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SULAIR NEWS – December 12, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Update on 2007 W-2 Form Distribution
- SULAIR Technology Chalk Talk on Federated Searching Prototypes - Thursday, December 13 at 2 PM
- ***Reference Question of the Week ***
- SULAIR Job Opportunities
1. Update on 2007 W-2 Form Distribution
Remember to verify your mailing address prior to December 31 to ensure timely delivery of your 2007 W-2. Visit StanfordYou to view and/or update your mailing address.
Alternatively, you may opt for online delivery of your 2007 W-2 via Axess. From the Employee Information Tab, click the W-2 Tax Form link located in the Financial Information menu (this is on the left side of the screen). Online W-2 Forms will be available by Friday, January 18 and may be downloaded into most tax preparation software programs.
Additional enrollment instructions are available at:
http://financialgateway.stanford.edu/staff/payemployee/quick_steps/elect_online_w2delivery.html
If you have additional questions, please submit a HelpSU ticket at http://helpsu.stanford.edu (Category: Central Offices, Type: Payroll)
--submitted by Malini Prakash
2. SULAIR Technology Chalk Talk on Federated Searching Prototypes - Thursday, December 13 at 2 PM
Tomorrow, on Thursday, December 13 at 2 PM, the SULAIR Technology Chalk Talk will feature Grace Baysinger, Phil Schreur and Tom Cramer, presenting on SULAIR's pilot with Deep Web Technologies' federated search tool.
What: Federated Search at SULAIR with Deep Web Technologies - SULAIR Technology Chalk Talk
When: Thursday, 12/13, 2 - 3 PM
Where: Green Library, SSRC Seminar Room
Federated searching is a strategy for simultaneously searching a number of online resources and pooling the results into one interfiled result set. SULAIR is experimenting with federated searching as a means of giving scholars a broad view of disparate resources held across many different, isolated systems.
For this pilot, we are working with Deep Web Technologies. The company's federated searching system, Explorit Research Accelerator, is currently powering a number of science, technology and government search portals, including Scitopia.org and Science.gov.
This talk will focus on this implementation of federated searching at Stanford, a demo of Deep Web Technologies' tool against three separate sets of resources, and a group discussion and evaluation of the richest veins to pursue.
You can view and evaluate all three prototypes now by following the links below:
"Top 10" Databases at Stanford
https://deepweb.stanford.edu/su/search.html?viewId=3
All Library Catalogs at Stanford
https://deepweb.stanford.edu/su/search.html?viewId=2
Locally Digitized Collections at Stanford
https://deepweb.stanford.edu/su/search.html?viewId=4
--submitted by Tom Cramer
3. ***Reference Question of the Week ***
Question: How can I find records of votes, member by member, for the House of Commons in the 19th Century?
Answer: Whenever a "Division"
or roll call vote was taken, a list was usually made, with all the
members on each side, in alphabetical order. An important point:
Divisions weren't always taken for the votes on bills, even very
important bills. A division was taken only if there was a challenge to
the conclusion of the Chair as to a yea or nea voice vote. For the 19th
Century, these were sometimes included in the Parliamentary [Sessional]
Papers, as Votes and Proceedings, but not in the Debates. The Debates
register the fact that a division was taken, and gives a Division List
number, if it exists, and sometimes the total votes, but not often the
list itself. As a rule, these detailed lists of members' votes were not
included in the bound sets of the Parliamentary Papers. Over time, they
were placed in various locations of the Commons business: sometimes in
Votes and Proceedings, sometimes as a separate publication. The
Parliament didn't start keeping an official record of members' votes
until 1836. Before that date, there were many unofficial lists, usually
in newspaper accounts or in random letters and manuscripts. For a very
interesting account of all this, plus detailed records for member votes
for the late 18th and early 19th centuries, see Voting Records of the British House of Commons, 1761-1820, by Donald E. Ginter.
We have an online version of the 19th Century House of Commons Papers, as well as a microfiche set of the Papers published by Chadwyck-Healey.
For the complete answer, visit the Information Center Web site at:
https://www.stanford.edu/group/ic/cgi-bin/drupal/node/16
To contribute to the Reference Question of the Week feature of SULAIR News, submit your question and answer through the SULAIR News online submission form at: http://sulairnews.stanford.edu/issues/submit/submit.jsp.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
4. SULAIR Job Opportunities
SULAIR has the following new positions this week:
LOCKSS Program Software Developer
(# 28426)
Learning Spaces Manager
(# 28375)
For a complete description of open positions within SULAIR, go to the Stanford Jobs page and type University Libraries in the Job Search box at the bottom of the page.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
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