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Yearly Archives: 2012
Digital Long Island Collection Receives National Recognition
University Libraries Receives 2012-2013 Preservation Grant Award
The Stony Brook University Libraries received notification of a 2012-2013 grant award for the preservation of library research materials. The award which is part of the New York State Program for the Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials Discretionary Grant…
Posted in Libraries, Preservation
Free Trial: Journal of Special Operations Medicine
Free Trial to the Journal of Special Operations Medicine until October 18, 2012. Because human are more important than hardware, the Journal of Special Operations Medicine (JSOM) was established by the Command Surgeon’s Office of the Special Operations Command in…
Posted in About Us
Constantia Constantinou Presents at IFLA, Helsinki, Finland
Constantia Constantinou presented “Towards peace: One library at a time, one nation at a time” at IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, 11-17 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland.
Posted in Global Initiatives
Lung Yingtai on Border Crossing: Writing, Politics and the Taiwan Strait
NEW YORK, August 22, 2012 — Author, public intellectual, and Taiwan Minister of Culture Lung Yingtai (龍應台) shared her views on cross-strait bridge-building and how she navigates between writing and politics. An event at Asia Society, NYC. Watch the…
Posted in Asian and Asian American Studies, Chinese Studies
AMAR Collection
The Archive of Mesopotamian Archaeological Reports (AMAR) Collection is part of the Iraq Cultural Heritage Program (ICHP) Grant. The ICHP was established in 2008 through a grant from the US Embassy Baghdad. The Cultural Affairs Office at the Embassy oversees…
Posted in Anthropology, Digital Collections
