At a glance

Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections

Instruction, workshops & events

Library tours & orientation

The library offers orientation tours every fall for incoming students by request. Tours are also available year round for groups or individuals. To arrange a tour, please email brannerlibrary@stanford.edu.

Instruction & workshops

We offer workshops catered to the earth sciences, map collections and geographic information services (GIS). Students, faculty, and staff are welcome. If you know of a workshop you would like to have us offer, please email us! Instruction contacts:

GIS: Stace Maples, Geospatial Manager, stacemaples@stanford.edu

Maps: Julie Sweetkind-Singer, Map Librarian, sweetkind@stanford.edu

Earth, Energy, & Environmental Sciences: Hannah Winkler Hamalainen, Earth Sciences Librarian, hannah.winkler@stanford.edu

Upcoming Workshops

GeoRef 101

Wednesday, October 7, 2015. 12:00 PM.
Branner Earth Sciences Library Teaching Corner, Mitchell Earth Sciences Building

Advanced Google

Wednesday, October 14, 2015. 12:00 PM.
Branner Earth Sciences Library Teaching Corner, Mitchell Earth Sciences Building

Apps, eBooks & eReaders: Getting Resources in the Field

Thursday, October 15, 2015. 12:00 PM.
Branner Earth Sciences Library Teaching Corner, Mitchell Earth Sciences Building

Who Cited Whom? Finding Your and Other Scholarly Works

Monday, October 19, 2015. 12:00 PM.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015. 12:00 PM.
Branner Earth Sciences Library Teaching Corner, Mitchell Earth Sciences Building

Mendeley for Geoscientists

Tuesday, October 27, 2015. 12:00 PM.
Branner Earth Sciences Library Teaching Corner, Mitchell Earth Sciences Building

Hands-on Intro to SQL (Structured Query Language)

Tuesday, September 29, 2015. 9:00 AM-12:00 PM.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015. 9:00 AM-12:00 PM.
Branner Earth Sciences Library Teaching Corner, Mitchell Earth Sciences Building

Automating with Shell Scripts (Demo)

Tuesday, September 29, 2015. 10:00 AM-11:00 PM.
Wednesday, October 7, 2015. 10:00 AM-11:00 PM.
Branner Earth Sciences Library Teaching Corner, Mitchell Earth Sciences Building

GIS DAY

Wednesday, October 14, 2015. 12:00 PM.
Branner Earth Sciences Library Teaching Corner, Mitchell Earth Sciences Building

Ongoing Geospatial Workshops

Ongoing Geospatial Training Workshops occur throughout the quarter, including Introduction to ArcGIS, Advanced GIS Techniques, Data Creation and Management, and Introduction to Python for ArcGIS. To view schedules and sign up for Geospatial Training, visit the visit the Stanford Geospatial Center website at gis.stanford.edu.