Farewell to Freya Channing
We are sorry to say goodbye this week to Freya Channing, our Rare Books Copy Cataloger. She will be starting a new position at Oakland Public Library in September.
Blog topic: News
East Asia Library acquires two new sets of Tibetan Buddhist canonical texts
The East Asia Library recently acquired two large sets of Tibetan Buddhist canonical materials, the comparative (dpe bsdur ma) editions of the Kanjur (Bka' 'gyur) and Tanjur (Bstan 'gyur), which contain over four thousand Buddhist texts in the Tibetan language.
New Ordering Specialist at Acquisitions Department
The Acquisitions Department is pleased to welcome Shani Braier Marcovitz as the new Ordering Specialist.
Shani will initially be responsible for ordering resources in the subject areas of East Asian Studies, Religious Studies, Psychology, Sociology, and Education. She will be assigned additional ones in the future.
Bon Voyage, Sarah!
After more than 10 years with the Stanford Libraries, on July 20, 2018, Sarah Lester said goodbye to friends and colleagues and prepared for her new role as the Librarian for the College of Engineering at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. During her time at Stanford, Sarah made incredible contributions to the Terman Engineering Library and the wider Stanford community. At various points, Sarah served as the liaison to several departments in the School of Engineering, including Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science. Sarah spearheaded an effort to digitize and
Farewell to Larry Scott
With great dismay I am announcing the departure of Larry Scott, who will be retiring from the Department of Special Collections on July 19th. We are clearly losing one of the best representatives of our Department. Larry was the face of Special Collections, welcoming a vast array of researchers: undergraduates, graduate students, outside researchers, and faculty members. Regardless of status, each person was greeted by Larry with courtesy and respect, his professionalism and kindness setting the tone for a rewarding and often extremely fruitful research experience. Contributi
New Judaica Curator, Eitan Kensky
I am excited to announce that Eitan Kensky, Stanford Library’s new Judaica and Hebraica Curator, started work on July 9. Eitan is responsible for developing, managing, and providing outreach for Stanford’s rich Jewish Studies collections. He joins the Humanities and Area Studies Resource Group, and will also work closely with Stanford’s Taube Center for Jewish Studies. You can find him in his office, Green 321B, in the McDermott Suite.
ePADD 6.0 beta released!
We are very excited to announce the release of ePADD 6.0 beta!
ePADD is free and open-source computational analysis software developed by Special Collections & University Archives and partners that facilitates screening, browsing, and access for historically and culturally significant email collections.
Welcome, Kristen Domingo
I’m thrilled to announce a new addition to the finance team at Stanford Libraries - Kristen Domingo. Kristen started on June 18. Her office is located in the HR & Business Services suite on the 2nd Floor of Green East. If you haven’t met her already, please stop by to say hello or send her an introduction via kdomingo@stanford.edu.