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SULAIR NEWS – September 10, 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

  1. Library Open House on Thursday, October 2, 2pm-6pm
  2. Winter Close Dates for 2008
  3. Stanford Offers Annual Publishing on the Web Workshop in November
  4. SULAIR News Resumes Weekly Publication Schedule
  5. Will Wheeler Takes New Position at Georgetown University Library
  6. *** Reference Question of the Week ***
  7. SULAIR Job Opportunities

1. Library Open House on Thursday, October 2, 2pm-6pm

As Fall Quarter begins, be sure to let your colleagues and our patrons know that there will be a Library Open House on Thursday, October 2, 2pm-6pm.

This year's Library Open House will take place in and around the Green Library East lobby. There will be tables and displays in front of Green Library and in the Green East lobby, highlighting SULAIR's services and resources. Participants will include dozens of campus libraries, Special Collections, the Media MicroText Center, SULAIR in Second Life, CourseWork and many more.

We'll have tours of Green Library (led by Michael Keller), and of the Robotic Book Scanner, as well as short presentations on SULAIR in Second Life, the Google Books project, and more. There will be music, movies, and great raffle prizes.

Please check the Library Open House Web site for more information:

http://library.stanford.edu/openhouse/

--submitted by Chris Bourg
2. Winter Close Dates for 2008

This year's Winter break will run from Monday, December 22, 2008 through Friday, January 2, 2009. During this time, the following dates have been designated as University holidays:

  • Wednesday, December 24, 2008
  • Thursday, December 25, 2008
  • Thursday, January 1, 2009
For more information, please see the Winter Close Memo for 2008 (Word Document).

--submitted by Sheilaugh Sebastian
3. Stanford Offers Annual Publishing on the Web Workshop in November

Nowhere are changes happening faster than on the Web. To help keep magazine, book, association and corporate communications professionals abreast of these changes, Stanford Publishing Courses is again offering its Publishing on the Web workshop on November 16-19 in Monterey, California.

"In this intense three-day workshop, we cover a lot of ground," says Holly Brady, director of Stanford Publishing Courses. "The latest thinking in user-generated content, site design, business strategies, editorial practices, legal issues, new technologies, video podcasts, online advertising, SEO, blogging - these issues and more together form a curriculum that's both in-depth and wide-ranging."

Publishing on the Web is taught by a distinguished faculty of media professionals. They include Susan West and Michael Gold, West Gold Editorial; Kevin McKean, VP/editorial director of Consumer Reports; Sean Nolan, director of Men's Health; Matt Cohen, CEO and founder of OneSpot; Molly Wood, executive editor of CNET.com; Rand Fishkin, CEO of SEOmoz.com; Scott Karp, founder of the Publishing 2.0 blog; and Cody Simms, senior director of product management for Yahoo.

One of the top features of the workshop is a session in which each participant's site is user-tested and critiqued by a small group of colleagues working under the guidance of content and design specialists. Participants will return to their offices with pages of notes on how to improve their site and extend their brand throughout the Web.

STAP funds are accepted. For more information about Publishing on the Web, email Melissa Vallejo at Mvallejo@stanford.edu or go to:

http://publishingcourses.stanford.edu/pow/

--submitted by Lisa Pliscou
4. SULAIR News Resumes Weekly Publication Schedule

SULAIR News resumes a weekly publication schedule beginning with this issue. Articles for each issue are due by noon on the Friday for publication the following Wednesday. Remember 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://library.stanford.edu/about_sulair/for_sul_staff/sulair_news.html

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 Editorial Staff
5. Will Wheeler Takes New Position at Georgetown University Library

As some of you already know, Will Wheeler left SULAIR on September 2, to become the Head of Reference and Instruction at Georgetown University Library in Washington, D.C.

First, I want to thank Will for his contributions to SSRG and SULAIR. In particular, I have found Will's insights and analysis of library services, and how various options might develop in the future, a valuable contribution to our work. On behalf of the entire SSRG, I want to wish Will the very best as he takes on his new role at Georgetown.

Second, I want to let you know the temporary subject selector assignments in the SSRG. Tony Angiletta will cover Psychology and Sociology. John Rawlings will cover Anthropology and Communications. Also, James Jacobs is covering U.S. and State documents. In all cases, these are temporary additional assignments, and everyone is continuing with existing bibliographic assignments. I want to thank Tony, John, and James for taking on these additional assignments on an interim basis.

--submitted by Paul Zarins
6. *** Reference Question of the Week ***

Question: I visited the display of Kircher's Magnetic Clock in Green Library, and enjoyed the write-up that accompanied it. However, I lost the sheet. Is this available online?

Answer: Yes, it is. All the information in the flier, plus a lot of extras, are at the Magnetic Clock web site. Just click on the Clock, and all sorts of things are offered.

You can find more reference questions and answers at the Information Center Web site.

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
7. SULAIR Job Opportunities

SULAIR has the following new positions this week:

Earth Sciences Librarian and Bibliographer, Stanford University Libraries (# 31984)
Electronic Resources Specialist, Stanford University Libraries (# 31820)
Operations Manager, Physics Library (# 29345)
Shelf Ready/Enhanced EDI Receiving Specialist, Stanford University Libraries (# 31868)
Special Collections Librarian - Rare Book Cataloger, Stanford University Libraries (# 31819)
Data Analyst, Stanford University Libraries (# 31778)
Cluster Operations Manager, Computing Information Systems Analyst, Stanford University Libraries (# 31780)
Payments Specialist, Acquisitions Department, Stanford University Libraries (# 31714)

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
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