The Department of History presents “Kennedy, Khrushchev: 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis,” a talk by Barton J. Bernstein, Professor of History, Emeritus, Stanford University. The event takes place today, Friday, November 9, at 7:00 pm in the Lane History Corner, room 205.
Check SearchWorks for material about the Cuban Missile Crisis available in the libraries.
The Lane Medical Library is presenting the Open Everything Series, with three events over the course of the next week:
1. Trends and Emerging Issues Relating to Open Access, Open Data with Lauren Schoenthaler, Senior University Counsel, Stanford University
November 6
Tuesday, 2- 3:30 pm, LK102
At Stanford's Lane Medical Library & Knowledge Management Center our mission is to enable biomedical discovery by connecting people with knowledge.As part of this mission, we advocate for open access to all forms of knowledge. The global Open Access movement has vastly increased access to journal articles, data sets, and other knowledge media. Yet, many of these valued scholarly resources are only available to those who pay for access.Join us and our OPEN EVERYTHING speakers as we explore the future possibilities of shared scholarship.
Attention, music lovers! Did you know that thousands of classical and jazz albums can be streamed to your mobile device at work, home, or on the go? Apps for iPhone/iPad and Android are available for the Naxos Music Library and Naxos Jazz streaming audio databases. Follow the instructions below; your Stanford email address is required.
1. Open the Naxos Music Library (or Naxos Jazz) site on your desktop computer, using the link on this Music Library page: http://library.stanford.edu/music/streaming-media
2. Go to the playlists page -- the tab is one among many in the row near the top of your screen. You can create playlists on your desktop that you can access and share on your mobile device.
3. Click on "sign up" in the right top corner and follow the instructions. You must use your Stanford email, along with a password of your choice.
4. Install the app on your mobile device. iPad users please note: look for the app under the iPhone tab. This single app works on both devices.
5. Enter you user name (your email) and password in the sign in box. Log in just once; your settings will be saved.
6. Search the catalog. Explore new music. Enjoy!
NYTimes.com academic passes (488 per day): enjoy full, complimentary access to NYTimes.com on any device for 24 hours, using your Stanford email. To get started, go to: www.nytimes.com/passes
The Hume Writing Center now has satellite drop-in tutoring hours in the lobby of Green Library's East Wing on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 4:00 to 5:00 pm.
From the Hume Writing Center's web page: "Drop-in writing consultants are undergraduates who have been trained to help students at any stage of the writing process and can work with any piece of writing, from a Thinking Matters or PWR essay to a grant proposal or cover letter."
Richard Bonelli (1889-1980), an internationally-known baritone and noted voice teacher, performed frequently in San Francisco in the 1920s and 1930s. The Richard Bonelli Collection, consisting of letters, photographs, programs, scores, scrapbooks, and other material, is available to researchers at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. Additionally, a number of commercial recordings featuring Bonelli may be consulted in the Archive, and several CD reissues may be borrowed from the Music Library.
In 2002, a grant from the National Film Preservation Board allowed for the digital preservation of two rare moving image compilations, filmed by Richard Bonelli's wife, Mona. The San Francisco Opera footage captures some of the first offerings of the Opera at the War Memorial Opera House, which opened in 1932. Footage includes performances, dress rehearsals, and backstage activities. The Metropolitan Opera footage was taken during the world premiere of Howard Hanson's only opera, Merry Mount, in February, 1934.
Appearing in the films are other great singers of the day, including Helen Gahagen, Beniamino Gigli, Claudia Muzio, Ezio Pinza, Elisabeth Rethberg, Tito Schipa, and Lawrence Tibbett (the featured performer in Merry Mount).
We are pleased to make these films available to the public through our website. Many thanks to the Stanford Media Preservation Lab staff for their expert assistance in preparing the films for the web.
View the Richard Bonelli films here.
China's Mo Yan, "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary," is the recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature. You can read about the novelist and his work in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Guardian.
Take a look at SearchWorks for titles by Mo Yan available here in the libraries.
The Information Center desk is now open on Saturday afternoons to help you with your research. Come by with questions between 12:00 noon and 5:00 pm both Saturdays and Sundays!
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