Featuring the girl with a pearl earringβwith more pearls π§. We're spotlighting Yiying Lu's emoji-inspired artwork at Green Library East, behind the circulation desk. Come by!
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Featuring the girl with a pearl earringβwith more pearls π§. We're spotlighting Yiying Lu's emoji-inspired artwork at Green Library East, behind the circulation desk. Come by!
bit.ly/4f2SxeG
In the early 1900s, Jane Stanford envisioned βa grand library,β capable of holding a million volumes. Her proposal laid out the groundwork for Green Library.
Today, Green has not only fulfilled Janeβs vision, but is also home to many other centers and services: library.stanford.edu/libraries/ce...
We are delighted to welcome Vijoy Abraham as the new Assistant University Librarian for Research Data Services!
Vijoy comes to his new role with a 26-year (and counting) tenure in research data services at the Stanford University Libraries.
library.stanford.edu/news/vijoy-a...
June is #LGBTQHistoryMonth. See ebooks from Spain now tinyurl.com/4sk9bj43 available from
@stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. See sample titles, access via tinyurl.com/2mrfrfhh & check by publisher #EditorialEgales. Check it Out!ππ
π£ Get ready for the North American Taiwan Studies Association 2025 Conference, Toward an Otherwise in Taiwan and Beyond
ποΈ June 30-July 2
π Stanford University
π€ Co-hosted by APARC Taiwan Program, @stanfordulibraries.bsky.socialβ¬, & the National Museum of Taiwan Literature
Join us! natsa2025.org
Pleasant surprise this morning: several #handmade #CubanBooks from #EdicionesVigΓa just arrived. / Vaya chulada de #LibrosArtesanales cubanos que nos han llegado hoy para "la Green" de @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social for a larger collection of 400+ pieces tinyurl.com/5458rpxn of #Libroshechoamano.
04.06.2025 16:01 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0We are thrilled to be the home of the Filipina American artist Pacita Abad's archives! This collection encompasses over thirty years of the artist's career and includes snapshots into Abad's life.
www.forbes.com/sites/chadds...
Stanfordβs Big Local News and Libraries supported a Pulitzer-winning investigation into Baltimoreβs fentanyl crisis, helping journalists uncover overdose patterns among Black men.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
A person's hands lifting an old wooden box up to reveal a typewriter underneath.
βThe MingKwai Chinese typewriter combined βsearchβ and βwritingβ for arguably the first time in history," says scholar
@tsmullaney.
At Stanford, the prototype of this machine will be used for research, exhibits, & programs.
π· by Elisabeth von Boch
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
Link to my talk next week at the Stanford Green library:
"Before Durkheim: Early French Social Science and the Politics of Progress"
events.stanford.edu/event/thomas...
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Digital photos chronicling the late Senator Dianne Feinsteinβs 30-year career are now available for research at SUL.
π searchworks.stanford.edu/view/in00000...
π· Senator Chuck Grassley presenting Dianne Feinstein with a birthday cake featuring the Stanford University seal (Cr. Rosa Pineda).
Text reads, do you have a dataset that exemplifies impactful data sharing? Submit it to the 2025 Stanford University Libraries Data Sharing Prize! Submissions are due April 27, 2025. Nominations are limited to Stanford University faculty, staff, and students.
Nominations are open for the 2025 Stanford University Libraries Data Sharing Prize!
π Apply now: forms.gle/mDDaUAZV462Z...
Our wonderful colleague Ray Heigemeir has created a new resource for access to rare music at @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social
exhibits.stanford.edu/rare-music/h...
Read an interview with Yumiko, to learn the new exhibition at the East Asia Library featuring three major modern Japanese authors, Yumiko Kurahashi, Ryuichi Tamura and Kazuko Shiraishi.
library.stanford.edu/news/east-as...
"Poetry offered me a vehicle for realizing my dream of bridging the gap between Japan and America." - Yumiko Tsumura, poet and translator π
08.03.2025 00:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Woman in a black dress carrying flowers looking back at viewer.
A book open to its title page. On the left is the illustration of a woman, and on the right is the title page.
Illustration of a soldier standing and a woman in a red dress.
In 1875, George Bizetβs renowned opera Carmen, premiered at the OpΓ©ra Comique in Paris. Today, we celebrate the 150th anniversary of this performance with a few highlights from our collections: tinyurl.com/btpbmdmt
03.03.2025 22:27 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0iThenticate now available from Stanford University Libraries!
Stanford faculty members can now use iThenticate to review research works of which they are an author or co-author. Please refer to the iThenticate service page for more information. library.stanford.edu/ithenticate
From Cambridge experience to the whole world to enjoy!
Medieval manuscript digitisation transformed student and teacher access to medieval manuscripts
We are proud to continue our 15-year collaboration with @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social
www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/tea...
#PLOW #ParkerLibrary
#BlackHistoryMonth seems like a good time to both remind & introduce new folks to this digital exhibit: Say Their Names - Green Library Exhibit supporting the Black Lives Matter movement: exhibits.stanford.edu/saytheirnames. #BHM
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#ChineseNewYear check out #StanfordLibraries for multilingual content on the Chinese historical presence in Cuba, Mexico, Panama & Peru tinyurl.com/4wf6a5c6. @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social @mollyauf.bsky.social @micuriel.bsky.social #StanfordUniversityLibraries
28.01.2025 19:36 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0We are excited to announce that Stanford will assume permanent stewardship of the California Historical Society Collection.
Read the full press release: stanford.io/4aAzqX8
In the background, 8 electric candles of various sizes on a dark background, int he foreground, a book lies open on a foam book cradle, the light from the candles is reflected by the gold decorations on the open pages of the book.
A brief moment of quiet last Friday before our "Manuscripts by Candlelight" event in @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social (all candles electric, of course, no open flames near our books) - the reflection of warm light on gold a perfect way to end last week. (thanks @etreharne.bsky.social for co-hosting!)
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