Teaching online
Today everyone has advice on how best to teach online. We have many e-resources to help. Check out Technology in higher education teaching for links to some of them.
Blogs
Japanese ebooks now available through KinoDen
The East Asia Library is now offering access to select Japanese ebook titles through Kinokuniya's ebook platform, KinoDen.
2020 Edible Book Festival: My edible hourly book adventure
For this year's Edible Book Festival celebration, I was inspired by another annual festival, the Hourly Comic Day that takes place on February 1st (here are just a few examples from 2020, 2019, and
2020 Edible Book Festival: Stanford Libraries staff keep the tradition alive!
The International Edible Book Festival commemorates the birthday on April 1st of Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), the French gastronome who wrote one of the seminal founding works on gastronomy, Physiologie du goût. It also celebrates the playful spirit of April Fool’s Day by encouraging us to play with our food and to consume literature on a whole new level.
ANSI releases select standards for COVID-19 support (UPDATED)
Several librarians across the United States have been petitioning ISO and ANSI to release or open up access to several critical standards in the response efforts to the COVID-19 pandemic. ANSI has announced a portal that contains several of these important standards, including standards for the fabrication of ventilators and standards for incident management response, released to the public. At this time, 31 of these ISO standards have been released, and you can access them by visiting the following links.
100th Spotlight at Stanford exhibit published
We are thrilled to announce the publication of the 100th Spotlight at Stanford exhibit! Opening Night! Opera & Oratorio Premieres was created and published by Ray Heigemeir of the Stanford Music Library, with selected customizations supported by Chris Beer of Digital Library Systems and Services’ Access Team.
Hidden treasures: Encounters with binder's waste in Stanford Libraries Conservation Department
Sophocles’ trageodiae septem… [Haguenau, France: Ex officina Seceriana, 1534] (Stanford Libraries Department of Special Collections PA4413 .A2 1534).
Virtual R support this quarter
Below are some ways for you to stay connected and get help with R this quarter.
Virtual R Lab
Starting next week (April 8) the weekly R Lab will be online. This is a collaborative space to get started with R, to troubleshoot and connect.
Time: Wednesdays 2-4pm from April 8 to May 27
Location: Zoom link