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SULAIR NEWS – March 25, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- SULAIR Technology Chalk Talk on Digital Preservation: Thursday, March 26, 2-3PM
- SULAIR Publishes Smallest-Ever Annual Report
- Venezky Exhibit Now Online
- New PeopleSoft Time Cards
- Career Development
- Organizational Change Workshops
- *** Reference Question of the Week ***
1. SULAIR Technology Chalk Talk on Digital Preservation: Thursday, March 26, 2-3PM
Tomorrow, the SULAIR Technology Chalk Talk will feature David Rosenthal, presenting a critical analysis of the commonly-accepted threats to the long-term access to digital information.
What: How are we "Ensuring the Longevity of Digital Documents"?
When: Thursday, March 26, 2-3 PM
Where: Green Library, SSRC Seminar Room
Fourteen years ago, Jeff Rothenberg's Scientific American article "Ensuring the Longevity of Digital Documents" set the agenda for the development of digital preservation. Jeff used the scenario of his descendants in 2045 trying to read a document on a CD that would lead to his fortune. He identified three threats; media degradation, media obsolescence and format obsolescence. These threats, and especially the last, have dominated discussion of digital preservation since.
Four months after Jeff's article, Stanford's HighWire Press pioneered the move of academic publishing to the Web by putting JBC on-line. The advent of the Web, and other changes in the IT infrastructure, have rendered all of Jeff's threats insignificant, and have introduced a whole new set of threats. The time has come for a critical review of Jeff's article and its analysis, and a repeat of his brave and valuable attempt at prophesy.
Dr. David Rosenthal, Chief Scientist of the LOCKSS Program at the Stanford University Libraries, will deliver this discussion as a preview to his keynote at this Spring's CNI Task Force Meeting.
David's blog on digital preservation can be found at:
http://blog.dshr.org/
An updated and expanded version of Jeff Rothenberg's 1995 Scientific American article (dating from 1999) can be found at:
http://konbib.nl/hrd/dd/dd_links_en_publicaties/publicaties/dig-info-paper.rothenberg.pdf
--submitted by Tom Cramer
2. SULAIR Publishes Smallest-Ever Annual Report
A pocket-sized annual report? Well, sort of. SULAIR has just printed its 2008 Report, and copies are now en route to donors, friends, officials, and staff.
To atone for the oversized 2007 edition, this one measures a mere 6" x 8", but it makes up in color and design what it lacks in square footage. Focused on discovery and outreach, the report is the product of six contributing photographers and eleven writers, to say nothing of endless effort on the part of Sonia Lee, David Jordan, and the design firm of AKA Creative Group.
It is posted as a PDF on the SULAIR Annual Reports Web page, and paper copies are available from the Library Development Office.
Thanks too to SULAIR staff generally for providing the substance - the dedicated services we provide to Stanford scholars - underlying this little piece.
--submitted by Andrew Herkovic
3. Venezky Exhibit Now Online
For those of you who did not get over to Green Library in the fall to see the exhibit of American Primers and Readers based on the words and collection of Richard L. Venezky, you can now check it out online at http://venezky.stanford.edu/. This is but a small portion of the resources that the Venezky family gave to Special Collections. Also included are some works from Cubberley’s textbook collection.
I would like to thank John Bickar for creating this online version of the exhibit.
--submitted by Kathy Kerns
4. New PeopleSoft Time Cards
On May 5, 2009 Stanford will replace Kronos with the PeopleSoft Time and Labor application. The new system, referred to as the Axess Timecard, will be accessible directly from Stanford's Axess portal.
The switch from Kronos to the new Axess Timecard should be straightforward for users; however, there are a few changes to be aware of. The new time-keeping system will:
- Enable users to access the Timecard directly from the Axess portal, eliminating the additional login step currently required for Kronos.
- Allow users with multiple jobs to see a separate timecard for each of their jobs, making it easier to record hours to the correct job.
- Eliminate the need for users to download Java to access their timecards.
Policies and practices related to time and leave reporting will remain unchanged. The switch to the Axess Timecard will be a software (and hardware) change only. The interface you use to enter your time and leave will appear very similar to the familiar Kronos interface and should be at least as easy to use.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/as/sandhr/timecard/
--submitted by Malini Doering
5. Career Development
In these uncertain times, it’s good to know that Stanford provides career development for staff. The Career Management Program for Stanford Staff (COMPASS) is a program for all Stanford employees designed to help employees manage their own career process, development and path.
The program provides in-class programs and online tools to help employees navigate the career stages - self-assessment, career exploration, goal setting and education, and self-marketing/internal job searching.
For more information, please visit the COMPASS Web site. All exempt and non-exempt benefits eligible Stanford staff are eligible to use this program.
--submitted by Malini Doering
6. Organizational Change Workshops
With schools and departments across campus likely to begin staff reorganizations in response to tight economic times, Learning and Development, a department in Human Resources, is sponsoring workshops to help employees understand the effects of organizational changes.
Navigating through Organizational Change (3.5 hours) provides the opportunity to learn how to effectively deal with change by re-channeling uncertainty into taking charge of what is within your personal control.
There is still space available in next week's workshops.
Workshop descriptions and calendar are at:
http://ld.stanford.edu/change.html
Enroll through Axess, using the STARS tab:
https://axess.stanford.edu/
--submitted by Sheilaugh Sebastian
7. *** Reference Question of the Week ***
Question: I'm trying to find information about foundations or other funding organizations. Where do I start?
Answer: Check out the Library's informational page about print and electronic funding resources. You can also conduct a Socrates search using subjects such as endowments, foundations, research support, and scholarships.
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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Editor: Eleanor Brown, Eleanor.Brown@stanford.edu
