So I've undertaken the project of getting my transfer credits from Columbia fully vetted at UIC which was much easier than I thought it would be. I had thought I had to get descriptions of all the classes, which is no easy feat if you took them 15 years ago (I spent about a month trying with no luck last spring). Turns out I got a sensible and
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Too bad I didn't think to ask my librarian friend who is often in NYC for help. :)
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Yeah, I looked at their website.. maybe it's just that they are in the process of moving, but i couldn't find any finding aids or information on them at all! although archivists are well known for sucking at user services and documentation (although they are getting better it seems).
see at my school we have handy, easy to find info like this:
http://www.lib.umd.edu/mdrm/policies/coursepol2.html
if i was working the desk at columbia i would have helped you. :)
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i think the age of the records makes it hard too. we weren't so digital with our information in 1989. The computerized card catalog at the university was a novelty then, and there sure as hell was no website or online databases.
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