Sarah E Lester

Engineering Librarian for Outreach, Instruction and Electronic Resources

Contact

slester@stanford.edu
(650) 725-1018

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Sarah's role in the library

I am the liaison for the Computer Science, Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering Departments. I collect materials and provide research support for these departments and their related labs and research groups, in addition I maintain the library's collection of industry standards. I provide instruction support for PWR courses and teach workshops on various topics at the Engineering Library.

Topic Guides by Sarah

Guide	Last Updated	Subject tag
Automotive engineering	2012-12-18	Automotive engineering
Bioengineering	2014-07-15	Bioengineering
Medical device design and regulation	2015-03-05	Bioengineering, Materials science and engineering, Mechanical design, Medicine and health
Computer science	2015-09-24	Computer science
Mechanical Engineering	2013-03-12	Mechanical design, Mechanical engineering
Standards	2015-06-23	Engineering
Software Help for Engineers	2015-02-04	Computers and computing, Computer science, Software, Engineering, Mathematics and statistics

Course Guides by Sarah

Course number	Term	Guide	Instructor
PWR 1RC	Fall 2014	Domestication: How Humans Shape the Natural World	Carpenter, R.
PWR 2SB	Winter 2014	Writing 'Science': Fact, Fiction, and Everything Between	Brawn, S.
ENGR 202W	Autumn, Winter, Spring	ENGR 202W: Technical writing	Reichard, C.
MATSCI-81N	Fall	MATSCI 81N: Bioengineering materials to heal the body	Heilshorn, S.
ENGR 102M	Spring 2013	Technical/Professional Writing for Mechanical Engineers	McDevitt, M.
PWR 2RC	Fall 2015	Red Pill or Blue Pill? : The Rhetoric of Drugs	Carpenter, R
PWR1 GNV	Winter 2014	Rhetoric of bioethics and biopolitics	Varsava ,N
PWR 1TS	Fall 2014	White Mice and White Coats: The Rhetoric of Biomedical Science	Stan, T.
PWR 1 D	Summer 2015	Writing Well: An Introduction to College Writing	Carpenter, R.
PWR 1TS	Fall 2015	Rhetoric of the Experiment	Stan, T.
PWR 1MO	Fall 2015	Imagining Technology: The Rhetoric of Humans and Machines	Formato, M.

Professional activities

Member, American Society for Engineering Educators - Engineering Libraries Division (2008 - present)

Selected publications

Lester, S. (presenter), “The End User Experience;” Springer E-book Summit, San Diego, CA, January 7, 2011

Lester, S. (presenter), “Stanford Engineering Library —Envisioning an Evolving Facility;” American Society for Engineering Education, Engineering Libraries Division, June 22, 2010

Lester, S. (2009). Using Serendipity to Navigate the Stacks. Ambidextrous, 11, 10-12.

More about Sarah

Prior to becoming a librarian I worked in a number of different positions doing web UI design and programming as well as graphic design. As the child of three generations of Engineers, I have an appreciation for the profession and the types of resources required for success.