Tanenbaum Room Open for Group Study in Green Library
The Mary M. Tanenbaum Room, room 221A in the Bing Wing of Green Library, is now open for group study. Like other group study spaces in Green, the room is available on a first come, first served basis, with a two hour limit when others are waiting. (See policy details).
Editorial Staff
*** Reference Question of the Week - April 20, 2010 ***
Question:
I want to compare the amounts spent by NCAA colleges and universities on their teams and various sports. Where's the best place to look?
Congratulations to Laura Cameron on Release of Library Binding Toolkit
On behalf of the Preservation Department, I’d like to congratulate Laura Cameron on the recent release of the Library Binding Toolkit. The toolkit, which was created by a national task force chaired by Laura, is intended as a guide to help small to mid-sized libraries identify and prioritize library materials for binding. For libraries that do not have a preservation program, this is a much-needed resource, particularly at a time when budgets are more constrained than ever.
How to Control the Stanford Faculty
It’s not an easy task, and so far putting Stanford faculty members’ names under authority control has eluded us; however, the ETD (Electronic Theses and Dissertations) project has given us that opportunity. The previous policy for cataloging dissertations in the Metadata Department was based on a simple template which allowed for inclusion only of the main advisor -- and in an uncontrolled form. After consultation with the DLSS team developing the ETD workflow, we revised our policy and we will now:
- Trace all advisors listed, not just the main one;
Antitrust Expert to Speak on the Google Books Settlement
Gary Reback will speak on The Long Tale of Deceit, Collusion and Greed; Antitrust Analysis of the Google Book Settlement, on Thursday, April 29, 12:45pm, Robert Crown Law Library, 2nd Floor Reference Lounge.
Jerry McBride to Lead the Music Library Association
We are pleased to report that Jerry McBride is the Vice President/President Elect of the 1200 member-strong Music Library Association. Election results were announced at the Association’s annual conference held last month in San Diego. Jerry will serve one year as Vice President, two years as President, and a final year as Past President.
April 2010 Issue of "ReMix" Now Online
SULAIR's Library Development Office publishes monthly issues of ReMix: News from the Stanford Libraries. April's issue has a variety of interesting news items and links. This includes a an item on the new video collection !Women, Art, Revolution: Voices of a Movement, SULAIR's acquisition of its first complete medieval Bible, and a summary of how a recent class in film production made extensive use of screenplays (including early drafts of well known films) housed in Special Collections.
Spring AlertSU Test - April 19
The university will be conducting the spring AlertSU test on Monday, April 19th at 12:10 PM. This will include a simultaneous activation of our AlertSU mass notification and siren system.
Stella Ota Wins Stanford Asian American Center Staff Award
Please join me in congratulating Stella Ota who is the 2010 recipient of the Stanford Asian American Activities Center's Staff Award. Stella has been extremely active in a variety of efforts in support of Stanford's Asian community. She has served as Chair of the Asian Staff Forum since October of 2009. In addition, she has been actively involved in the Asian Interactive Mentoring Program (AIM) since 1998.
Bob Schwarzwalder
SERG AUL
Spring 2010 Issue of "Speaking of Computers" Is Here
The spring issue of Speaking of Computers is here! Along with some new and interesting library e-resources, it covers a variety of topics of interest to SULAIR staff and the Stanford academic community:
- New features in Stanford Email and Calendar when both are upgraded to new versions on Friday, April 30.
- News about Stanford's signing of a Google Book Search agreement expanding its earlier agreement with Google to digitize library materials.
