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SULAIR NEWS – October 8, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Library Open House a Huge Success
- Fall Issue of Speaking of Computers Is Here
- Exhibition at the East Asia Library
- Welcome Helenna Li
- Thanks to All SULAIR Staff
- *** Reference Question of the Week ***
- SULAIR Job Opportunities
1. Library Open House a Huge Success
Hundreds of students, faculty and staff showed up at Green Library yesterday for the annual Library Open House. This was our most ambitious Open House ever, with over 30 libraries and library services represented. Attendees saw demos of SULAIR in Second Life, Google Book Search, our Robotic Book Scanner, The Future of the Science Libraries, How They Got Game, and much more. A huge crowd followed University Librarian Michael Keller on a special tour of Green.
The most popular attraction seemed to be the hundreds of Free Books available. Students flocked to the book trucks loaded with books nominated for our William Saroyan International Prize for Writing.
A huge thank you to the folks who helped plan and publicize this event: Eleanor Brown, Kelly Fields, Edgar Maxion, Glen Worthey, Helen Josephine, Ronnie Fields, Deni Wicklund, Mimi Calter, Mattie Taormina, Sarah Seestone, and Judy Marsh.
--submitted by Chris Bourg
2. Fall Issue of Speaking of Computers Is Here
The fall '08 issue of Speaking of Computers is here. Check it out 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 fall issue that cover such topics as:
- A plethora of new/interesting e-resources from the Stanford Libraries, including: new databases and digital resources for government information, major new humanities collections from Alexander Street Press, Stanford's Visual Resources Center's images in ARTstor, new and updated e-resources in the sciences and engineering, new and expanded drama and music e-resources, new American and British history e-resources, and much more.
- Information about and timelines for the new Engineering Library.
- The new Stanford Email and Calendar service and how to get training and documentation.
- Enhancements to Coursework that include a new Librarian role (which is allowed to add content/reference materials to a CourseWork site) and more.
- Stanford's debut on YouTube, with a channel that includes about 400 videos of courses, faculty interviews, panel discussions, seminars and other events; all designed to showcase Stanford's academic offerings.
- Sophos, the new campus site-licensed anti-virus, anti-spyware software solution.
- Stanford's new Web Forms Service, which replaces Formage, and lets you make contact forms, short surveys and polls, instructor evaluations, and other forms free of charge.
- The latest development in Socrates, allowing you to search and display records in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- And much more!
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 Eleanor Brown
3. Exhibition at the East Asia Library
The East Asia Library invites all SULAIR staff to the Special Exhibition of Hangul (Korean Alphabet) Calligraphy. The exhibition will feature Hangul calligraphy works donated by eleven established Korean female calligraphers.
East Asia Library
Meyer Library, 4th Floor
October 9 - 31, 2008
Hangul is the native alphabet of the Korean language. Promulgated in 1446 by Sejong the Great (1397-1450), fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty, it was originally known as Hunmin jeongeum ("Proper Sounds for the Instruction of the People"). The original Hunmin jeongeum manuscript has been registered with the UNESCO program, "Memory of the World," since October 1997.
After the creation of Hunmin jeongeum, the shape of Hangul gradually further developed in its use for woodblock-printed books and for practical everyday manuscripts. Today's Hangul calligraphy as a formative art began around 1910.
We hope you enjoy Hangul as an art form through this exhibition.
--submitted by Kyungmi Chun
4. Welcome Helenna Li
Please join me in welcoming Helenna Li to her new role as Electronic Resources Specialist in the Acquisitions Department.
Helenna started at Stanford as an intern at Falconer Biology Library. Since then, she has had a broad range of experience in the Stanford Libraries, working for the Aquifer project, the Digital Library team, and most recently Acquisitions Monograph Receiving. She received a Master of Library and Information Science from San Jose State University.
Beginning October 16, Helenna will be helping support the discovery, representation, and ongoing access of SULAIR's rapidly expanding electronic resource collections, as part of the Electronic Resources Unit.
--submitted by Xan Arch
5. Thanks to All SULAIR Staff
Very belated but heartfelt thanks for the many good wishes, hugs, great conversations and goodbyes, fantastic food (especially the cake), that were received at my retirement party on Tuesday, 9/30. I have loved working with each and every one of you over 41 years, but I really won't miss getting up at 6 AM any longer.....
Cheers,
Kathy
--submitted by Kathy Fehrn
6. *** Reference Question of the Week ***
Question: How do I find issues of The San Francisco Chronicle?
Answer: The best way to find current issues is to find the title in Socrates
and use the link on the left to the database America's Newspapers,
which includes issues from 1985 to the present. Some articles will be
in Lexis/Nexis. We also have microfilm going back to the beginning
(1865) in Media Microtext. We keep the hardcopy in the Information
Center until we receive the microfilm.
For older issues (1865-1922 so far), go to databases and search by title San Francisco Chronicle; it is one of the ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
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 position this week:
Series Receipt Specialist, Stanford University Libraries
(# 32615)
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
