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Announcing the Transition to CourseWork v5 for Summer 2007
CourseWork v5 is Stanford's next-generation course management system built upon the open source software project called Sakai. While CourseWork v5 provides virtually all of the capabilities in the current system (CourseWork v3), it also adds a host of new features that members of our academic community have been requesting... Read more
Free Remote Connectivity Service Available Now: iPass
Now through August of 2007, IT Services is offering free remote Internet access to Stanford faculty and staff. Stanford has contracted with iPass" to provide a remote connectivity service which incorporates wireless hotspots, wired broadband, and dial-up... Read more
Copyright Renewal Database Released
Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (SULAIR) announces the launch of its Copyright Renewal Database tool, nicknamed the "Copyright Determinator"... Read more
Stanford on iTunes U
Stanford on iTunes U provides access to a wide range of Stanford-related audio and video content via the iTunes Store, Apple's popular online music, video, and podcast service. To begin Spring Quarter, a new version of Stanford on iTunes has been launched and... Read more
Microsoft Office 2007 and Compatibility of File Formats
Late in Fall Quarter, Microsoft released its updated Office Suite (Microsoft Office 2007) for the Windows platform. This product is now available from Stanford's Campus Wide Agreement Web site... Read more
Eighteenth Century Journals II: New Full-Text Searchable Database
Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (SULAIR) has acquired a new full-text searchable database of British and Irish newspapers, Eighteenth Century Journals II. Periodical literature was arguably one of the most important forms during the eighteenth century, and this database presents a rich sampling of periodicals published between 1699 and 1812... Read more
Art Museums Move to Make Images Freely Available to Scholars
Recent announcements by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, bring welcome news to scholars who require images from museum object collections for publication purposes... Read more
Academic Technology Specialist Program: What's New
The Academic Technology Specialist Program has recently acquired two new Academic Technology Specialists (ATSs) and has launched the AURA Program to mentor undergraduates who work as research assistants for the ATSs... Read more
Student Computing Creates New Residential "Collaboratory" at Wilbur Hall
Working with Residential Education, Student Housing, and the Symbolic Systems Program, Student Computing has created a new high-technology collaborative space, the "CoLab," at Arroyo House, Wilbur Hall... Read more
