Blog topic: News

Early video from Ampex Corp collection at SF History Expo this weekend

February 27, 2014

by Hannah Frost

The San Francisco History Expo is this weekend (March 1-2, 2014) at the Old Mint. Some very early video footage from the Ampex Corp collection at Stanford will be on view there.

This footage -- preserved through the state-wide California Audiovisual Preservation Project -- is special because it demonstrates Ampex's first portable video recorder, the VR-3000. It depicts scenes recorded on a San Francisco cable car going steeply down (probably) California Street in 1967!

Gordon Moore Project Archivist hired

February 26, 2014

by Glynn Edwards

We are pleased to welcome Pennington Ahlstrand to Special Collections. Penny has accepted a position as the Project Archivist for the Gordon Moore project and will be working primarily out of our new Redwood City location.

Clayman Institute audio now streaming online

February 3, 2014

The University Archives and Media Preservation Lab are pleased to announce that more than 800 audiorecordings from the Michelle R. Clayman Institute have been digitized and are now streaming online. The recordings document seminars, talks, conferences, and lectures held at the Institue from 1973-2004.

Road & Track Project Archivist Hired

January 29, 2014

Manuscripts

News

The Manuscripts Division is excited to announce that David Krah has been hired as the Road & Track Project Archivist.

Student gets expert consultation at Software Carpentry Boot Camp, image by Amy Hodge

Boot camp for scientists targets coding best practices

January 28, 2014

by Amy E. Hodge

It seems there is a boot camp for just about everything these days. But have you heard of a boot camp for scientists that teaches best practices for writing and managing code? That's just what the organization Software Carpentry (SWC) is about.

Global Game Jam | January 24-26, 2014

January 17, 2014

Events

News

Global Game Jam

Why I use a feed reader (and why you should, too!)

January 16, 2014

by Ray Heigemeir

Using a feed reader is an efficient way of staying current on topics of interest.

RSS (Rich Site Summary, or Real Simple Syndication) is a mechanism by which a digital information source sends out links to newly added content. A feed reader lets me gather, organize, and edit these various streams of new content links in a single, user-friendly interface (I use Feedly). When I subscribe to a feed, new content is automatically sent to my feed reader as soon as it is made available, 24/7. Oh, and it’s free!