2015

Special Collections receives Priority Projects Grant

Special Collections is the recipient of a $20,000 Priority Projects Grant to support acquisitions and for the curatorial care of collections at Stony Brook University Libraries. The funding was granted by the Honorable Steven Englebright, 4th Assembly District, Suffolk County. With past funding, the department acquired and conserved several rare Long Island documents

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Reminder: Native American Historical Re-enactment

On Thursday, July 30, 2015, Jay Levenson, an Access Services clerk in the Stony Brook University Libraries, will be sharing his knowledge of native culture with the students in ANT 203: Native Peoples of North America taught by Madeline Cherney. Jay will be involved in a recreation of a fictional

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Preservation Open House 7/27/2015

On Monday, July 27th at 10AM, members of the University Libraries’ Preservation Department hosted a departmental open house for library colleagues and interested parties.  The open house was the first of a series of planned departmental open houses designed to share with and educate internal faculty and staff in the

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ICD-10 is coming soon…

The ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases, Revision 10) coding classifications are scheduled to be implemented on Oct.1. The Library has purchased access to both the ICD 9 and ICD 10 . Both classification systems are available from the STAT!Ref database. Click below to access the full classification systems. ICD-10-CM: Clinical

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Follow Special Collections on Instagram

Learn about the university’s one-of-kind library collections and university history on Special Collections and University Archives’ new Instagram account. Pictured here are crew team members in 1962, rowing in Port Jefferson Harbor. Crew was founded in 1960 at the State University College on Long Island in Oyster Bay, the university’s first campus. Photographs

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Presentation to School of Dental Medicine Administrators

Library Dean, Constantia Constantinou and Head of Health Sciences Library, Ann Gleason gave a presentation to the School of Dental Medicine Administrators at their meeting on July 16, 2015. Dean Constantinou presented the Library’s strategic plan and future directions, and Ms. Gleason discussed the current resources and services at the

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Displays in the Music Library

Come see the new musical instrument display just inside the entrance of the Music Library, W-1530. Featured are various percussion and wind instruments from different parts of the world.  From the collection of Celeste Hessler, assistant head of the Music Library. Also featured this month is another display located by

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This Just In!- News Resources for Journalism Students

This week, the Melville Library welcomes the participants of the 2015 Greene Team, a School of Journalism “boot camp” for high school  journalists. For these budding journalists and for more  seasoned Stony Brook journalism students, SBU Libraries  is the place to go for resources on news and journalism. Our news

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Guide to Research Data Services

SBU Libraries Research Data Services provides guidance and support for all aspects of the data lifecycle, from planning your data management strategy during the proposal phase through preserving your data at the conclusion of your project. We are happy to partner with you on proposals and projects. How We Can

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