Annual ASC Competition
Every year Brian Sedar, Faculty Coach, and Darryl Goodson, Industry Coach, borrow the set of the current RSMeans Construction Cost Estimation Books from the Terman Engineering Library for several long weekends during winter quarter. We wondered about the intense interest in these reference volumes and found out that the books are taking a winter vacation in Nevada with a student team from the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Terman Engineering Library News - February 2015
We are pleased to announce the February 2015 digital issue of the Terman Engineering Library News.
In the news this month:
- Access Standards via ANSI Standards Connect
- Knovel Challenge Begins – Join Now!
- Department of Energy OpenNet Database
- Free Data Resources Online
- DOE Data Explorer
Register and play Week Two
With less than 4 days left in Week 2 of the 8-week Knovel Academic Challenge, it is not too late for you to play and claim potential prizes! Please note that registration remains open throughout the 8 weeks, allowing students and faculty to enroll at any time.
Register at: http://knovelac.com/registration/
SDR Deposit of the Week: Reliability of Marine Structures
Construction of marine facilities is an expensive endeavor, with platforms built in deep waters costing in the billions of dollars. That makes it important to do it right the first time. Research at the John A. Blume Center for Earthquake Engineering has helped to advance the offshore industry's knowledge of how to build these structures more reliably.
Student theses and research reports from visiting scholars in the Reliability of Marine Structures (RMS) Program are now preserved and available through the Stanford Digital Repository.
Mendeley Workshops, January 27, 29, 30 in Huang 203
New to Mendeley? Want to know more about the Stanford Mendeley Group account features? Have questions about how to streamline your workflow? Interested in the integration with Overleaf for LaTeX projects?
Sign-up in Coursework or Drop-in for one of our Winter Quarter Mendeley workshops. All students, faculty and staff welcome to attend.
• Tuesday, January 27--12-1 Huang 203
• Thursday, January 29--12-1 Huang 203
• Friday, January 30--1-2 Huang 203
Bring your lunch, snacks provided.
Terman Engineering Library News - January 2015
We are pleased to announce the January 2015 digital issue of the Terman Engineering Library News.
In the news this month:
- Knovel Challenge Begins February 2
- Artech House e-Books Added
- WriteLaTeX /Overleaf Training Opportunity
- No VPN Access for Most Library Resources
- Winter Mendeley Workshops
Overleaf/WriteLaTex: trial access for one year (Jan-Dec 2015)
Overleaf is a new collaborative writing and publishing system developed by the team behind the popular WriteLaTeX editor. Overleaf is designed to make the process of writing, editing and producing scientific papers much quicker for both authors and publishers. Overleaf/WriteLaTeX can also be linked to your Mendeley account for quick import of your Mendeley reference library.
The Stanford University Libraries are sponsoring a one year free trial of Overleaf/WriteLaTeX for all students, faculty and staff who would like to use a collaborative, online LaTeX editor for their projects.
Happy Anniversary SDR!
December 13 is a momentous date in the history of the Stanford Digital Repository. It's the date in 2012 when the very first research data item was deposited in the SDR through our online deposit application. Which makes Dec. 13, 2014, the second anniversary of this historic occasion!
Who was our first depositor, how did he find us, and what did he deposit?