Seeing (the New) STARS
Those who use the STARS system to register for, complete, and track compliance (and other) training at Stanford will be happy to know that STARS got a bit of a face-lift this past spring and is now easier and more straightforward to use... Read more
New and Improved My Workspace in CourseWork
My Workspace is the first page users see when they log in to CourseWork, Stanford's learning management system... Read more
Google Book Search: New Features
Google Books has unveiled some great new features... Read more
New Stanford Calendar: Tips Make Transition Easier
For those of you who may have been away during the summer, Stanford has a new enterprise-wide calendar!... Read more
Secure Instant Messaging
Instant Messaging is used for everything from scheduling lunch with friends to sharing information about a problem in real-time... Read more
Stanford Answers and SSC Help Students and Others
The Student Services Center (SSC) has joined Stanford Answers, the online knowledgebase from IT Services, to provide even more information online... Read more
Mapping the Republic of Letters
The Republic of Letters, an intellectual network initially based on the writing and exchange of letters, was a pre-disciplinary community in which most of the modern disciplines developed... Read more
Academic Technology Lab Assists Faculty and TAs
The Academic Technology Lab (ATL) is a resource center for faculty, instructors and TAs interested in using multimedia to improve teaching, learning and research at Stanford... Read more
History Instructor Honored with Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award
Last year, the Sakai Teaching and Learning Community established the Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award (TWSIA) to recognize instructors making exceptional use of Sakai, an open-source software project upon which CourseWork is based... Read more
AIP Partners with CLOCKSS
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has announced it will preserve its award-winning publications in the CLOCKSS digital archive of scholarly research content... Read more
StanfordCardPlan Changes - Effective September 1, 2009
For the new academic year, effective September 1, 2009, the StanfordCardPlan will be offered to students only and will allow them to make purchases of up to $1000 per quarter at the Stanford Bookstore and other on-campus locations... Read more
See the Stanford Libraries' Island in Second Life
Virtual worlds, most particularly Second Life, are being used by academics world-wide for collaboration, research and education. Stanford University Libraries' Second Life island provides a new way to make the libraries' unique collections more accessible... Read more
SULAIR Cross Search in Live Beta
As multi-database searching through the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) came to a close in August 2009, SULAIR Cross Search was being unveiled. SULAIR Cross Search provides Stanford researchers and students with a single search option for multiple online resources...Read more
Stanford Selected as Site for Digital Humanities 2011 Conference
We are proud to announce that Stanford has been selected to host the international conference Digital Humanities 2011... Read more
Find Green Library on Facebook
Become a Fan of Green Library on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/greenlibrary... Read more
Never Get Lost in Green Library's Stacks Again!
Now you can use your mobile device to quickly locate the book or other materials you're looking for in Green Library... Read more
Parker on the Web to Launch October 1, 2009
The 1.0 version of Parker on the Web, an interactive, Web-based workspace designed to support research and teaching associated with the manuscripts in the world-famous Parker Library at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, will launch on October 1, 2009... Read more
HighWire Press News: Expansion of Program for Books and Reference Works
HighWire Press, the online publishing division of Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (SULAIR), hosts the largest repository of high impact, peer-reviewed content, including journals and full text articles from over 140 scholarly publishers. Recently, HighWire announced an increase in the growth of its books program, with over 30 new titles launched online so far this year and hundreds more scheduled through 2009 and early 2010... Read more
