Stanford University

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Obituary Index
Searchable index of death dates for musicians compiled by the Music Library Association to aid librarians in music reference and cataloging work.
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/music/mla/necrology/
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Lexical and Classification Resources
Offers dictionaries, thesauri, classification schemes, and related matter primarily of use to those managing preservation libraries, and imaging projects.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/lex/
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Preservation Descriptors & Classification Schemes
Classification schema related to preservation, drawn from a number of sources, including LISA, ERIC, Art Index, Applied Science and Technology Index, and seven others.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/lex/kessecls/
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XML and MARC
Stanford University's Lane Medical Library details its experiment in using XML instead of MARC to organize its catalog data.
http://elane.stanford.edu/laneauth/ALAChicago2000.html
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PML
Proof Markup Language is used to build OWL documents representing both proofs and proof provenance information.
http://iw.stanford.edu/2005/wd-pml-primer/pml-primer-20051128.htm
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Storing RDF in a relational database
An informal summary of various approaches to storing RDF in a relational database by Sergey Melnik (Stanford.
http://www-db.stanford.edu/~melnik/rdf/db.html
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Acquiring International Documents
Guide to acquiring international government documents. For a number of international bodies, provides contact information for both the official publisher and other vendors. Created and maintained by Chuck Eckman (Stanford University Libraries).
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/jonsson/collections/intl/igoacq.html
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Conservation OnLine
Conservation OnLine (CoOL), a project of the Preservation Department of Stanford University Libraries, covers a wide spectrum of topics of interest to professionals involved with the conservation of library, archives and museum materials.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/
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Lane Medical Library
Providing research and information facilities to students and staff of Stanford University and Medical Center. California, USA.
http://www-med.stanford.edu/lane/
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The Stanford Health Library
Medical resources provided by Stanford Hospitals and Clinics for the use of staff, patients and the public. Palo Alto, California, USA
http://www-med.stanford.edu/healthlibrary/
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