Related Units
Branner Earth Sciences Library and Map Collections, located on
the second floor of the Mitchell Building, provides access for current
faculty, students, and staff to geospatial data, digital map services,
and geographic information systems (GIS). In addition, we provide
ongoing reference, research consultation and instruction (as staff
resources permit).
Departments without their own GIS resources may utilize the GIS
programs available at Branner Library. While GIS interest is growing
in other libraries, Branner is the central on-campus location providing
GIS services.
HDIS hosts full-text, searchable electronic collections as well
as a small, non-circulating collection of books and CD-ROMs in the
Lane Room at Green Library. It offers specialized hardware and software
for text analysis, concordancing, and other applications for computing
humanists.HDIS can arrange classroom and other presentations related
to its resources and services.
The Social Sciences Data Service (SSDS) is a program for the acquisition
and use of numeric social science research materials in machine-readable
form. SSDS has an extensive and growing collection of datasets.
Examples of some frequently used datasets are public-use microdata
samples from the United States Census, the Current Population Surveys,
the General Social Survey, the American National Election Studies,
the National Longitudinal Study of Youth, and California Hospital
Discharge Data.
The Metadata unit assists SUL/AIR staff, and Stanford students,
faculty, and staff in the needs assessment, creation, loading, and
maintenance of metadata for SUL/AIR's digital collections following
established national and international standards, and appropriate
policies and procedures developed in conjunction with other SUL/AIR
departments and the SUL/AIR Digital Library Program.
The Media Preservation Unit is dedicated to assuring continued
access to media materials in SUL/AIR collections. The term "media"
encompasses audio and video recordings, motion picture films, as
well as a wide range of library materials and resources in digital
form. Media Preservation also serves to maintain access to the information
in traditional library materials, such as books and serials, by
coordinating microfilming projects. Furthermore, Media Preservation
is involved in the digital imaging of special collection materials,
such as rare books, manuscripts, maps, prints, and photographs.
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June 23, 2005
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