CrossMark: Helping researchers decide what scholarly content to trust
"What happens when the record of scholarly research published in journals, books, proceedings or other documents changes? As careful as authors, reviewers, and publishers are in the publication...
View ArticleInternet Archive’s 2013 Annual Celebration
A month ago on October 24th (computer geeks know this number 1024 as 2^10), staff and friends of the Internet Archive (IA) converged at archive.org's 300 Funston Avenue offices for an annual...
View ArticleOn IOSTE Conference in Turkey (Oct 30 to Nov 1, 2013)
Conference site: http://www.ioste2013.org/ The International Organization for Science and Technology Education (IOSTE) Eurasian Regional conference was recently held in Antalya, Turkey. The...
View ArticleDigital signage in the libraries
The Stanford Libraries has utilized digital signage for many years. We have always looked to move from the monotonous static systems of the past to a communicative system that was more dynamic and...
View ArticleTrial database access: VoxGov public domain + social media search engine
We've set up trial access for a new database called VoxGov (http://voxgov.com). Please take a moment to put the database through its paces and send any feedback you have to me at jrjacobs AT stanford...
View ArticleUpdate on SUL digital signage
Oalla digital signage continues to innovate within the Stanford University Libraries. Since Ronnie Fields of the Stanford Green Library last posted on the topic, the Stanford Terman Engineering...
View ArticleChromebook pilot at Terman Engineering Library
Are Stanford students living in the clouds? Our recent Chromebook lending pilot at the Terman Engineering Library pointed out some interesting trends that involve the adoption of Google Apps and cloud...
View ArticleiPads for Digital Signage
Do you have an older iPad that is just sitting around idle? Why not use it for something productive such as interactive front desk signage?
View ArticleDigging Deeper - an online course about medieval manuscripts
In January, Stanford launched Digging Deeper: Making Manuscripts, an online learning experience devoted to the technologies involved in creating and interpreting medieval manuscripts. We're off to a...
View ArticleIntroducing EarthWorks, Stanford's new GIS data discovery application
Stanford University Libraries is happy to introduce EarthWorks, our new geospatial data discovery application. EarthWorks is a discovery tool for geospatial (a.k.a. GIS) data. It allows users to search...
View ArticleStanford University Libraries receives IMLS funding for ePADD Phase 2...
We are delighted to share that Special Collections and University Archives has been awarded a National Leadership Grant for Libraries through the Institute for Museum & Library Studies (IMLS), to...
View ArticleHacking the David Rumsey Map Center (Part 1)
About this seriesAs part of the opening events for The David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford's Green Library I recently gave a talk about the various ways you can "hack" the David Rumsey Map Collection....
View ArticleVisualizing History in Rio de Janeiro
The 2016 Summer Olympics are drawing lots of attention to Rio de Janeiro. But while most people are focused on the current games -- as well as current events, politics, and health issues that might...
View ArticleWatch it Online: Moments of Innovation – A Stanford Virtual Experience
Moments of Innovation is a virtual reality film that highlights 125 years of innovation at Stanford. A collaboration between the Stanford University Archives and three graduate students in Stanford’s...
View ArticleGIS Day @Stanford is coming, November 16th!
GIS Day is an annual celebration of geospatial technologies, held on the Wednesday of Geography week. The Stanford Geospatial Center uses GIS Day as an opportunity to connect Stanford researchers to...
View ArticlePersonal Digital Archiving (PDA) submission deadline is November 25
How do we choose to document and share information about ourselves, our activities, and our communities? What happens to all of the data people create over their lifetimes? How can an information...
View ArticleNew release for open-source email archiving software - ePADD, version 2.1
We're excited to announce the release of ePADD 2.1, which contains a new customizable configuration file, an additional lexicon - microbiologist persona, and other minor fixes. You can grab the new...
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A productive week at Geo4LibCamp 2017
February 7, 2017by Darren Hardy PhDBlacklightDigital libraryEmerging techEventsGeospatialHydraMapsGeo4LibCamp is a hands-on meeting to bring together those building repository and associated services...
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ePADD v3.0 release, upcoming hackathon, and spring presentations
March 3, 2017by Josh SchneiderBorn digitalDigital preservationEmerging techNewsOpen sourceWe are thrilled to announce the final release of ePADD v3.0, which introduces an entity merge interface, unique...
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Personal Digital Archiving Hackathon scheduled for March 31 - April 1, 2017
March 7, 2017by Josh SchneiderBorn digitalCIDREducationEmerging techEngineeringEventsManuscriptsNewsOpen sourceUniversity ArchivesHow can we best make sense of the digital strands and data that...
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