Monthly Archives: December 2016

Tech Spotlight: 50 Years of Learning Technology

The Chronicle of Higher Education published a fascinating article this month about how technology has shaped higher education over the past 50 years. The article explores how students and instructors have used technology in the classroom, from the ultra expensive

Posted in Emerging Technology, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Michael Bailou Huang Receives Honorary Appointment as Professor at Shandong Normal University

Michael Bailou Huang, Coordinator of the Office of Global Library Initiatives and Librarian of Stony Brook University Libraries, received an honorary appointment as Professor at a ceremony that took place on December 15, 2016 in Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China.

Posted in Global Initiatives, Health Sciences Library

Michael Bailou Huang Presents at Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China

Librarian Michael Bailou Huang presented an invited lecture titled “The Changing Role of Academic Libraries and Librarians in the United States” at Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China on December 15, 2016. Over 200 librarians from the hosting institution and other

Posted in Global Initiatives, Health Sciences Library

Tech Spotlight: Shakespeare App

Shakespeare is a free mobile app that allows users to read plays, sonnets, and poems by William Shakespeare. Students who are studying English and Shakespeare may find this app to be useful when reading Shakespeare’s works. The app contains the

Posted in Emerging Technology, Mobile Technology, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Theatre, Writing and Literature

SBU Libraries’ Southampton branch showcases Kinesiology projects

SBU’s Southampton Physical Therapy Class of 2019 recently hosted the Third Annual Southampton Campus Kinesiology Fair. Kinesiology, the study of the mechanics of body movement, is an important element to physical therapy. The annual fair provides a creative canvas for

Posted in Libraries, Southampton

Important news from the Reserves department

At the end of each semester, all material that was on reserve for the semester is removed to make way for the upcoming semester’s reserve collection.  If you’re planning on using something that is currently on reserve for the winter

Posted in Libraries

Library Concert Series: Fall Chamber Music Festival 2016

SBU Libraries was proud and honored to host the final concert of the fall 2016 semester on Wednesday, December 14th in the Melville Library Galleria. These amazing musicians are graduate students from the Stony Brook University Department of Music. They

Posted in Events, Libraries, Library Outreach, Melville Library, Music, Stony Brook University

Tech Spotlight: Google Arts & Culture

Google Arts & Culture is a free mobile app that lets you virtually view artwork from museums, galleries, and archives from around the world. Students who are studying art and art history may find this app to be useful in discovering

Posted in Art, Arts & Humanities, Emerging Technology, Mobile Technology, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Get to know SBU Libraries’ new head librarian of our Southampton branch, Chris Kretz.

We recently had the opportunity to have a chat with Chris Kretz, the newly appointed head of SBU Libraries’ Southampton Library. We pick his brain a little about his time spent in Germany, his knowledge of local Long Island History,

Posted in Southampton

Tech Spotlight: PresentR

PresentR is a video-based presentation software that gives users realtime feedback about body language, eye contact, and other good practices as they present to help them become better public speakers. The software analyzes a video feed of the user presenting

Posted in Emerging Technology, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics