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SULAIR NEWS – August 13, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- To Choose Freedom: Soviet Dissidents and Their Supporters Exhibit
- Reminder About Publication Schedule for SULAIR News
- 2008-2009 Parking Permits & Commute Club Memberships
- New Staff for University Archives
- SULAIR's Fred Kotas Wins Commuter Drawing
- Shinjoung Yeo Accepts Full Fellowship to GSLiS at UIUC
- *** Reference Question of the Week ***
- SULAIR Job Opportunities
1. To Choose Freedom: Soviet Dissidents and Their Supporters Exhibit
A new exhibit, To Choose Freedom: Soviet Dissidents and Their Supporters, opened in April in conjunction with an international symposium Building on Success: The Soviet Dissident Movement and American Foreign Policy during the 1980s, organized by former dissident and Hoover distinguished visiting fellow Yuri Yarim-Agaev. The exhibit, inspired by Yarim-Agaev, draws on many collections from the Hoover Library and Archives and focuses on the struggle for human rights in the last decades of the Soviet Union.
Highlights include Yarim-Agaev's notes taken in Moscow's Lefortovo prison during his interrogation by the KGB, two days before he was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1980, and a photograph of President Ronald Reagan welcoming him and recently released Yuri Orlov to the White House the day before Reagan was to meet with Mikhail Gorbachev in Reykjavik in October 1986; a 1977 hour-long interview of former dissident and symposium participant Vladimir Bukovskii by the late William F. Buckley on Firing Line; a tiny version of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago for underground circulation; a photograph of Anatoly Shcharansky crossing the Glienicke Bridge in Berlin in 1986, walking towards freedom after eleven years of incarceration; a photograph of Arina Ginzburg, wife of imprisoned dissident Aleksandr Ginzburg, calling the U.S. embassy in Moscow from a phone booth while a KGB woman watches; an exchange of New Year's greetings in 1985/1986 between Andrei Sakharov (still confined in Gorki) and Sidney Drell, American physicist and Hoover senior fellow and an ardent champion of Sakharov.
The Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit Pavilion is located next to the Hoover Tower at Stanford University and this exhibit runs through October 25th, 2008, Tuesday through Saturday, 11am to 4pm. Free admission, open to the public.
http://www.hoover.org/hila/exhibits/17264409.html
--submitted by Nick Siekierski
2. Reminder About Publication Schedule for SULAIR News
The next issue of SULAIR News will be September 10, 2008. Beginning with the September 10 issue, SULAIR News will return to its weekly publication schedule.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
3. 2008-2009 Parking Permits & Commute Club Memberships
According to the August P&TS eUpdate, the time has come:
Apply online today for 2008-09 parking permits or Commute Club memberships
P&TS office hours extended to 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 26 - Aug. 28
It is time to renew or apply for your 2008-09 parking permit or enroll in the Commute Club for 2008-09. Commute Club members receive up to $282 in Clean Air Cash or Carpool Credit in 2008-09. Current parking permits expire on Aug. 31, and there will be no formal grace period. Permit holders need to display their new parking stickers as of Sept. 1. To see 2008-09 permit rates, visit http://transportation.stanford.edu/parking_info/ParkingInformation.shtml#prices.
Select one of the following ways to apply:
1. Online: http://transportation.stanford.edu/orders
2. Fax: 650.724.8676
3. Email (scanned application): transportation@stanford.edu
4. Mail or in person:
340 Bonair Siding (Mail Code 7255)
Stanford, CA 94305-7255
The most convenient option is to request your parking permit online (http://transportation.stanford.edu/orders) by August 15, and request "mail delivery" to avoid a trip to the P&TS office and the long lines associated with the new academic year. If you select "will-call," permits will be available at the P&TS office 5 to 10 days after your application is received. You will be notified when your permit is available for pickup.
Over-the-counter sales are available from 7:30 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday. Parking & Transportation Services office hours will be extended to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 26, Wednesday, Aug. 27, and Thursday, Aug. 28. For more information, call 650.723.9362 or send email to transportation@stanford.edu. Application forms are available at http://transportation.stanford.edu/maps_forms_apps/MapsForms.shtml#forms-apps.
Before you purchase a permit, consider the alternatives, especially in light of high gas prices and increased parking permit costs. Join the Commute Club to receive up to $282 in Clean Air Cash or Carpool Credit in 2008-09. For information about the Commute Club or to request help planning your alternative commute, send an email to commuteclub@stanford.edu.
--submitted by Andrew Herkovic
4. New Staff for University Archives
The University Archives is Stanford's most important instrument for preserving its history as well as the legacies of its faculty and alumni. Stanford's dramatic expansion of its academic programs and research activities in recent years has brought new challenges for the Archives' program of collection development. While fundraising for the endowment of the University Archivist is underway, the Office of the President has recognized the immediate need for increased staffing in the Archives to meet these challenges. Two positions, Assistant University Archivist and Archives Specialist, have been funded for eighteen months. We are pleased to announce the following appointments to these positions.
Assistant University Archivist
Aimee L. Morgan has been appointed as Assistant University Archivist effective September 2, 2008. Aimee will report to and work with Maggie Kimball, University Archivist, in the Department of Special Collections & University Archives. Aimee received her Master of Science in Information Science and Master of Arts in History from the University at Albany, State University of New York with concentrations in archives and records administration and U.S. social and cultural history. She received her undergraduate degree in English from Cornell University. Aimee will come to Stanford from the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco where she served as the archives and digital collections librarian. Prior to her San Francisco position, Aimee served as the curator of archives and manuscripts at the Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Aimee is professionally active in the Society of American Archivists and the Society of California Archivists.
University Archives Specialist
Jennifer E. Johnson joined the staff of the Stanford University Archives April 21st as Archives Specialist and hit the ground running during a busy spring quarter. Jenny reports to Maggie Kimball and works closely with other University Archives staff in the Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Jenny received her MLIS from San Jose State and her BA in political science from Cal State Hayward. Jenny came to Stanford from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art where she was Visual Resources Specialist. Prior to becoming an archivist, Jenny worked four years at Southwest Airlines, where she oversaw the staffing of ground operations for nine airports. Her experience handling challenges on so many different fronts prepared her well for dealing with the variety of activities and users in the Stanford University Archives. Jenny is a member of the Society of American Archivists and the Society of California Archivists.
Please join Special Collections & University Archives in welcoming Aimee and Jennifer to Stanford.
--submitted by Roberto Trujillo, Maggie Kimball
5. SULAIR's Fred Kotas Wins Commuter Drawing
Per the P&TS August eUpdate:
Thank you to everyone who participated in our spring promotion. Current and new Commute Club members were entered in the prize drawings, and we are pleased to announce the following winners:
• $3,000 Grand Prize: Frederic J. Kotas, East Asia Library
• $500 Stanford Mall Shopping Spree: Jane A. Hawksley, Stanford Hospital
• iPhone: Julian Shereda, Office of Sponsored Research
In addition, there were two winners of iPods, three winners of $100 cash, two winners of $75 REI gift cards, three winners of $75 Macy's gift cards, three winners of $50 Trader Joe's gift cards, three winners of $50 Target gift cards, three winners of $25 iTunes or REI gift cards, and three winners of $20 StanfordCardPlans. For a complete list of winners, visit http://transportation.stanford.edu/alt_transportation/CC_winners.shtml#spring2008.
Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to all Commute Club members! Part-time pledge and graduate student pledge winners will be announced in the September eUpdate. Everyone will have more chances to win in the upcoming fall promotion. Watch for eUpdate and your mail for details.
--submitted by Andrew Herkovic
6. Shinjoung Yeo Accepts Full Fellowship to GSLiS at UIUC
Shinjoung Yeo will be leaving SULAIR to become an Information in Society Doctoral Fellow at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her last day with SULAIR will be August 15.
Shinjoung came to SULAIR in December of 2005 and has served as Coordinator for Reference and Outreach in the Information Center and as Bibliographer for Communication and Journalism. In her 2 ½ years with SULAIR, Shinjoung has made numerous significant contributions to the IC, the SSRG, and SULAIR. She spearheaded efforts to create a new, interactive IC Website, using the Drupal content management system. The success of the IC website has led to wider adoption of the Drupal platform across SULAIR. Shinjoung also initiated Chat/IM reference, created and sustained the wildly popular Reference Forum and revitalized the IC reference collection.
As Bibliographer for Communication and Journalism, she coordinated the extremely successful Whole Earth Symposium, provided research assistance to countless graduate students and faculty, and co-taught courses with department faculty.
Please join me in thanking Shinjoung for her many contributions to SULAIR and in wishing her the best of luck in her new adventure at UIUC.
--submitted by Chris Bourg
7. *** Reference Question of the Week ***
Question: I came by the library today to seek help
finding some information related to NATO. In particular, I am looking
for statistics on NATO's Implementation Force (IFOR), Stabilization
Force (SFOR), and the Kosovo Force (KFOR), all of which took place in
the Balkans in the early 1990s. I am interested in how much money and
how many troops did NATO countries commit to those three operations.
Even though it is easy to get the numbers for the US, other countries
are somewhat more difficult. NATO does not have that kind of
information on its website either. Thus, I was wondering if you could
direct me to some sources?
Answer: There are 3 angles to think about in tackling this question: 1) statistics; 2) the organizations themselves (in this case NATO and the United Nations); and 3) Secondary scholarly literature.
LexisNexis Statistical database
(Stanford only) is a good place to start. If you're on campus, that
link should go right through, or perhaps ask you for your SUNET
id/password. If you're off campus, you'll want to set up the proxy in your browser.
If you search LN statistical for NATO and allied contributions, you'll
find an annual report to Congress on allied contributions to NATO going
back to 1985. Hopefully, that report will have all the information you
need. I also found a table for "Defense Spending As A Percentage Of
GDP, 1990-2001 [U.S., NATO Allies, Pacific Allies, And Gulf Cooperation
Council, By Country]" issued by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and several others from the DoD.
For the complete answer, visit the Information Center Web site at:
https://www.stanford.edu/group/ic/cgi-bin/drupal/content/qa-finding-nato-troop-levels-balkan-operations
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.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
8. SULAIR Job Opportunities
SULAIR has the following new positions this week:
Facilities Services Coordinator
(# 31325)
Operations Manager, Physics Library
(# 29345)
Weekend Closer, Green Library Access Services, Stanford University Libraries
(# 31524)
Office Manager, Student Computing, Stanford University Libraries
(# 31520)
Portal Monitor, Stanford University Libraries
(# 31580)
Serials Access & Maintenance Specialist, Stanford University Libraries
(# 31588)
HighWire Press Publication Manager, Stanford University Libraries
(# 31606)
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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