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SUNY Distinguished Librarian Constantia Constantinou Selected as Dean of University Libraries

Posted on by Janet Clarke

STONY BROOK, NY, September 17, 2013 – After a competitive national search, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Dennis N. Assanis has announced that Constantia Constantinou has been named the Dean of University Libraries at Stony Brook University, effective…

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Posted in Alert, Libraries

Sleuthing Sandpipers? Yes. Here’s Why…

Posted on by Janet Clarke

  The symbol of this year’s scavenger hunt, a sandpiper, is quite accidentally a literary one, making it thereby appropriate for the environment. 

Posted in Library Instruction, Library Outreach

SBU Libraries hosts Stony Brook Ultimate Frisbee Team & LeaveLoveSBU on the Staller Steps

Posted on by Janet Clarke

Come out to the Staller steps during campus lifetime next Wednesday, September 25th to catch the SBU Ultimate Frisbee Team in action, and help LeaveLoveSBU spread some positivity around campus! Team Panic will have Kan Jam set up and will…

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Posted in Events, Melville Library

Database Trials

Posted on by Janet Clarke

University Libraries is sponsoring a selection of database trials throughout the Fall 2013 Semester.  To discover and access trial databases, visit Databases Trials. Trials include: Access World News The most comprehensive collection of full-text newspapers globally, Access World News provides…

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Posted in Academic Subjects, Database Trials, Databases

SUNY-wide 18th and 19th Century Essay Contest

Posted on by Janet Clarke

SUNY and Gale Cengage are sponsoring an Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Essay Contest.  Throughout the Fall 2013 Semester, students, faculty and staff will have trial access to the Gale Database Nineteenth Century Collections Online.  See details and guidelines on the…

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Posted in Academic Subjects, Arts & Humanities, Database Trials, History, Writing and Literature

Dean Constantinou Met with Ioannis (Yiannis) A. Economides

Posted on by Janet Clarke

Dean Constantinou had the pleasure of meeting Ioannis (Yiannis) A. Economides, SBU Alum and an Engineer in November 2014. “I met with Yiannis in Nicosia for coffee. We had a wonderful exchange of information and memories from his years in…

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Posted in Global Initiatives

SOMAS and Library collaborate to re-issue previously published works

Posted on by Kristen Nyitray

The Stony Brook University Libraries and the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SOMAS) announces the online, re-issue in digital format of the school’s well established and respected, published research —  Special Reports and Working Papers series.  Previously published in bound…

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Posted in Digital Collections, Environmental Art, Architecture and Design, Environmental Humanities, Libraries, Library Science, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, MASIC, Preservation, Research, Sustainability, Technology