The Chronicle of Higher Education published a fascinating article this month about how technology has shaped higher education over the past 50 years. The article explores how students and instructors have used technology in the classroom, from the ultra expensive mini-computers of the 1960s to the ubiquitous smartphones of today.
Michael Bailou Huang, Coordinator of the Office of Global Library Initiatives and Librarian of Stony Brook University Libraries, received an honorary appointment as Professor at a ceremony that took place on December 15, 2016 in Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China.
Librarian Michael Bailou Huang presented an invited lecture titled “The Changing Role of Academic Libraries and Librarians in the United States” at Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China on December 15, 2016. Over 200 librarians from the hosting institution and other academic libraries in Jinan City attended the lecture.
Shakespeare is a free mobile app that allows users to read plays, sonnets, and poems by William Shakespeare. Students who are studying English and Shakespeare may find this app to be useful when reading Shakespeare’s works. The app contains the full texts of Shakespeare’s complete works, which includes 41 plays,
SBU’s Southampton Physical Therapy Class of 2019 recently hosted the Third Annual Southampton Campus Kinesiology Fair. Kinesiology, the study of the mechanics of body movement, is an important element to physical therapy. The annual fair provides a creative canvas for PT students to share their work in a creative way.
At the end of each semester, all material that was on reserve for the semester is removed to make way for the upcoming semester’s reserve collection. If you’re planning on using something that is currently on reserve for the winter session or spring semester, please fill out a Continuing Reserve
SBU Libraries was proud and honored to host the final concert of the fall 2016 semester on Wednesday, December 14th in the Melville Library Galleria. These amazing musicians are graduate students from the Stony Brook University Department of Music. They give generously of their time and talent to perform for
Google Arts & Culture is a free mobile app that lets you virtually view artwork from museums, galleries, and archives from around the world. Students who are studying art and art history may find this app to be useful in discovering and learning about art, both old and new. Google Arts
We recently had the opportunity to have a chat with Chris Kretz, the newly appointed head of SBU Libraries’ Southampton Library. We pick his brain a little about his time spent in Germany, his knowledge of local Long Island History, of pod-casting, and for some advice he has for our patrons.
PresentR is a video-based presentation software that gives users realtime feedback about body language, eye contact, and other good practices as they present to help them become better public speakers. The software analyzes a video feed of the user presenting to make suggestions for improvement. PresentR also tracks scores over
