Stanford "Groks"
Libraries and librarians are constantly seeking new and better ways to help scholars find and use information. This fall, Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (SULAIR) teamed with Groxis to provide Stanford Grokker for ... Read more
SULAIR Has Robot for Digitizing Books
The Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources (SULAIR) operates a robotic page-turning and scanning device for the mass digitization of bound print materials, the first of its kind in the world. Called the Digitizing Line (DL), ... Read more
Scholars' Workshops on Electronic Resources
The Scholars' Workshop series for Winter Quarter will begin in January and is open to anyone in the Stanford community. The series covers electronic information resources applicable to the Sciences, Humanities, and Social Sciences. ... Read more
Stanford Libraries Get NDIIPP Award to Archive Geospatial Data
The Library of Congress has selected Stanford and the University of California, Santa Barbara to develop one of eight major national initiatives for digital information preservation. The Stanford/UCSB team will form a National Geospatial Federated ... Read more
Using the Hoover Library After Regular Hours
The Hoover Institution Library is open on weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and some of its materials may be checked out. Much of the collection is non-circulating, so patrons may only use the books in the library during its stated hours. ... Read more
Lane Library's Knowledge Base of Frequently Asked Questions
In December, Lane Medical Library released a searchable knowledge base of frequently asked questions to answer FAQs on services, applications, and policies at Lane. You can find answers to such questions as: * How can I add a series of photos to ... Read more
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Is Here
Stanford University now has access to the new Oxford Dictionary of National Biography both in paper (in Green Library's Information Center) and online... Read more
SIAM Journals Online
The electronic full-text of every SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) journal article from its inception through 1996 became available on January 1, 2005 through Locus. You can find the SIAM journal articles at: .... Read more
Platinum Group Metals Database Now Online
The PGM (Platinum Group Metals) Database is published by Johnson Matthey PLC and is offered online free of charge. An extensive list of properties is provided for each substance including 21 physical properties, 29 fundamental properties, 10 chemical... Read more
Engineering Index Joins SearchPlus
Engineering Index at LANL has been merged into LANL's new SearchPlus interface. A comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database, Engineering Index covers over 4,500 international journals, conference proceedings, books, technical ... Read more
HighWire Press: New Journals
HighWire Press, the online publishing division of Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (SULAIR), produces indexed, full-text versions of scientific, technical and medical journals. A list of currently available journals ... Read more
Issues in Scholarly Communications Web Page
Expensive, commercially published journals are wreaking havoc with the library materials budget for the science and engineering libraries on campus. Annual average price increases have been about 10 percent while the library materials budget has ... Read more
