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SULAIR NEWS – May 20, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- May Issue of ReMix Now Online
- New Streamed Audio Database - Contemporary World Music
- *** Reference Question of the Week ***
1. May Issue of ReMix Now Online
SULAIR's Library Development Office publishes monthly issues of ReMix: News from the Stanford Libraries. May's issue has a variety of interesting news items and links, including descriptions of SULAIR's new Notable Acquisitions Web site, the Stanford Libraries presence in Second Life (an online, 3D virtual world), a workshop on the Bamboo Annals (an early written historical record of China), and a number of new exhibits, events, and Web sites.
Remix is a monthly newsletter created to inform donors and friends succinctly about distinctive aspects of SULAIR, including its collections and services, media coverage about SULAIR, and campus events of possible interest. A third-party service distributes each issue via email circa mid-month, and a link on Remix's Web site appears shortly afterwards.
Remix's Web site now includes a link to the most recent monthly issue (May), along with links to all previous issues of Remix. The Library Development Office welcomes your suggestions for future Remix articles.
If you would like to subscribe to future issues of ReMix, please send an email to Sonia Lee sonialee@stanford.edu.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
2. New Streamed Audio Database - Contemporary World Music
Contemporary World Music has been added to our suite of streamed audio databases provided by Alexander Street Press. Created as a complementary database to Smithsonian Global Sound, it provides both contemporary and traditional world music recordings from labels around the world.
Contemporary World Music's primary focus, however, is contemporary genres such as Afro Pop, and World Beat. The database’s first release includes over a thousand albums, with over 14,000 tracks. The Browse feature provides a good introduction to its contents. You can browse by Places, Names [of performers], Ensembles, Cultural Groups, Instruments, Albums, and Genres.
The genres are expanded by sub-genres, which provide a detailed and rich means of finding music in the database. For instance the genre of Dance is broken down into over 70 dance types. Try it out and listen to Sophie Tucker sing My Yiddishe Momme alongside Agua Loca’s Vámanos, Maname Diname by Cheb i Sabbah, and Zao performing Apartheid.
You can find this and other Music databases on the SULAIR databases pages or on the Music Library's Web site. (It's also on the Music Library's new Web site, which is still in beta. Check it out and let us know how you like it.)
--submitted by Mimi Tashiro
3. *** Reference Question of the Week ***
Question: Where can I find a listing of Super Bowl commercials?
Answer: A few websites list Super Bowl ads. Superbowl-ad.com lists all Super Bowl ads from 1998 to 2008, the New York Times has information about Super Bowl ads (including types of ads, slides, etc.), and Super Bowl Commercials has ads categorized by products, company, and so on.
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
