"Beasts & Books" Exhibition

 
In a rare books exhibit, historian Mackenzie Cooley reveals how studying the role of animals in the history of Western culture can improve stewardship of the natural world today. "Beasts & Books" opens April 6 in the Bing Wing of Green Library.

Underground and Alternative Comics Collection Comes to Stanford Libraries

 
Local Bay Area resident Robert Fowler has donated his extensive underground and alternative comics collection to Stanford Libraries. The collection includes the work of notable cartoonists like R. Crumb, Trina Robbins, Jay Lynch, Gilbert Sheldon, Joyce Farmer, Harvey Pekar, Howard Cruse, Terry Moore, Roberta Gregory, Alison Bechdel, Adrian Tomine, and the Hernandez brothers.

Performance reimagines Doug Engelbart's Historic Computer Demonstration

 
Henry Lowood, curator for history of science and technology will moderate a discussion about Doug Englebart between Stanford computer scientist Sebastian Thrun and computer philosophy writer and classical music composer Jaron Lanier on April 2 at 5pm in Bing Concert Hall. Stanford Libraries has among its holdings the The Douglas C. Engelbart Collection, which is an extensive collection of documents, video tapes, and computer tape backups spanning Engelbart's career from 1959 to the late 1980s.

News & Views

 
In Memoriam, J. Paul Lomio ... California Rare Book School ...Preparing for Impact ... Stabat Mater ... Ode to Meyer ... Reproducing Pianos and Rolls ... Digging Deeper ... and other news.

Calendar

 
Three upcoming talks by authors Bill Browder (Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice); Bahiyyih Nakhjavani (The Woman Who Read Too Much); and Arnold Thackray (Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's Quiet Revolutionary).