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SULAIR NEWS – March 19, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Special Collections Acquires Late Professor's Renowned Collection of Association Copies
- Web 2.0 Principles and Best Practices Available to Stanford Staff
- Operations Manager Position Filled at the Engineering Library
- Welcome Beth McCullough
- ***Reference Question of the Week ***
- SULAIR Job Opportunities
1. Special Collections Acquires Late Professor's Renowned Collection of Association Copies
Green Library's Special Collections has acquired a nationally renowned collection of old and rare books that belonged to Jay Fliegelman, the William Robertson Coe Professor in American Literature, who died Aug. 14, 2007. Shelley Fisher Fishkin, an English professor and director of the American Studies Program, calls the 258 volumes "one of the most impressive book collections likely to be put up for sale in our time."
For the complete article, visit the Stanford Report online at:
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/march12/oldbooks-031208.html
Reprinted from the March 12, 2008 issue of the Stanford Report.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
2. Web 2.0 Principles and Best Practices Available to Stanford Staff
The Medical Library Association's recent Webcast, "Web 2.0 Principles and Best Practices: Discovering the Participatory Web" is available for online viewing by all Stanford staff through Friday, April 11th.
The goal of this program is to provide a basic understanding of Web 2.0 terminology and concepts, assess the effect of the technology on heath sciences library services, and identify the impact of Web 2.0 services on health care today and in the coming future. (Detailed agenda and speaker bios are available at http://www.mlanet.org/education/distance_ed/web2.0/)
If you are interested in viewing the Webcast, please write to Kim Schwartz, kim.schwartz@stanford.edu.
--submitted by Kim Schwartz
3. Operations Manager Position Filled at the Engineering Library
The Engineering Library welcomes Michael Nack as the Operations Manager for our library. Mike fills the vacancy left by Julie Cain. Mike's 4.5 years experience working as the Operations Manager at SAL1/2 will be particularly useful as we begin to transfer 85% of the Engineering Library collections to SAL3. Mike will also continue with the EP program and develop new online research skills.
Mike is completing his MLIS at San Jose State and has a BA in Political Science from UC Berkeley as well as FAA Certification in Air Frame Technology. Mike starts April 7, 2008.
--submitted by Helen Josephine
4. Welcome Beth McCullough
Please join me in welcoming Beth McCullough as the Learning Spaces Manager for Student Computing. Beth will be responsible for managing the many learning environments provided by Academic Computing and in partnership with some of you -- the central Meyer and Tresidder clusters and classrooms, as well as nearly 80 spaces in the residences.
Beth comes to us from the Information Technology group at San Jose State University Library, where she managed student computing and audiovisual services and developed plans for a new library learning commons. Beth has an MA in Education focusing on educational technologies, and she brings to our team over 12 years experience creating and supporting learner-focused systems, materials, and services.
If you won't be meeting Beth soon some other way (and while she awaits phone service), please drop her an email at mccbeth@stanford.edu or stop by her office in Meyer 240.
--submitted by Rich Holeton
5. ***Reference Question of the Week ***
Question:
Is there a database or some compilation that lists all countries that have been former colonies of a European nation?
Answer:
There is an encyclopedia in the Information Center:
Colonialism: an international, social, cultural, and political encyclopedia: JV22. C65 2003, 3 volumes, Information Center, Green Library
This has very good chronologies, lists and documentation. There is also a good Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism
in the Information Center, with two good Appendices, one listing all
the former colonies and their languages, and one giving a good
chronology: D217 .H57 1991, Information Center, Green Library
There are also two essentially identical lists on the Web, on Wikipedia, and on Answers.com:
List of Former European colonies, which are actually pretty good if you want just a list, broken down by regions of the world.
Also note that there is a call number classification for European
Colonialism: JV, in the Information Center, and Green Stacks. There are
a lot of both general and specific histories under that classification.
For the complete answer, visit the Information Center Web site at:
https://www.stanford.edu/group/ic/cgi-bin/drupal/node/430
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
6. SULAIR Job Opportunities
SULAIR has the following new position this week.
Administrative Associate (Technical Services)
(# 26234)
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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