Libraries, especially academic libraries, are known for being quiet spaces where students can find their favorite study spot and curl up with their assigned reading. The occasional outburst greeted with a stern warning from the Student Assistant covering the front desk and the noise coming from groups collaborating on their
Writing a paper in history, political science, economics or cultural studies? Try searching in SBU Libraries’ Making of the Modern World, 1450-1914 (Gale). Find searchable books, serials, pamphlets, and essays from around the world that tell the story of four pivotal centuries in the West. Special emphases include trade and
SHERPA is a scholarly communication partnership based at the Centre for Research Communications, University of Nottingham. SHERPA offers a number of web services, including JULIET and RoMEO. JULIET JULIET is a search tool for discovering research funders’ mandates for public access and open access. Features include: Quick summary of different funders’ mandates
Michael Huang, Librarian, Coordinator of the Office of Global Library Initiatives, presented “Transformation of academic libraries in China: Challenges, opportunities, and best practices” at the American Library Association Annual Conference and Exhibition, Orlando, Florida, June 23-28, 2016.
Amazon Inspire is a search engine for open educational resources aimed at K-12 teachers. Much like Amazon’s other functions, the power of Inspire is in the review infrastructure. Teachers will be able to rank and review educational resources through the portal to help their peers quickly assess quality resources. Inspire
Alexander Hamilton, dubbed “the ten dollar founding father without a father” by Lin-Manuel Miranda in his Tony Award winning play, Hamilton: An American Musical, was a major figure in American and New York politics in the late eighteenth century and is now a historical figure of great public interest. For those looking
Political buttons, photographs, and ephemera from Special Collections and University Archives are exhibited at the Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages in Stony Brook. Part of the new installation, “Long Island in the Sixties,” the items culled from Special Collections and University Archives depict activism on Long
On Wednesday, June 22, SBU Librarians Jennifer Lyon, Jamie Saragossi, and Sally Stieglitz presented Consumer Health Resources for the Public Librarian to an engaged audience of public librarians at the Suffolk Cooperative Library System (SCLS) in Bellport, NY at an event co-sponsored by SCLS Outreach Services and the Health Concerns Committee of the Suffolk
Open SUNY Textbooks, an initiative that has been active since 2012 and has saved SUNY students over $840,000, recently announced a new component to its efforts to produce and distribute open educational resources (OER). SUNY OER Services will help support OER initiatives at SUNY campuses by partnering with Lumen Learning
Special Collections has acquired an extremely rare 1860 nautical chart or maritime map of Long Island by Brooklyn-based publisher Charles Copley. Copley’s chart covers Staten Island to Montauk, inclusive of the Connecticut coast, Long Island Sound, Long Island, New York City, and parts of adjacent New Jersey and Rhode Island.
