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Stanford Libraries 2023 #ColorOurCollections
Calling all Artists! The Stanford Libraries #ColorOurCollection2023 digital coloring book is here. Get creative and put your personal spin on thirteen exemplary images from our collection. Organized by the New York Academy of Medicine, libraries, archives, and cultural institutions from across the world have turned their most compelling images into free downloadable coloring books.

Dance with Death at Green Library on Oct. 31, 2022
In celebration of Halloween–and to encourage us all to look up from our phones and laptops–Green Library was visited by several skeletons on Monday, October 31, to bring to life the Dance of Death.

Stanford Libraries 2022 #ColorOurCollections
Attention all artists and coloring book enthusiasts! The Stanford Libraries 2022 #Color our Collections coloring book is here. Culled from digitized images from Stanford Digital Repository, the coloring book consists of 14 sheets that highlight an eclectic range of subjects and styles from our collection.

HOWLoween 2021: Celebrating Wolf Awareness Week at Stanford Libraries on Oct. 18-22
We love Halloween at Stanford Libraries!

Metal, paper, glass: maintaining the experience of the object
Welcome to Part 3 of our blog post series, Metal, paper, glass.

Metal, paper, glass: the devotional object and the challenges of interpretation
Welcome to Part 2 of our blog post series, Metal, paper, glass. As Elizabeth Ryan noted in her blog post, subtitled Perspectives on a stained glass panel and other objects in Stanford Libraries Special Collections, we were inspired by this striking stained-glass object to explore how we each interact with a variety of unusual materials in our collections, and to share our different perspectives.
Masquaraders to the rescue!
"Thank you for you & the team making beautiful fabric masks for all of us. We are deeply grateful!" -- Crystal Hsu