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ANSI releases select standards for COVID-19 support (UPDATED)
Several librarians across the United States have been petitioning ISO and ANSI to release or open up access to several critical standards in the response efforts to the COVID-19 pandemic. ANSI has announced a portal that contains several of these important standards, including standards for the fabrication of ventilators and standards for incident management response, released to the public. At this time, 31 of these ISO standards have been released, and you can access them by visiting the following links.
Virtual R support this quarter
Below are some ways for you to stay connected and get help with R this quarter.
Virtual R Lab
Starting next week (April 8) the weekly R Lab will be online. This is a collaborative space to get started with R, to troubleshoot and connect.
Time: Wednesdays 2-4pm from April 8 to May 27
Location: Zoom link
Digital library services news - winter 2020
Welcome to the Winter 2020 Digital Library Services Newsletter, prepared by the Product and Service Management team! This newsletter includes contributions from: Cathy Aster, Hannah Frost, Dinah Handel, Sarah Seestone, Andrew Berger, and Michael Olson.
Amplify your impact at Gear Up for Research Communication!
March 9th, 2020 Update: This event has been postponed. Stay tuned for a new date.
The Stanford Science and Engineering Libraries and the Lane Medical Library are happy to announce Gear Up for Research Communication! Join us for this minisymposium on April 8th and learn how to amplify your impact as a researcher.
Databases of the week: let's get technical with tech reports
Technical reports are a form of the “grey literature” which is extremely important for researchers in a variety of fields. While most technical reports aren’t strictly “academic work”, they often contain valuable information for researchers. Finding technical reports can be tricky, and there are no real standards for how they can be accessed. Nonetheless, we have a few suggestions for you!
Julie Sweetkind-Singer
Interim Assistant University Librarian for Science and Engineering Resources
Head of the Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections
Assistant Director of Geospatial and Cartographic Services
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