Dean of Libraries, Constantia Constantinou, (second from left) poses with new library faculty recognized at President Samuel Stanley’s State of the University Address, September 16, 2015. With her are Shafeek Fazal, Associate Director for Library Technology, Discovery, and Digital Services, Kathleen Kasten, Head of Humanities and Social Sciences Collection Strategy and
Did you know that Stony Brook University has an incredible concert history? Performing five times on campus, the Allman Brothers Band was known as Stony Brook’s house band in 1970; they even rehearsed in Tabler Quad. Ticket price for students: $1! Pink Floyd, The Doors, Janis Joplin, The Who, Blue Oyster
The Library is conducting a trial of EBSCOhost eBook Academic Collection until September 22nd. This collection provides access to e-books from scholarly and academic presses that support research and learning in a variety of disciplines. Readers have access to searchable, full-text e-books with the option to add notes. The Library invites
Library Dean, Constantia Constantinou and Head of Health Sciences Library, Ann Gleason gave a presentation to the Cancer Center Executive Committee on September 8, 2015. Dean Constantinou presented the Library’s strategic plan and Ann Gleason discussed library support available from the Health Sciences Library to the Cancer Center faculty, staff
The Stony Brook Health Sciences Library hosted two visitors from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Mid-Atlantic Region on September 9. Barbara Epstein, Director, University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System and Renae Barger, Executive Director, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region (NN/LM MAR) visited the
Would probably be quite difficult to locate, a problem that SBU Libraries has got covered! If you need to research federal or state legislation or judicial cases, it’s important to know an official name as well as a popular name. For instance, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is more
Books from the Jacqueline M. Newman Chinese Cookbook Collection, part of Special Collections of the University Libraries, are currently exhibited in the Charles B. Wang Center. The display, located next to the Jasmine food court, was installed in conjunction with the free lecture “Chopsticks: A Cultural and Culinary History,” by
Yes, it’s true! Our fabulous staff of librarians is here to answer all your questions, big and small. We know ever so many things, from the population of Chicago in 1908 to how to rent a bicycle in French. And if we don’t know the answer off the top of
The Library will be holding a video contest in honor of ALA’s Banned Books Week! Submit a short video (4 minutes or less) of you getting your read on with your favorite passage out of a banned or challenged book or quotes from one or more books found on a banned
The library is trialing the Punch Historical Archive, 1841-1992 for the month of September. Punch is one of the foremost vehicles for middle class conservative opinion over its long publication history, and because it combines satirical cartoons as well as textual pieces (everything from mock diary entries to humorous stories) it
