Monthly Archives: September 2015

SBU Libraries’ Concert Series: “The Art of Violin”

SBU Libraries’ hosted our first concert series of the semester on Wednesday, September 30th! Graduate violin students from the studio of Jennifer Frautschi presented “The Art of Violin”, a concert of works for solo and accompanied violin. Featuring music by

Posted in About Us, Library Outreach, Melville Library, Stony Brook University

Center for Scholarly Communication: Benefits for the researcher

The mission of the University Libraries Center for Scholarly Communication is to provide expertise, information and resources to researchers: in meeting grants funders’ public access mandates (NIH, NSF, etc.). for leveraging author’s copyright. author’s addendum for retaining copyright. discover and understand

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Updated Schedule for On-site Reference in Humanities and SBS

SBU Libraries will now offer on-site reference and consultation services in the Humanities Building lobby (Mondays, 2-3) and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Building lobby (Tuesdays, 1:30-2:30), effective Monday, 10/5.  The Thursday hour (1:30-2:30) will be held for the last

Posted in Libraries, Library Outreach, Reference

Melville Library Faculty Presentations Tuesday, September 29 at Noon

Library Faculty Presentations Tuesday, September 29, 2015 12:00 PM Melville Library, Scholarly Communications Room, 2nd floor, North Reading Room “The Suffolk Symphonic Orchestra and Society Papers” – For nearly twenty years the Suffolk Symphonic Orchestra played a significant role in the

Posted in Libraries, Music

Gisele Schierhorst is teaching MUS 520, “Introduction to Research,”

MUS 520, “Introduction to Research,” is a seminar specially designed for the interests and needs of new students in the Music Department’s DMA Program in Performance.  It is taught by Associate Librarian/Head of the Music Library, Gisele Schierhorst.

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Celebrate your freedom to read during Banned Books Week!

It’s that time of year again! ALA’s Banned Weeks Week falls at the end of September each year.  The holiday, which began yesterday, is meant to encourage us all to embrace our freedom to read.  So please show your solidarity

Posted in Books, Classics, Events, Information Literacy, Library Outreach, Melville Library, Writing and Literature

Matthieu Cognet’s published transcription of Ravel’s “La Valse” available in Music Library

Matthieu Cognet, DMA candidate in Piano Performance, recently published his own transcription of Ravel’s “La Valse,” and was pleased to find that we had added several copies to the Music Library’s collection.  Congratulations Matthieu!

Posted in About Us, Music, Music Library

On This Day: September 24, 1779…

Letter, George Washington to Benjamin Tallmadge, 1779.

General George Washington wrote a historically important letter about spy activities in Setauket. Did you know that Special Collections in the Melville Library has this original letter? Written during the American Revolution from “Head Quarters Westpoint,” the letter to Major

Posted in Special Collections & University Archives

Faculty Exhibition features collaboration between Music Department and the Library

Margaret Schedel, Associate Professor of Composition and Computer Music, and Patrice Scanlon, Multimedia Resources Specialist for the Library’s Technology, Discovery and Digital Initiatives, collaborated on an interactive work entitled “A Train of a Thousand Wings,” which allows the listener to manipulate

Posted in About Us, Art, Music, Technology

SBU Libraries & Stony Brook Ultimate Frisbee Team Event

Stony Brook’s Ultimate Frisbee team and SBU Libraries met  for some fun activities on Wednesday, September 23rd during campus lifetime on the Staller steps! The team had Kan Jam & See How High You Can Jump! set up. The team

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