The Challenge - Stanford University Libraries & Academic ...

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A “TopicMap,” from
the HighWire Press
Web site, is a special
Java applet designed to
allow researchers the
ability to navigate topics
in a graphical form
to give one a sense of
context while navigating
a large, tree-structured
database.
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Michael A. Keller
catches up with recent
acquisitions.
From the University Librarian
We in the Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources have seen
many noteworthy achievements and milestones during the past year. Among these The
Stanford Challenge, without question, will have a profound impact on our future as a
library, an academic computing service, and a congeries of publishing services in the
21st century.
The pace of innovation and intellectual growth around campus historically and
presently has motivated the Libraries to advance the cutting edges of our professions. The
Stanford Challenge is cranking up that pace, and the Libraries are redoubling their efforts
in order to meet that mandate, providing an ever-expanding array of services and
resources in every possible medium and in myriad domains. While this is a daunting
challenge indeed, I am delighted with the response of our staff, and we all take justifiable
pride in our work, some aspects of which are showcased in this report. The vignettes
included here will illuminate the strategic collaborations of multidisciplinary and globally-focused
scholars that could not take place without the diverse assemblage of talented
and energetic specialists, wide-ranging and deep collections, well-tuned services,
attractive facilities, and easy-to-use technologies that constitutes the Libraries (in our
expanded definition of the term).
Your responses to this report are earnestly solicited.
Michael A. Keller
The Ida M. Green University Librarian
Director of Academic Information Resources
Publisher, HighWire Press
Publisher, Stanford University Press
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Venerable volumes
in Branner Earth Sciences
Library: Bulletin
of the Seismological
Society of America date
back to 1911, when it
was published by the
Stanford University
Press.
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