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Grace Baysinger

Head Librarian and Bibliographer of the Swain Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library
Grace Baysinger

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Organic Chemistry Building, Room 118B

Grace's role in the library

I am the subject specialist for students, faculty, and staff who need help using chemistry and chemical engineering resources and am the primary liaison for the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Departments. My responsibilities include managing the Swain Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library, developing and managing Swain's library collection, providing reference help and library instruction, and consulting and performing database searches. Behind the scenes, I collaborate and cooperate closely with other Stanford Librarians to deliver services and build library collections.  I also contribute to library-wide activities such as playing a lead role for xSearch, a search service that allows users to search 250+ resources at one time.

 

 

Topic Guides by Grace

Guide Last Updated Subject tag
Nanotechnology Resources 2014-02-12 Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Materials science and engineering
Patent Resources 2014-03-25 Engineering
Physical Properties of Materials 2013-08-02 Materials science and engineering
Career Resources for Chemists and Chemical Engineers 2013-05-30 Chemistry, Chemical engineering
Chemical Engineering 2014-01-27 Chemical engineering
Chemical Engineering Resources for Students 2014-01-10 Chemical engineering
Inorganic Chemistry 2013-10-03 Chemistry, Inorganic chemistry
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2012-09-02 Chemistry, Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Chemical engineering
Organic Chemistry 2014-01-10 Chemistry, Organic chemistry
Physical Chemistry 2014-01-10 Chemistry, Physical chemistry
Physical Properties for Chemists and Chemical Engineers 2012-09-02 Chemistry, Chemical engineering
Polymer Science and Engineering 2013-11-02 Chemistry, Polymer science and engineering, Chemical engineering
Science and Technology News 2012-09-02 Chemistry, Chemical engineering
Mobile Apps for Chemists and Chemical Engineers 2013-10-31 Chemistry, Chemical engineering
Energy Resources for Chemists and Chemical Engineers 2012-10-03 Chemistry, Chemical engineering
Analytical Chemistry 2014-03-27 Chemistry, Analytical chemistry
Grants and Funding for Science & Engineering 2014-01-09 Aquatic studies, Biology, Chemistry, Earth sciences, Engineering, Environmental studies, Mathematics and statistics, Physics and astronomy
Geochemistry 2013-05-24 Geochemistry
Lab Safety 2014-03-09 Toxicology and chemical safety, Chemistry, Chemical engineering
Chemical Biology 2014-03-27 Chemistry, Biochemistry
Leland Scholars 2013-10-08 Chemistry
Chemistry Resources for Students 2013-09-26 Chemistry
Mass spectrometry 2014-01-09 Chemistry, Analytical chemistry
Sci-tech: Public outreach 2013-11-18 Chemistry, Chemical engineering
Sci-tech: Ethics, IP, and data 2013-11-12 Chemistry, Chemical engineering
Sci-tech: Grammar and style 2013-11-10 Chemistry, Chemical engineering
Sci-tech: Scholarly publishing 2013-12-16 Chemistry, Chemical engineering
Sci-tech: Written communication 2013-11-18 Chemistry, Chemical engineering
Sci-tech: Visual communication 2013-11-18 Chemistry, Chemical engineering
Sci-tech: Oral presentations 2013-11-18 Chemistry, Chemical engineering
Sci-tech: Multimedia presentations 2013-11-10 Chemistry, Chemical engineering
Sci-tech: Communication 2013-11-11 Chemistry, Chemical engineering

Course Guides by Grace

Course number Term Guide Instructor
CHEM 36/130 Spring 2014 CHEM 36/130: Organic Chemistry Laboratory I/II Vollmer-Snarr, H.
CHEM 24N Spring 2014 CHEM 24N: Nutrition and History Huestis, W.
CHEM 137 Spring 2014 CHEM 137: Special Topics in Organic Chemistry Trost, B.
CHEMENG 170 Fall 2013 CHEMENG 170: Kinetics and Reactor Design Bent, S.
CHEMENG 80Q Spring 2014 Art, Chemistry, and Madness: The Science of Art Materials Frank, C.; Loesch-Frank, S.

Professional activities

Professional interests include end-user searching and the development of search interfaces, collection development and management, and issues associated with scholarly publications. 

Current professional activities:

  • Royal Society of Chemistry Publications, Library Advisory Board Member, 2011 - present
  • Journal of Chemical Education, Editorial Advisory Board Member,  2010 - present
  • ACS Joint Board Council Committee on Chemical Abstracts, Member, 2010 - present, Chair, 2013
  • ACS Chemical Information Division. Education Committee, Member, 2010 - present, Chair, 2013
  • CSA (Chemical Structure Association) Trust, Trustee (2007 - present), Newsletter Editor (2012 - present)
  • Bio-Rad Advisory Board for KnowItAll U, Member, 2007 - present
  • Collaborative Working Group of GDCh CIC - ACS CINF, Member, 2005 - present
  • CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Editorial Advisory Board Member, 1999 - present
  • Science of Synthesis (Thieme), Advisory Board Member, 1999 - present

Selected publications

  • Special Libraries Association, Chemistry Division and American Chemical Society, Division of Chemical Information.  Marion Peters, Grace Baysinger, and Cory Craig (Editors of 2nd Revised Edition).  2012.  Information Competencies for Chemistry Undergraduates: the elements of information literacy. URL: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Information_Competencies_for_Chemistry_Unde...
  • Grethe G, Baysinger G, Deplanque R, Fels G, Fresen I, Twiss-Brooks A, Zimmermann G. 2011.  XCITR - Explore Chemical Information Teaching Resources. CCCE (ACS Division of Chemical Education, Committee on Computers in Chemical Education.) Newsletter. 2011; (Fall): Paper 1.  URL: http://www.ccce.divched.org/P1Fall2011CCCENL
  • Baykoucheva S, Baysinger G.  2011.  A New Reality for Academic Chemistry Librarians: An Interview with Grace Baysinger</a>. Chemical Information Bulletin. 63 (3): 17-20. URL: http://bulletin.acscinf.org/node/211
  • Baysinger G., Cramer, T.J. 2011. Using xSearch for Accelerating Research : Review of Deep Web Technologies Federated Search Service.  The Charleston Advisor 13 (2): 55-60. URL: http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9388228
  • Baysinger, G. 2011.  Electronic theses and dissertations: Ethical and publishing issues.  Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 241 (CHED-1242), MAR 27 2011.  URL: http://abstracts.acs.org/chem/241nm/program/view.php
  • Baysinger, G.  2010.  Getting the biggest bang for your buck: Methods and strategies for managing journal collections. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society.  240 (CINF-21), AUG 22 2010.  URL: http://acscinf.org/docs/meetings/240nm/presentations/240nm21.pdf

 

Education

A.M.L.S., Library Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (1981)
B.S., Botany, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (1978)
A.S., Science, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Kalamazoo, MI (1974)
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