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Columbia College Prioritization

The Center is grateful for and heartened by the hundreds of letters, emails, and calls that have been received in response to the interim Provost’s recommendation, within the campus-wide Columbia College Prioritization Initiative, that the CBMR be eliminated. The CBMR staff remains hopeful that the recommended elimination will be reversed during the remaining stages of the year-long Prioritization Initiative.

March 2012

The Center is grateful for and heartened by the hundreds of letters, emails, and calls that have been received in response to the interim Provost’s recommendation, within the campus-wide Columbia College Prioritization Initiative, that the CBMR be eliminated. The CBMR staff remains hopeful that the recommended elimination will be reversed during the remaining stages of the year-long Prioritization Initiative. The Academic Team’s assessment and recommendations, which were compiled subsequent to the Provost’s report, were released in mid-March and are very supportive of the CBMR. The Provost’s and Academic Team’s recommendations have now been submitted to Columbia College President, Dr. Warrick Carter, and he in turn will make final recommendations to the Columbia College Board of Trustees. These recommendations will be voted on and the Board will make final decisions in late June 2012.

Please feel free to call 312-369-7559 or write cbmr.contact@colum.edu with questions about the CBMR. Your inquiries will be forwarded as appropriate.

Media Inquiries related to and additional questions about the Prioritization process can be directed to Diane Doyne, Associate VP of Public Relations, Marketing and Advertising at Columbia (phone 312-369-7524, email ddoyne@colum.edu).

Thank you for your interest and support.

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Temporary Relocation of CBMR Reading Room

Because of the renovation of the facade at 618 S. Michigan Avenue, the Center's Library and Archives will move its reading room next door, to the sixth floor of 624 S. Michigan, during the week of April 23, 2012. Service may be interrupted during the move. We expect to occupy the temporary space during the summer months, and then move back to 618 S. Michigan by early fall when the construction is finished.

Because of the renovation of the facade at 618 S. Michigan Avenue, the Center's Library and Archives will move its reading room next door, to the sixth floor of 624 S. Michigan, during the week of April 23, 2012. Service may be interrupted during the move. We expect to occupy the temporary space during the summer months, and then move back to 618 S. Michigan by early fall when the construction is finished.

Only the book collection will be moved to the temporary space. The archival collections and sound recordings will stay in their current stacks, but all research will take place in 624 S. Michigan. Therefore, to minimize delays in retrieving materials, the library staff requests that researchers who want to use archival collections or sound recordings contact us in advance at cbmrref@colum.edu.

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OUR MISSION NEW ON THE SITE TODAY IN BLACK MUSIC HISTORY

Founded at Columbia College Chicago in 1983, The Center for Black Music Research is the only organization of its kind. It exists to illuminate the significant role that black music plays in world culture by serving as a nexus for all who value black music, by promoting scholarly thought and knowledge about black music, and by providing a safe haven for the materials and information that document the black music experience across Africa and the diaspora.

Click the links for information on the CBMR Library and Archives, publications, conferences, and performances.

March 23: New podcast episode, “Mary Watkins’s Five Movements in Color.”

February 8: New podcast episode, “Olly Wilson’s Of Visions and Truth.”

February 6: Partial guide to the CBMR’s analog audio recordings

May 25:
1849 Thomas Greene Wiggins Bethune ("Blind Tom") (pianist and composer) born near Columbus, Ga.