Columbia University Joins Library Simplified

Columbia University has become the first academic library to deploy the Library Simplified (SimplyE) app.

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A limited number of ebooks available from our collections are available now; more will be added on an ongoing basis. 

The best way to see which ebooks are currently available is to download the SimplyE app and add Columbia University Libraries. Users can also click the “Read on SimplyE” link for available titles in a CLIO record. For more help on using SimplyE, see our guide. 

Millions of items from our collections are already accessible online through CLIO, including 40% of our print holdings that are temporarily available digitally due to COVID-19. With SimplyE, even more books are available in a streamlined digital format, though they will also continue to remain available in other formats through publishers.

RF congratulates Columbia for being the first to adopt the “One App to Rule Them All” and hopes the student and faculty experience will be enhanced by having one place to see most content.