Let your colleagues and our patrons know that the Library Open House is today from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.! This year's Library Open House will take place both outside and inside the Green Library East portal/lobby area, highlighting SUL services and resources. Participants will include most of the campus libraries, Special Collections, Digital Humanities, SUL in Second Life, and many more. This year, Stanford’s own radio station, KZSU (90.1 FM), will be broadcasting live, featuring some music from our Music Library collections, as well as engaging in live chat sessions. There will be a curated tour of the new exhibit: Scripting the Sacred: Medieval Latin Manuscripts; the newest information/tips on SearchWorks, xSearch, RefWorks, Mendeley, and Zotero will be presented; and the very popular Robotic Book Scanner tours are back. Fun giveaways and a drawing for prizes will round out the event. We look forward to seeing you there!
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Maps of Africa: Workshop
Tuesday, October 9, 2012. Noon - 1 pm
This workshop will focus on both the physical and digital collections of Maps of Africa at Stanford. We will explore ways to find Maps of Africa online; we will also have on display several of Stanford's Maps of Africa from its rare map collections.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
“To please the taste of the public”
Early American Tune Books
(1761 – 1808)
Five early American tune books and one facsimile edition are on display in the Music Library through December 2012. Items include William Billings' The Singing Master's Assistant (Boston, 1781); Andrew Law's The Art of Singing(Cheshire, Conn., 1794); and, Jeremiah Ingalls' The Christian Harmony (Exeter, 1805).
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Dr. Samuel Kai Wah Chu from the University of Hong Kong has been invited to present a seminar at the Business Library. The topic will be: "How Do Libraries Use Social Networking Sites to Interact with Users?" We welcome colleagues from all campus libraries to join us. Please email Daphne Chang if you are interested in attending.
Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Time: 1-2 pm (Note: time change!)
Venue: B400, Seawell Family Boardroom, GSB Library
Abstract: Social networking sites (SNSs) are helpful for stirring up interactions among users. The number of libraries which adopt SNSs is increasing. However, user engagement is low on many libraries’ SNSs. Existing research mainly focuses on the ways SNSs used in libraries and the librarians or users’ attitudes towards libraries using SNSs.
