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Picture of SHS Administrative Officer Charlotte Glasser, summer intern Maika Jones, and program assistant Makeda Barr-Brown standing outside

Stanford Oral History Program Summer Interns

September 15, 2022
by Makeda Barr-Brown

Three Stanford students, sponsored by the Stanford Historical Society (SHS), spent the summer as interns with the Oral History Program under the supervision of program staff Natalie Marine-Street and Makeda Barr-Brown. Founded in 1978, the Oral History Program explores the institutional history of the university through interviews with faculty, staff, alumni, trustees, and other members of the community. The program relies on student and volunteer interviewers and editors who have helped complete nearly 1,000 oral history interviews since its inception.

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Join the 2022 Research Impact Challenge

September 13, 2022

 This is a repost from the Lane Medical Library. For the original post, visit their blog.

 

What is the Research Impact Challenge? 

The Research Impact Challenge is an annual event hosted by the Lane Medical Library. The event aims to get researchers thinking about ways to increase the impact of their scholarly work and to learn more about ways impact can be measured.

Teiana Gonsalves

Guest blogger: Teiana Gonsalves (Women's Community Center Archivist & University Archives Student Intern)

August 31, 2022
by Josh Schneider

Aloha! ‘O wau o Teiana Gonsalves a no Kailua, Hawai‘i mai au. Hello! My name is Teiana Gonsalves and I’m from Kailua, Hawai‘i. As the Stanford Women’s Community Center’s (WCC) Archivist and Social Media Coordinator, I help develop and expand the Digital Archive of the history of the WCC. Eager to share the breadth and depth of the WCC’s legacy, I dive deep into spotlighting our galleries, documentation, testimonies, and more. After releasing the WCC Archives website in 2021 and continuing to gather research, I have the privilege of capturing and highlighting the contributions and achievements made by the WCC community throughout our incredible history.

2022 Estonian fellows Anna-Maria Osula (TalTech), Piret Ehin (University of Tartu), and Anu Masso (TalTech)

Estonian visiting fellows talk about their 2022 Stanford fellowships

Stanford University Libraries, along with The Europe Center and The Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies, recently launched two new fellowship programs that brought five Estonian scholars to Stanford in 2022. The Short-Term Research Fellowship at Stanford University for Estonian Scholars and The Global Digital Governance Fellowship at Stanford Un

View of Prague from the Klementinum tower

Destination: Prague

August 25, 2022
by Ray Heigemeir

I recently had the distinct pleasure of attending the 2022 International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML) Conference in beautiful Prague, where I presented a report on our score manuscript digitization project. It was a wonderful, music-filled experience shared with friends old and new. I hope you enjoy this travelogue.

St. Vitus Cathedral

St. Vitus Cathedral

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