Libraries in the Fast Lane

If you were browsing the Automotive section of the New York Times last Sunday, you might have been surprised to find there a substantial article about a Stanford Libraries coup: we have acquired a truly remarkable, quite untraditional, trove of research material, the archives of Road & Track magazine (a gift from Hearst Publishing). – By Andrew Herkovic

SUL Acquires William McDonough Archive

William McDonough is one of the superstars of the environmental movement. Time magazine heralded him as a "Hero for the Planet" in 1999. President Clinton awarded him the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development in a 1996 White House ceremony. McDonough is the only individual to receive the award, the nation's top environmental honor. Now the man who has been called the leading environmental architect of our time will be donating his extensive archive and professional papers to Stanford University Libraries. 
– By Cynthia Haven

A Clock Like No Other

A small recreation of one of Athanasius Kircher's whimsical inventions is ensconced in the Lane Reading Room of Green Library. Kircher's controversial "magnetic clock" mesmerizes visitors with its hand-blown crystal sphere, over a foot in diameter. A hollow three-inch copper globe rotates slowly within it. A band on the globe marks the hours; a cosmic goldfish points the time.  – By Cynthia Haven

News & Views

Head of East Asia Library Named ... SPIRL ... DuraSpace ...  Meyer Library Demolition ... America's Birth Certificate ... McAfee's Flight ... Unfinished Manuscript … GIS Day ... ... and other news.

Exhibits & Events

Scripting the Sacred, part one of a two-part exhibition of Western European manuscripts and fragments, showcases the medieval experience of reading. The exhibition is on view in the Peterson Gallery and Munger Rotunda of Green Library through March 17, 2013.