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OED appeals to the public to track down a bibliographic mystery

May 24, 2013
by Mr. James R. (Librarian) Jacobs

On last Friday's show, Rachel Maddow admitted to being a "total dork" about the Oxford English Dictionary. She closed the show with a piece -- titled "Refer Madness" which made me chuckle :-) -- about a bibliographic mystery currently stumping OED staff.

3D Printing: Should Libraries Care?

3D Printer at Stanford Law School Event
May 17, 2013

Yesterday's panel discussion at Stanford Law School on 3D printing aroused more questions than it answered, especially given the diverse perspectives, assumptions, interests and even misunderstanding among the general public and within professional circles regarding what it is, it's wider implications and who, when and where (if found necessary) should regulate it. Legal issues stemming from product liability in cases of injury, copyright and patent infringement, as well as freedom and protections accorded to manufacturers, sellers and user were discussed. Similarities were drawn between the advent of the internet and the current 3D printing movement

Chromebooks now available at Engineering Library

Google Chrome icon
May 15, 2013
by Michael P Nack

Chromebooks are low-cost, ultra-portable, secure, fast, "web-based" computing devices running ChromeOS, a complete operating system based on the Google Chrome web browser. They are optimized for Google Apps and off-line saving and editing of your Google Docs.

Samsung Chromebooks are now available for 7-day loan at the Terman Engineering Library!

3D desktop design demo this Friday

Leonar3do
May 7, 2013
by Michael P Nack

Interested in 3D computer-aided design?  Come learn how to use Leonar3do to design 3D objects in a virtual 3D space.  


Friday, May 10th at 4:30pm
Terman Engineering Library
Huang Engineering Center, Room 201

20 years of a free and open web

world wide web
May 7, 2013

Twenty years ago, 30 April 1993,  Tim Berners-Lee went live with the first web site at CERN. At the same time, he released the code that defined the Web, the first version of HTML, free for the world to use to create a new communications medium.

Q&A: US Land area over time

May 5, 2013
by Mr. James R. (Librarian) Jacobs

Question: I'm doing research for a professor, but am having some trouble finding the information and data that he needs.  I'm supposed to make a time trend of U.S. land area in square miles -- one with states plus territory and one with just states.  However, I can't find any sources that track the total U.S. land area over time.  Can you help?

Terman Engineering Library News - May 2013

New Space journal cover
May 2, 2013

We are pleased to announce the May 2013 digital issue of the Terman Engineering Library News.   In the news this month:

SEQ Building 4 - Landscaping started

Building 4 construction site
April 29, 2013

The artificial hill platform has been in place for some time, but last week we saw boxed trees arriving on the site.  Heavy equipment also began shaping what appears to be a twin to the quad's informal oak shaded amphitheater in front of the Spilker building. 

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