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Fall 2022 Gear-Up for Science Data

September 25, 2022
by Alma Elizabeth Parada
CIDR
Education
Engineering
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Science

Working with science data can be tough! Real datasets are often complex, with each type of data bringing along it its own needs for quality control, management, and analysis. Feeling overwhelmed? You're not alone!

The Stanford Libraries and the Lane Medical Library are very excited to announce that the Fall 2022 Gear-Up will focus on dealing with real data in the sciences. This event will consist of a series of virtual and hybrid workshops over 3 days, Monday - Wednesday October 10-12, culminating in an in-person research symposium and social hour on Thursday, October 13, 2022.

Escape Room players

Escape the Library

September 21, 2022
Engineering
Events

This week, we opened "Escape the Library" at the Terman Engineering Library. We had such a fun time creating this escape room, and it has been even more fun watching students enjoy the game during orientation week.

It's been three days now, and we have had several escapees - including my husband (pictured below) who finally got to play after hearing me talk about the game ALL summer. Bookings are open until November 18th to anyone with an active Stanford ID. Will you escape?

Screenshot of Colonial Caribbean

New Adam Matthew database content: Primary source materials for British and world history

September 20, 2022
by Benjamin Lee Stone
New acquisitions

Stanford Libraries have acquired eight new databases published by Adam Matthew and sourced from material from the National Archives UK and the British Library: 

Colonial Caribbean: CO Files from The National Archives, UK 

East India Company: India Office Records from the British Library, 1599-1947 [three new modules listed below]

Module III: Series G. Factory Records for China, Japan and the Middle East, 1596-1870

Picture of SHS Administrative Officer Charlotte Glasser, summer intern Maika Jones, and program assistant Makeda Barr-Brown standing outside

Stanford Oral History Program Summer Interns

September 15, 2022
by Makeda Barr-Brown
University Archives

Three Stanford students, sponsored by the Stanford Historical Society (SHS), spent the summer as interns with the Oral History Program under the supervision of program staff Natalie Marine-Street and Makeda Barr-Brown. Founded in 1978, the Oral History Program explores the institutional history of the university through interviews with faculty, staff, alumni, trustees, and other members of the community. The program relies on student and volunteer interviewers and editors who have helped complete nearly 1,000 oral history interviews since its inception.

Simple illustration of a rocket ship taking off

Join the 2022 Research Impact Challenge

September 13, 2022
News

 This is a repost from the Lane Medical Library. For the original post, visit their blog.

 

What is the Research Impact Challenge? 

The Research Impact Challenge is an annual event hosted by the Lane Medical Library. The event aims to get researchers thinking about ways to increase the impact of their scholarly work and to learn more about ways impact can be measured.

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