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"'Fossils are our only opportunity to see into past biodiversity,' said Christine Garcia, curator and manager of Stanford’s Geoscience Specimen Collection. Studying them, she said, can help scientists...make better decisions about protecting biodiversity." 🔗 www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

She was looking for frogs in the San Mateo hills. Then she stumbled upon an Ice Age mystery

It looked like an odd rock at first, but a geomorphologist found a 10,000-year-old Pacific mastodon tooth.

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The upcoming fourth biennial Global Piano Roll Meeting (Aug 7-9), hosted by Stanford's Music Dept, will feature a demonstration of the Pianolatron app, a new technology developed by the Libraries' Research Data Services. 🎹 library.stanford.edu/news/piano-r...

Piano Rolls: Bridging Technology and Musical Expression | University Libraries

The Global Piano Roll Meeting at Stanford will announce the Pianolatron app, a new technology animating a historic musical medium.

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Finely Printed Books tells the story of Albert Bender and his gifts to Stanford that became the foundation of the Libraries' Special Collections. Learn more about the exhibit opening celebrating the event and the exhibition, now on display in the Green Library Rotunda. bit.ly/48kth1l

Celebrating 100 years of rare book collecting at Stanford

An anniversary exhibition at Green Library showcases fine‑press works and the donors and librarians whose gifts and efforts led to the founding of Stanford’s Special Collections.

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"Q: What did you learn about how people came to librarianship as a profession? A: I think the common thread is service. We all want to help people so much." Whew, that really resonates with me. 🥹 I see it in myself, in my colleagues @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social, and beyond. 🫶📚

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‘What makes it matter’: Oral history project captures heart and resilience of UC Berkeley’s libraries - Ann Glusker 📜 www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/news/g...

The Kazuyuki Takahashi papers, comprising of the correspondence, photographs, and related materials created and collected by Kazuyuki Takahashi and his wife Soyo Takahashi during their incarceration at Santa Anita Assembly Center and Manzanar concentration camp, are now available for research.

A group of association members posing on outdoor steps.