Rise Up for AAPI
43 Stanford Libraries staff volunteers contributed to the launch of the Rise Up for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders online exhibition containing sections on victims lost to recent anti-AAPI hate crimes, profiles of AAPI activists, a timeline of systemic racism against AAPI, points of unity and discord between Asian Americans and African Americans, and resources for learning more and taking action.
Vintage Chinese Comic Book Covers
Chinese Studies Librarian Zhaohui Xue curated a new exhibition showcasing the covers of vintage comic books held at Stanford’s East Asia Library. The comics were popular in the early and mid-twentieth century, particularly after 1949 when they were used to spread Communist ideology and support various political campaigns.
Seeing Silicon Valley
Professor Fred Turner and photographer Mary Beth Meehan collaborated on Seeing Silicon Valley: Life Inside a Fraying America. As reported by Stanford News, “Turner has witnessed profound changes to the region, both as a scholar of Silicon Valley culture and as a resident. Amidst the vast amounts of wealth and growth that surrounded him, Turner also saw another Silicon Valley: one filled with workers and their families barely making ends meet.”
Education and Public Service
"A new Spotlight exhibit on John W. Gardner provides a glimpse at his life and distinguished career in public service, as well as his time at Stanford as a student, trustee, professor, and mentor,” wrote Emma Frothingham, assistant for the Oral History Program. At the time of Gardner’s death in 2002, Stanford President John Hennessy said, "His life should remind all of us that education and public service can work together as a powerful force to improve the world in which we live."
Women in Provenance
“This year’s exhibition at the Stanford University Archaeology Collections will focus on tracing the role that women have played in collecting, making or donating objects,” reported The Stanford Daily. Curator and collections manager Christina Hodge is presenting the exhibition entirely online and exploring a partnership with Stanford Libraries for 3D scanning of archaeological objects.
Nuremberg Digital Archive
In “Stanford begins work on massive digital archive of Nuremberg documents,” The Jewish News of Northern California quoted remarks by David Cohen, director of Stanford’s Center for Human Rights and International Justice; Tom Cramer, director of Digital Library Systems & Services at Stanford Libraries; benefactor Tad Taube, founder of Taube Philanthropies; and scholars looking forward to using the digitized content.
South Asian Conflict
“Stories such as Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy, Salman Rushdie’s Midnight's Children, and Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance introduced the rest of the world to the socio-political tensions fomenting in India since its independence from Britain in 1947,” wrote Laura Wilsey of Stanford Libraries’ Special Collections, adding: “The Archive on Legacies of Conflict in South Asia: The Right To Heal now makes available primary and secondary source materials that bear witness to the very real events, political players and forces that shaped post-colonial South Asia.”
The Quarantine Atlas
The current David Rumsey Map Center e-newsletter includes registration information for “The Quarantine Atlas,” a talk by Laura Bliss. The newsletter also recommends Mapping a World of Cities, a collaborative online exhibition consisting of materials from ten of America’s map libraries, as well as other upcoming events and exhibitions.
Science Library News
The Robin Li & Melissa Ma Science Library newsletter included articles about a joint commitment for action on inclusion and diversity in publishing and a new online exhibit about conservation services at Stanford Libraries, as well as announcements about upcoming events and workshops.
Vartan Gregorian
“Vartan Gregorian Rescued New York Public Library From Squalor,” published by The Wall Street Journal, is the obituary of an Armenian born in Iran who earned a PhD in History at Stanford and went on to become president of Brown University and head of the Carnegie Foundation, among many other achievements including the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Law Enforcement Policies
“Here Are 458 California Law Enforcement Agencies' Policy Documents All in One Place,” published by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, describes the comprehensive data set as a partnership with Stanford Libraries’ Systemic Racism Tracker project.
Designing Libraries and Campus Buildings
Palo Alto Online eulogized Stanford alumnus and architect Bill Busse, who passed away at the age of 93, stating “Busse's name is attributed to numerous noted buildings in the area, including the downtown Palo Alto City Library, the Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center and Stanford University's Tresidder Memorial Union.”
Medieval Carols
Among the scores and facsimiles recently acquired by Stanford’s Music Library & Archive of Recorded Sound are Geminiani’s The art of playing the guitar or cittra (1760) and Mediæval carols transcribed and edited by John Stevens.
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