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3D scans support students working with SUAC Africa Collections
A pair of wooden sandals carved and worn by Songye people in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, early to mid-20th century (Object IDs 84.599A and 84.599B).
Once again the Digital Production Group (DPG) is partnering with the Stanford University Archaeology Collections (SUAC) team to bring 3D scanning technology into the classroom to enrich the study of artifacts by Stanford students. This autumn we were invited to participate in the class, “African Archive Beyond Colonization”, a seminar co-taught by Dr. Sarah Derbew and Postdoctoral Scholar Denise Lim, who is breaking new ground at Stanford with the Africa Collections Project.

Breaking news! New York Times TDM Archive open for research.
The New York Times TDM Archive (1980-2020) is now available to Stanford University researchers for text data mining (TDM) research projects. Researchers can now access article text and metadata, encoded as XML objects, of the New York Times content covering 1980-2020.

Stanford Libraries staff anniversary honorees 2021
Stanford Libraries staff met virtually on December 9, 2021 for our quarterly all staff meeting and to honor staff who are marking employment anniversaries. Congratulations to all and many thanks for your years of service!
35 years
Juanita M. Chabot
Earth Sciences Library
Fariha Nalan
Access Services Department
30 years
Keith Bisaillon
Music Library
Darsi Rueda
Digital Library
25 years

Student-curated vitrines featuring French fashion plates from 1900-1925
The last assigment from the Couture Culture class was to create an exhibition in the library vitrines with plates from Bowes Art & Architecture Library's extensive collection of early French deluxe edition fashion journals.

Final week - Tama Print show review in the Stanford Daily
Stanford Art Gallery, M-Th 11-5. Read the review and see these wonderful prints before the show closes on Thursday.

Just published: Final report of the Lighting the Way project
The Lighting the Way project team is pleased to announce the publication of Facilitating and Illuminating Emergent Futures for Archival Discovery and Delivery: The Final Report of the Lighting the Way Project. Lighting the Way focused on exploring how networks of people and technology impact archival discovery and delivery (how people find, access, and use material from archives and special collections) and focused on engaging directly with practitioners – archives, library, and technology workers – involved in this work, across roles, job functions, areas of expertise, and levels of positional power. Through a series of in-person and virtual events, the project applied participatory, generative facilitation methods to allow participants to develop future-oriented visions of how to transform archival delivery while also bringing their own experience to bear. The final report is available through the Stanford Digital Repository at its DOI (doi:10.25740/jm302fq5311) and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Stan Brakhage: Triple Vision
One night only! Do not miss this experimental film extravaganza!
Stanford Department of Art & Art History presents Stan Brakhage: Triple Vision, a film installation showcasing a recent acquisition by the Bowes Art & Architecture Library.