Cubberley Blog

Our first iBooks Author and publishing seminar was held yesterday at the Large Instruction Room in Cubberley Library. Participants from three schools – consisting graduate and undergraduates, were represented. Two major parts of the publication process were covered – the first involves downloading iBooks Author App and creating the iBook/e-book, while the second pertains to the iTunes Account setup as well as the iTunes Producer App that prepares the book created in the first stage for submission to the Apple iBooks store.
While most of the work revolves around creating a visually appealing, interactive, multi-media rich book, we highlighted features and issues that authors need to be aware of to save time and avoid frustration with the publishing process. Participants were taken through individual steps, exploring and discovering features along the way. One participant was ready to submit his first iBook by the end of the seminar, having completed the account setup process in addition to setting up the different applications required on the Mac computer.
We had expected a larger STEP (and SUSE in general) representation but this was overtaken by a CTE social event. Another seminar will be held to give this group an opportunity to master the iBooks Author application and the publishing process. Look out for iTunes U Seminar coming up before end of this quarter!

Stanford patrons now have access to PsycTests from the American Psychological Association.  It gives you easy access to full text of many psychological tests and measures, plus information about tests.  It joins PsycArticles and PsycCritiques in the PsycNet suite.

We now have access to over 280 eBook on educational technologies available to us through the IGI Global portal at www.igi-global.com/gateway.  Stanford patrons can download chapters or an entire book for reading on a computer or mobile device.  About half the titles we also have in paper.

Ever wished you could check out a laptop at Cubberley Education library, just like we did with iPads in the past? We have good news for you. An instruction laptop is available for patrons to use IN the library. It is readily configured to work with the Smartboard in the large instruction room. Check-out period is 2 hours. Inquire at the Reference desk.

Epson GT-2500 Plus Auto Duplex Feed Scanner

Cubberley Education Library now has the Epson GT-2500 Plus Auto Duplex Feed Scanner which allows you to automatically feed and scan multiple pages (up to 50) as well as double-sided pages.
This scanner is connected to the cluster computers (users need a SUNetID).