Unique Collections
- Artists' books
Location: Special Collections (4th floor)
Individualized works created by artists that vary in subject matter, material and display format. - Film and Television Scripts
Location: Special Collections (4th floor)
Supports coursework in screenplay writing and features scripts in various drafts/revisions in script format. - History of Photography Research Collection (microfilm)
Location: Periodicals (2nd floor)
The collection contains the full text of 2,195 monographs and 100 periodicals in English, German, and French published in the Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries. - Music scores
Location: Near Audio-Visual Desk (5th floor)
Selected Broadway musical scores, Classical scores, and fake books - Picture File, Celebrity Photo File, Ad File
Location: Special Collections (4th floor)
Contains photos and images of the above categories, including magazine work by well-known photographers. - Pop-up books and other special format books
Location: Special Collections (4th floor)
Includes multi-dimensional works and miniature books - Robert Enrietto Collection (uncataloged, restricted access)
Location: College Archives (4th floor)
Contains film and TV scripts and related production material from Remington Steele, Hawaii 5-O and others donated by Film/Video faculty member Robert Enrietto. - Teaching Materials Collection
Location: 3rd floor, SE corner
Contains curriculum materials and children's books supporting the Early Childhood Education and Educational Studies programs. Also used by classes in Children's Literature and Children's Book Illustration - Theses
Location: College Archives (2nd floor)
Collection of theses by graduate students of Columbia College Chicago, submitted by the degree granting department.
Other Columbia Collections
- Center for Black Music Research
Location: 623 S. Wabash, Suite 600
Collection is devoted to research, preservation, and dissemination of information about the history of black music on a global scale. - Center for Book & Paper Arts
Location: 1104 S. Wabash, 2nd Floor - Fashion Study Collection
Location: 623 S. Wabash, Suite 600
Collection includes thousands of articles of clothing, textiles, and accessories. In addition to these artifacts, the Collection also includes: publications, patterns, picture files, videos & DVDs, slides.