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SULAIR NEWS – November 12, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Cyrillic Script Data Now in Socrates
- California Library Association (CLA) Conference - This Weekend in San Jose
- *** Reference Question of the Week ***
- SULAIR Job Opportunities
1. Cyrillic Script Data Now in Socrates
Even though the Russian word for unicorn appeared written in Cyrillic in an article in SULAIR News announcing that Socrates was now able to display non-Latin scripts, Cyrillic script data was not added to catalog records created at Stanford until recently.
This is gradually changing as Slavic catalogers in the Metadata Development Unit of the Metadata Department just started inputting parallel Cyrillic fields in catalog records for works in Russian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, and Ukrainian. We plan to create annually about 2,000 records containing Cyrillic data. This is an important first step in enhancing all records in the SULAIR catalog to make Slavic materials accessible in the original languages (in addition to transliteration).
A group of dedicated colleagues from Area Studies Resource Group, Digital Library Systems and Services, and Metadata departments is currently testing catalog records with Cyrillic data in the public catalog before this new search option is offered to all Socrates users.
--submitted by Joanna Dyla
2. California Library Association (CLA) Conference - This Weekend in San Jose
The annual CLA conference is being held in San Jose, starting on Friday, at the Convention Center and Marriott hotel.
Malgorzata Schaefer and John Bickar will be talking about Open Source Instruction and Reference on Sunday, 10:45-11:30 a.m. Nancy Lorimer from the Music Library will be on a panel on Supporting Your Music Collection Users on Sunday, 3:15-4:30 p.m.
You can get a pass to the exhibits for $25 in the registration area of the SJ Convention Center. Exhibits open Saturday at 10:00 am and close on Sunday at 3:00 pm. There will be lots of neat technology booths and sessions throughout the day by InfoPeople.
Click here for a list of exhibitors.
Click here for more on the conference.
Hope to see you there!
--submitted by Molly Molloy
3. *** Reference Question of the Week ***
Question: How can I find information about Stanford's policy on copyright and
fair use? How can I find information about copyright and fair use more
generally?
Answer: Two excellent sources are the Stanford Libraries Copyright & Fair Use site and the Office of the General Counsel's FAQ page.
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
4. SULAIR Job Opportunities
SULAIR has no new positions this week.
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
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Editor: Eleanor Brown, Eleanor.Brown@stanford.edu
