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SULAIR NEWS – March 26, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Need Articles for SULAIR News
- John Bickar Publishes Article in Learning & Leading with Technology
- ***Reference Question of the Week ***
- SULAIR Job Opportunities
1. Need Articles for SULAIR News
Just a reminder that SULAIR News is a useful communication tool only if SULAIR staff contribute articles. If you have work-related items that would be of interest to all staff, please submit them via the online submission system at:
http://sulairnews.stanford.edu/issues/submit/submissions.jsp
Example topics include new projects or project updates, new SULAIR staff, significant acquisitions, and all-staff announcements.
More information about submitting a SULAIR News article is on the Web at:
http://library.stanford.edu/about_sulair/for_sul_staff/subm.html
--submitted by Eleanor Brown
2. John Bickar Publishes Article in Learning & Leading with Technology
Cubberley's own John Bickar has an article entitled "Making Field Trips Podtastic!" in the latest (March/April 2008) issue of Learning & Leading with Technology on pp. 18-21. Written with two other graduates of Harvard's Graduate School of Education, this article describes "a wireless, hand-held field trip" to the Boston Museum of Science that they designed. "By supplementing the podcast with the capabilities of the handheld computer, students can increase their interaction, enhance their engagement, and customize their learning experiences at the museum."
--submitted by Kathy Kerns
3. ***Reference Question of the Week ***
Question: I am looking for documents regarding the
CIA's plot to poison Fidel Castro in order to get rid of his beard. The
plot was to put thallium salts into his shoes. The plot is included in
declassified CIA documents that I believe the library has in microfiche
form.
Answer: The best place to start your search is the Digital National Security Archive. You will find many documents on this topic under Castro Assassination Plots and Operation Mongoose.
It's difficult to find the specific document without reading through
collections because they are not full text searchable. Also we have the
archive in microfiche format. One example is "Cuban missile crisis, 1962"
For the complete answer, visit the Information Center Web site at:
https://www.stanford.edu/group/ic/cgi-bin/drupal/category/subject/fidel-castro
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 position this week.
CourseWork Lead Quality Assurance Engineer
( #29659)
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
SULAIR News is an electronic publication of Stanford University
Libraries and Academic Information Resources issued weekly. Copy deadline is
12:00 NOON Friday for publication on the following Wednesday. Submit items for
publication via the online submission system.
Editor: Eleanor Brown, Eleanor.Brown@stanford.edu
