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SULAIR NEWS – April 16, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Speaking of Computers: Spring 2008 Issue Now Available!
- Parking & Transportation News
- Stanford Professional Publishing Course Offers Tuition Discounts
- Jackson Library to Celebrate 75 Years
- Posters on Display at the Art & Architecture Library
- ***Reference Question of the Week ***
- SULAIR Job Opportunities
1. Speaking of Computers: Spring 2008 Issue Now Available!
Getting restless awaiting the spring '08 issue of Speaking of Computers? Well, the wait is over. Conveniently accessible with the click of your mouse, you can check out Speaking of Computers today at speaking.stanford.edu.
This e-newsletter highlights the latest news in technology-related and computing activities, services, and resources on the Stanford campus. You'll find articles in the spring issue that cover such topics as:
- Upgrades to CourseWork and Stanford Syllabus that allow simultaneous posting of a course syllabus in both systems and more.
- New features for HelpSU that enhance the HelpSU process.
- New/interesting e-resources, including a new American historical newspapers series, a new history and music audio database (American Song), a new Chinese medicine database, and chemistry and engineering e-resources.
- ITS Technology Training’s Training-by-Appointment, offering one-on-one training on the topic of your choice.
- A redesigned Stanford home page, coming in June.
- Socrates catalog records now display the original script for materials in Arabic and Hebrew, with more to come.
- Results of the Stanford undergraduate residence computing survey, which cover personal computing, use of social networking sites like Facebook, and hot issues like file-sharing and copyright.
- A new federated search service launched by Stanford University Libraries.
- And much more!
Note that there are links at the top of the newsletter's home page and at the top of each section's home page to make browsing and printing entire sections easier. You can also browse the table of contents and read the articles of your choice online, or you can print "printer-friendly" copies of individual articles.
"Speaking of Computers" is published at the beginning of Fall, Winter, and Spring Quarters by SULAIR Publications. A publication announcement for each issue of "Speaking of Computers" is also being distributed to those who've requested one at http://speaking.stanford.edu/subscribe.html.
Please send any questions or feedback to eleanor.brown@stanford.edu.
--submitted by Kelly Fields
2. Parking & Transportation News
As the following messages from Parking & Transportation Services suggest:
1. Campus parking will be subject to a continuing sequence of changes, interruptions, and relocations, and
2. The incentives for staff to use alternate commute modes will continue with a variety of offers and opportunities.
- Parking Structure 6 Expected to Open at the End of April
Parking will be displaced at Wilbur Lot, Memorial Lot, and Memorial Way and valet service ends.
Parking Structure 6 (PS-6), off Campus Drive East near the Munger housing project and the Law School, is scheduled to be completed at the end of this month. The new structure will offer 1,180 new parking spaces for commuter, resident ("EA" and "SO" permits) and visitor parking.
As PS-6 opens, the valet service will end at Tresidder Lot (L-39), and there will be a temporary closure of Wilbur South Parking Lot (L-62) for a reconfiguration project. There also will be a permanent closure of the Wilbur-Stern Temporary Lot (located between Stern Hall and Wilbur Hall, adjacent to PS-6).
Alternatives to the Wilbur Lots include PS-6 for "A", "C", and "EA" permit holders, and Wilbur East Parking Lot (L-63), Bowdoin Street parking (between Campus Drive and Stanford Avenue), and Cowell at Bowdoin Parking Lot (L-65) for "C", "EA" and "ES" permit holders.
The Memorial parking lot (L-83), at the corner of Galvez Street and Memorial Way, is expected to close permanently on May 5 due to the expansion of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR). Visitor pay parking will be relocated to Memorial Way. "A" permit parking alternatives include Galvez Street, the Serra West lot (L-90), Lasuen Street, Roth Way, Museum Way, and the Oval.
For more information, please contact Parking Operations at parkingoperations@stanford.edu or 650.723.9362.
- Participate in Our $50 Permit-Return Promotion and $50 Refer-a-Friend Promotion - ($50 for the Commute Club member and $50 for the new member)
Do you currently have a parking permit, and want to return it to join the Commute Club? Now through Friday, May 30, 2008, return your long-term annual "A" or "C" parking permit (must expire on August 31, 2008 or 2009), join the Commute Club, and we'll give you a refund for every full month remaining on your permit plus a $50 bonus if you stay in the program through August 29, 2008. Restrictions apply, so visit our Web site for details: http://transportation.stanford.edu/promo08. Return your permit to Parking & Transportation Services at 340 Bonair Siding, between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Questions? Call us at 650.723.9362.
If you are a current Commute Club member, encourage your friends to join the Commute Club and our "Refer a Friend" program will give you $50 for each person you refer to our program. Restrictions apply, but there is no limit on how many friends you can refer, so start encouraging your friends to return their parking permits today. You'll both win! Visit http://transportation.stanford.edu/alt_transportation/Commute_Club.shtml#refer for details.
--submitted by Andrew Herkovic
3. Stanford Professional Publishing Course Offers Tuition Discounts
The 31st annual Professional Publishing Course, July 12-19 on the Stanford campus, focuses on the digital wave that's radically altering the media world. This week-long course is taught by top U.S. experts in book and magazine publishing, and attracts participants from throughout the U.S. and from 30 countries abroad. Attendees are invited to challenge themselves through classes, case studies, and launch projects, and can look forward to ample opportunity to meet one-on-one with Pub Course faculty throughout the week.
Stanford faculty and staff are eligible for a 20% discount off the cost of tuition, and can receive an additional 10% by submitting an application by April 15. (The regular application deadline is May 15.) STAP funds are accepted.
For more information, please call Melissa Vallejo, Program Coordinator, at 725-4301, or visit the Stanford Publishing Courses Web site at:
http://publishingcourses.stanford.edu/sppc/
--submitted by Lisa Pliscou
4. Jackson Library to Celebrate 75 Years
The Staff of Jackson Library would like to invite you to join in our 75th anniversary celebration. We will be hosting a reception at the library from 5-7pm on April 23. If you plan to attend please RSVP by e-mail Jackson75thRSVP@gsb.stanford.edu or phone (650-721-1365) before April 16.
--submitted by Helen Losch
5. Posters on Display at the Art & Architecture Library
A collection of posters by the artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres (1957-1996) is currently on view in the Art & Architecture Library's Reading Room. The posters are representative of five stacked-paper works designed by Gonzalez-Torres in the early 1990s. Each of the stacks, created by exhibiting institutions according to the artist's specifications, is meant to be interactive: museum visitors are free to take a poster away with them, thereby dispersing the piece into the wider environment. The museum then replenishes the pile; the interaction is therefore dynamic and ongoing.
For an installation view of one of the works, visit:
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/184373
--submitted by Anna Fishaut
6. ***Reference Question of the Week ***
Question: I heard an NPR show on the history of Olympic boycotts, and I was wondering where I could get a transcript of the show?
Answer: One way to locate TV and Radio news transcripts is through LexisNexis.
Select TV and Radio Broadcast Transcripts to Search Within, and
specify the date range for your search. In the Results list, you can
see the sources of your results by clicking on the + sign next to "News
Transcripts" in the left column. From there you can limit your results
list to those from National Public Radio (NPR).
A search for "Olympic boycotts" yields transcripts from NPR, CNN,
ABC, CBS, and more; including a March 27, 2008, All Things Considered
segment titled "The Crossroads of Diplomacy and Sport." This looks like
the one you heard. For the complete answer, visit the Information Center Web site at: https://www.stanford.edu/group/ic/cgi-bin/drupal/content/qa-locating-a-news-transcript
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
7. SULAIR Job Opportunities
SULAIR has the following new positions this week: Design Manager, Stanford University Press
(# 30001)
Evening Supervisor, Loan & Course Reserves Unit, Green Library
(# 29999)
Operations Manager, Scanning Operations
(#
29997)
User Experience Designer
(#
29988)
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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Editor: Eleanor Brown, Eleanor.Brown@stanford.edu
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