Joe Wible Retires After 33 Years of Service to Stanford

 
After 33 years of working for the Stanford Libraries, Joe Wible will be retiring. From starting in the Lane Medical Library in 1982 to becoming the Head of Miller Library, Hopkins Marine Station since 1993, Joe has been an affable colleague and valuable fixture for our students, faculty and staff.
 

A Large Collection of Early Printed Leaves

 
Curator of Rare Books, John Mustain, discusses the recent donation of a remarkable and rich collection of some 700 individual leaves from books from the 15th and 16th centuries.
 

SUL Develops Open Source Email Archive Software

 
ePADD, a software package developed by The Libraries' Special Collections & University Archives, supports archival processes around the appraisal, ingest, processing, discovery, and delivery of email archives.
 

Stanford Brings Top Estonian Choir to Memorial Church

 
Over 600 people filled Memorial Church on July 15 to hear the sublime voices of the Estonian TV Girls' Choir.
 

News & Views

 
Chinese Railroad Workers ... Parker on the Web 2.0 ... Playasax ... The Salisbury Magna Carta ... Beyond the Book ... Silicon Valley Pioneers ... Ancient Greek Economy ... and other news.
 

Upcoming Event

 
 
On August 5 in Green Library: "Why Did They Not Print Their Books? Stories about the Reasons Why Printing Was Introduced so Late in the Muslim World," a lecture by Jan Just Witkam, professor emeritus of codicology and palaeography of the Islamic world at the University of Leiden and editor-in-chief of The Islamic Manuscript Association’s Journal of Islamic Manuscripts.