Swain Library News

One new position and replacements for two vacant positions (Karen Grieg and Susan Payne) were filled recently at the Engineering Library. Please join me in welcoming Sarah Lester, Kathleen Gust, and Pam Gore.

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The Cambridge Structural Database has been updated. Any earlier versions you downloaded have expired. SuperStar, a program for Predicting Protein-Ligand Interactions Using Experimental Data, will be available for downloading for Stanford students, faculty, and staff soon.

Three methods are being used to make the CSD available to you:

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Access to the bound journals has been partially restored. Abstract Papers of the ACS and Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry remain inaccessible. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Due to a leaking roof, there will be no access to the bound journals until further notice. Please see Swain’s e-Journals page for online access to journals.

Stanford’s Falconer Biology Library and Swain Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library are proud to announce that we are continuing our partnership with the New York Academy of Sciences. We will support a free membership for grad students and postdocs in the Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering. To join or renew, please go to the New York Academy of Science’s Stanford page and complete the registration form.

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All SULAIR libraries’ winter intersession and closure hours

Limited Services (Selected Details):

• Library Services: Circulation desks will be open for borrowing only. Searches for missing items, reference services and the processing of document delivery, interlibrary loans, holds, recalls, and course reserves will resume on Jan 3.
• Socrates: Due to major upgrade to Socrates (installing Unicode), many services delivered via Socrates will be unavailable.
  • Dec 21 – Jan 2: Socrates will be available for searching only. Request links for recalls, paging, etc. in Socrates will be unavailable.
  • From Dec 21–25, the Availability Status of items in Socrates will NOT be updated. Items which are available may appear as Checked Out, and some Checked Out items may appear as available. The Availability Status of all items will be updated on Dec 26.
• Document Delivery Services: while users can continue to submit requests, none will be processed from Dec 13 – Jan 2. Users should expect a delay in receiving requested materials. (This is also true for Interlibrary Borrowing and Research Library Cooperative Program Requests.)
• Paging Items from Storage: Paging Items from Stanford Auxiliary Libraries — no items will be paged Dec 21- Jan 2.
• Library Privileges Desk at Green: Library Privileges Desk and Loan Desk at Green will be open Dec 26–28, 31 and Jan 2 from 8am–5pm.

For more details, please see: Winter Closure Hours 2007–2008

Swain Library will be operating under abbreviated hours during the Thanksgiving Break:

Want to be a better speaker? Here’s a session that can help!

Speaking Skills for Scientists
Speaker: Lisa B. Marshall

9:30-11:30am, Wednesday, August 22
Herrin Hall, Room 175
Includes Free Continental breakfast

To register, send email to: sciencealliance@nyas.org

About the Speaker:

Lisa B. Marshall
http://www.lisabmarshall.com

Lisa is an experienced public speaking coach who has presented her seminar at institutions throughout the U.S.

This session is sponsored by:
The New York Academy of Sciences
Falconer Biology Library
Swain Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library

You don’t have to be a NYAS Science Alliance Member to attend this seminar.