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SULAIR NEWS – February 18, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Engineering and Falconer Libraries Preview New Web Sites
- Engineering Library Highlights National Engineers Week and the IEEE
- Stanford Publishing Courses Offers Crash Course in Producing Inexpensive Web Video
- *** Reference Question of the Week ***
1. Engineering and Falconer Libraries Preview New Web Sites
Engineering and Falconer Libraries are now offering previews of their new Web sites. Produced using Drupal, a content management system, their new sites are still in "beta" and new information and links will continue to be added through Spring 2009.
New Drupal-based Web sites for other libraries will follow. You can check the Libraries' A-Z list for links to the new sites.
Drupal is a Web publishing framework that supports the creation and management of dynamic online content. Drupal will provide a platform for the creation of new SULAIR branch library pages, subject pages, research guides, and blogs.
Digital Library Systems and Services (DLSS) is working with SULAIR branches, subject specialists, and other SULAIR units to create a stable Drupal infrastructure available for full use by branches, subject specialists, and units to build sites and set up blogs.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
2. Engineering Library Highlights National Engineers Week and the IEEE
To celebrate National Engineers Week (Feb 15-Feb 21) and the 125th anniversary of the IEEE as an organization of electrical and electronics engineers, the Engineering Library has a new exhibit highlighting the early founders of IEEE (Edison, Bell, Marconi) and the Stanford IEEE Fellows and IEEE Award Recipients. As part of the "Stanford Salutes IEEE" exhibit, the Engineering Library is also featuring the 2009 Dream Jobs issue of IEEE Spectrum. Three speakers from this issue will be featured at the IEEE Stanford Student chapter event on Feb 19th.
Stanford's affiliation with the IEEE has a long history and many Stanford faculty and alumni have been honored as Fellows of the IEEE and recipients of IEEE Awards. President Hennessy is a recipient of the 2000 IEEE John von Neumann Medal and the 2000 ASEE Benjamin Garver Lamme Award. Dean Plummer is a recipient of the 2007 IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award, the 2003 IEEE Aldert Van der Ziel Award and the 2003 IEEE J.J. Ebers Award. The IEEE Medal of Honor is the Institute's highest award. The 2007 recipient of this award was Stanford Professor Thomas Kailath, the Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, for "exceptional development of powerful algorithms in the fields of communications, computing, control and signal processing."
Today, the IEEE is the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology with more than 370,000 members in over 160 countries and is comprised of 39 societies and 5 technical councils. IEEE publishes more than 130 transactions, journals and magazines and has developed over 900 active standards. The core purpose of the IEEE is "To foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity". Please join us in saluting the IEEE and its 125 years of Engineering the Future.
--submitted by Helen Josephine
3. Stanford Publishing Courses Offers Crash Course in Producing Inexpensive Web Video
Video on the Web Workshop
March 30 – April 1, 2009
Redwood Hall, Stanford
Participants in this 2 1/2-day workshop will create a 3-to-5-minute video, ready to post to their site, blog, or podcast. Topics covered include shooting tips & tricks, basic editing skills, adding graphics & music, and how to successfully distribute video across the Web, including YouTube and iTunes. Each participant will receive a dual-platform 40G USB hard drive to use in the workshop and for future projects.
Register by February 23 and receive 10% off the cost of tuition. Register with a colleague to receive an additional 10% discount. STAP funds are accepted.
For more information, please contact Melissa Vallejo, Program Coordinator, at 725.4301 or mvallejo@stanford.edu, or visit the Stanford Publishing Courses website at http://publishingcourses.stanford.edu/videoworkshop/ .
--submitted by Lisa Pliscou
4. *** Reference Question of the Week ***
Question: I am trying to get accurate information on the Economic Stimulus Bill that is going through the process of becoming a law. How can I track a House or Senate Bill and get the actual text of the bill?
Answer: From the Databases page search for CQ.com (This is a Stanford-only subscription database. You must have a SuNet ID to access it).
At the home page for CQ.com, you will see a tab at the top that says "Bills". There are many choices here, but Stanford does not subscribe to all the content. To track a bill with full text of each modification, click on the link at the bottom of the page that says Bill Text. You can click the "radio buttons" and get full text in html or pdf format.
Free Public Access is provided by the Library of Congress' site Thomas.
Here, for example, is Thomas' coverage of the text modifications of the Economic Recovery Bill HR1. for the 111th Congress (2009).
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
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