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SULAIR NEWS – September 5, 2003
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Preservation and Access to Electronic Media in Special Collections
- Welcome Wenhao!
- Stanford WorkLife Event on Tuesday, September 9
- SUL/AIR Job Opportunities
1. Preservation and Access to Electronic Media in Special Collections
A number of audio and video recordings in Special Collections were preserved over the summer, thanks to a special funding allocation from Technical Services, the Digital Library Program, Special Collections, and the Humanities Digital Information Service. Ten videos from the R. Buckminster Fuller collection recorded in formats now obsolete and exhibiting signs of deterioration have been transferred and VHS viewing copies are available to researchers. Frequently requested videos from University Archives, including "Ansel Adams and Wallace Stegner, a conversation", a program presented by the Associates of the Stanford University Libraries in October 1982, have also been preserved. A total of 156 audiotapes from the papers of poets Robert Creeley and Allen Ginsberg - representing a total of 210 hours of recorded sound-- have been digitized.
With the help of a data conversion specialist a total of six DVDs and seventy-five CD-ROMs are now available documenting the presidency of the Chilean president Eduardo Frei. These digitized resources are the fruits of a joint digitization project undertaken by Stanford University Libraries and the Fundacion Eduardo Frei in Santiago, Chile. An electronic finding aid to this fascinating collection can be accessed at http://dynaweb.oac.cdlib.org/dynaweb/ead/stanford/mss/msd0001/ .
All of these resources can be accessed via a media workstation recently installed in the Special Collections Reading Room in the Bing Wing. The workstation not only provides a secure environment for accessing copies of original electronic records in the collections; it is also equipped for playing CDs, DVDs, VHS, U-matic, and streaming media players for audio-visual materials.
--submitted by Hannah Frost and Michael Olson
2. Welcome Wenhao!
The Materials Control Unit of the Cataloging & Metadata Services Department would like to welcome Wenhao Cao as our new Materials Control Specialist. As a member of this unit, Wenhao will be participating in a variety of tasks, including the tracking of all materials that go through the department for processing, the cataloging of gifts and bulk materials, the handling of patron requests for in process items, as well as the barcoding of items that are destined for SAL3.
Wenhao comes highly recommended by way of the Hoover East Asia Library and the Jonsson Library of Government Documents, where she had held part time positions. Prior to coming to Stanford, Wenhao worked as an accountant for a Silicon Valley medical devices firm, and before that as a lecturer of Chinese literature in China.
We are very happy to have Wenhao join us. Please drop by Meyer 3rd, Area 370 to say hello.
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ts/tsdepts/cat/units/materials_control/contact_list.html
--submitted by Nancy Lennartsson
3. Stanford WorkLife Event on Tuesday, September 9
You are invited to a WorkLife discussion about ...
Growing Up in a Post 9/11 World
Children today continue to witness troubling world events. Media
coverage of war and terrorism brings fear and uncertainty right into
our living rooms. As the anniversary of September 11th approaches,
join a discussion about how to communicate these unsettling world
events in a way that's appropriate for your child's age and
development.
Date: Tuesday, September 9
Time: 12:00-1:00
Location: Sequoia Room, Tresidder Union
Leader: Karen Friedland-Brown, Parent Education Coordinator, Parent's Place
To register, call 723-2660 or e-mail Denise Bebb at dbebb@stanford.edu
--submitted by Catalina Rodriguez
4. SUL/AIR Job Opportunities
SUL/AIR has the following new positions this week:
For a complete description of open positions within SUL/AIR, visit the Opportunities for Employment page on the Human Resources Web site.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
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