Contact
- graceb@stanford.edu
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Grace's role in the library
I am the subject specialist for students, faculty, and staff who need help using chemistry and chemical engineering resources and am the primary liaison for the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Departments. My responsibilities include managing the Swain Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library, developing and managing Swain's library collection, providing reference help and library instruction, and consulting and performing database searches. Behind the scenes, I collaborate and cooperate closely with other Stanford Librarians to deliver services and build library collections. I also contribute to library-wide activities such as playing a lead role for xSearch, a search service that allows users to search 250+ resources at one time.
Topic Guides by Grace
Course Guides by Grace
| Course number | Term | Guide | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEM 130 / CHEM 132 | Winter Quarter 2015 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory | Vollmer-Snarr, H. / Cox, C. |
| CHEM 24N | Spring 2015 | CHEM 24N: Nutrition and history | Huestis, W. |
| CHEM 137 | Spring 2015 | CHEM 137: Special topics in organic chemistry | Trost, B. |
| CHEMENG 170 | Fall 2014 | CHEMENG 170: Kinetics and reactor design | Bent, S. |
| CHEMENG 12SC | Summer 2014 | An Exploration of Art Materials: The Intersection of Art and Science | Frank, C. |
Professional activities
Professional interests include end-user searching and the development of search interfaces, collection development and management, and issues associated with scholarly publications.
Current professional activities:
- Royal Society of Chemistry Publications, Library Advisory Board Member, 2011 - present
- Journal of Chemical Education, Editorial Advisory Board Member, 2010 - present
- ACS Joint Board Council Committee on Chemical Abstracts, Member, 2010 - present, Chair, 2013
- ACS Chemical Information Division. Education Committee, Member, 2010 - present, Chair, 2013
- CSA (Chemical Structure Association) Trust, Trustee (2007 - present), Newsletter Editor (2012 - present)
- Bio-Rad Advisory Board for KnowItAll U, Member, 2007 - present
- Collaborative Working Group of GDCh CIC - ACS CINF, Member, 2005 - present
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Editorial Advisory Board Member, 1999 - present
- Science of Synthesis (Thieme), Advisory Board Member, 1999 - present
Selected publications
- Special Libraries Association, Chemistry Division and American Chemical Society, Division of Chemical Information. Marion Peters, Grace Baysinger, and Cory Craig (Editors of 2nd Revised Edition). 2012. Information Competencies for Chemistry Undergraduates: the elements of information literacy. URL: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Information_Competencies_for_Chemistry_Undergraduates
- Grethe G, Baysinger G, Deplanque R, Fels G, Fresen I, Twiss-Brooks A, Zimmermann G. 2011. XCITR - Explore Chemical Information Teaching Resources. CCCE (ACS Division of Chemical Education, Committee on Computers in Chemical Education.) Newsletter. 2011; (Fall): Paper 1. URL: http://www.ccce.divched.org/P1Fall2011CCCENL
- Baykoucheva S, Baysinger G. 2011. A New Reality for Academic Chemistry Librarians: An Interview with Grace Baysinger</a>. Chemical Information Bulletin. 63 (3): 17-20. URL: http://bulletin.acscinf.org/node/211
- Baysinger G., Cramer, T.J. 2011. Using xSearch for Accelerating Research : Review of Deep Web Technologies Federated Search Service. The Charleston Advisor 13 (2): 55-60. URL: http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9388228
- Baysinger, G. 2011. Electronic theses and dissertations: Ethical and publishing issues. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 241 (CHED-1242), MAR 27 2011. URL: http://abstracts.acs.org/chem/241nm/program/view.php
- Baysinger, G. 2010. Getting the biggest bang for your buck: Methods and strategies for managing journal collections. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society. 240 (CINF-21), AUG 22 2010. URL: http://acscinf.org/docs/meetings/240nm/presentations/240nm21.pdf
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