As of November 9, Stanford graduate students can submit their dissertations digitally. This new program means less effort and expense for students and better access to the documents' content.

Speaking at the Oct. 22 Faculty Senate meeting (PDF), University Librarian Michael Keller said the digital world offers a "much greater palette of expression" to graduate students, because they will be able to include more graphics and content types in their dissertations than in paper copies.

As you enter Green Library's East Wing (by the red fountain), you'll be greeted with the bright display of the library's new digital sign. The digital sign conveys information about many of the library's exhibits, resources, and services. It includes a site map of Green Library, lists current library hours, as well as printing, scanning, and public computer information. It highlights some of the library's newest online resources such as Searchworks, our online (and mobile) Green Stacks Guide , and the Green Library Facebook page.

Content for the sign will continually be updated to provide dynamic and timely information for library visitors.

If you have suggestions and/or comments about the digital sign, please send them to infocenter@stanford.edu.

On Saturday, October 24th, the Lane Catalog and Jackson Catalog will not be available from 6am to 8pm due to a network upgrade in our data centers. Links from Socrates to these two systems will be routed to a maintenance page. Additionally, DocXpress, Lane's document delivery service, will also be down.

LaneConnex, Lane's main search portal, will be up and running normally during this maintenance.