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SULAIR NEWS – January 7, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Leigh Ortenburger, Mountaineer and Photographer: Bing Wing Exhibit, January 12-March 29, 2009
- Notable Campus Canines: Stories from the Stanford University Archives - Bing Wing Exhibit, January 19-March 29, 2009
- Mindy Syfert to Speak at AAG About Research in Tanzania
- *** Reference Question of the Week ***
- SULAIR Job Opportunities
1. Leigh Ortenburger, Mountaineer and Photographer: Bing Wing Exhibit, January 12-March 29, 2009
This exhibit, which will open on January 12 in the Bing Wing's Peterson Gallery, is one of two concurrent exhibits that will be on display in Green Library through the end of March.
"All of this I have seen”: Leigh Ortenburger, Mountaineer & Photographer will be on display in the twelve-case Peterson Gallery on the second floor of the Bing Wing from Monday, January 12 through Sunday, March 29, 2009.
Leigh Ortenburger (1929–1991) climbed and photographed for more than forty years in the world's greatest mountain ranges. His photographs and related documents are recent additions to the Libraries' collections. The exhibition focuses on Ortenburger's black-and-white photographs of the Cordillera Blanca range in Peru, including a twenty-foot panoramic view of the upper Quebrada Alpamayo assembled from eight 4×5 negatives. Also on display are manuscripts, correspondence, and memorabilia related to Ortenburger's expeditions and to production of his classic guidebook, A Climber's Guide to the Teton Range. Text by various authors pays tribute to his life and career. A more detailed description of the exhibit is available at:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/exhibits/index.html
In conjunction with the exhibition, the Libraries published a companion book of photographs and tributes, Leigh Ortenburger in the Thin, Cold Air, commemorating the gift of Ortenburger's papers to the Libraries in 2005 by his daughters, Carolyn and Teresa Ortenburger. More information about the publication is available at:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubs/index.html
--submitted by Becky Fischbach
2. Notable Campus Canines: Stories from the Stanford University Archives - Bing Wing Exhibit, January 19-March 29, 2009
The second exhibit to open in Green Library's Bing Wing this month will be displayed in the Munger Rotunda area.
Notable Campus Canines (with a Nod to Cats): Stories from the Stanford University Archives will be on view in the eight display cases in the Green Library Rotunda from Monday, January 19 through Sunday, March 29.
From its origins as a stock farm in the 1870s to the dog-friendly offices of HighWire Press in the 1990s, the Stanford campus has long provided a habitat for man's best friend. This exhibition explores the history of pets on campus through stories of notable dogs—and some of their notable masters—told with accompanying photographs, correspondence, and printed sources from the Stanford University Archives. In a nod to cats, a section of the display focuses on some newsworthy cats in Stanford history, and tells the story of how the Stanford Cat Network came about.
For a more complete description, go to:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/exhibits/index.html
--submitted by Becky Fischbach
3. Mindy Syfert to Speak at AAG About Research in Tanzania
Mindy Syfert, the GIS Manager at Branner Library, spent time this summer in Tanzania guiding fieldwork, training students and enumerators to use GPS, and collecting survey data to better understand the relationship between water sources and health outcomes. Mindy is the first author on the paper, "Spatial analysis of water supply, hygiene, and child health in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania" that will be presented at the American Association of Geographers Conference in March.
This project, lead by Civil Engineering professor Jenna Davis was the cover story in the November/December issue of the Stanford Magazine.
The abstract for Mindy's talk is as follows: "Despite improvements in water services in peri-urban Dar es Salaam, a high incidence of diarrheal disease continues to exist for children under the age of 5. During the summer of 2008 survey data were collected from approximately 300 households in three communities, along with samples of water at the source and in home storage. In addition, hand rinse methods were used to assess the extent of bacteriological contamination on the hands of children under 5 years of age and their caretakers. GPS data of household locations and water sources were collected in conjunction with survey data to evaluate spatial influences on water- and sanitation-related health outcomes. We will be exploring spatial relationships between water quality (at source and in the home), quantity of water used, hygiene behaviors, socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, and child health measures."
Kudos to Mindy for taking part in this important work!
--submitted by Julie Sweetkind-Singer
4. *** Reference Question of the Week ***
Question: I'm writing a seminar paper about Stanford students' diets in comparison to the diets of students at other colleges. Where should I start?
Answer: You might not be able to find anything specifically about Stanford students' diets; but you might want to read some articles about college students' eating habits in general, then compare the findings to your observations about Stanford students.
One source for journal articles is Expanded Academic ASAP, available as a link from our database page. Go to the Expanded Academic ASAP search page and click on Advanced Search at the top of the page. Then type keywords such as "College Students" AND "Eating habits" (you can also specify things you don't want to find--e.g., "NOT 'Eating disorders'").
Another place to explore is the University Wire on LexisNexis (also accessible from the databases page, and also known as "Lexis Nexis Academic Universe"). On the main LexisNexis page, click on the "Guided News Search" tab at the top. Select "University News" from the News Category pulldown menu, then select news source: University Wire. This indexes full-text articles from college papers, including the Stanford Daily. Note that the default date range is the last 6 months; you can get more (or fewer) articles by choosing a different range. You have to experiment with search words, and play around with choosing for your keywords to be in Headlines or in all text.
For the complete answer, visit the Information Center Web site at:
https://www.stanford.edu/group/ic/cgi-bin/drupal2/node/443
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
5. 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
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