Please join the University Libraries for a colloquium event to showcase the research and professional development activities of our faculty and staff. The lightning talks in this session will treat various topics related to open access, including open access to…
Monthly Archives: October 2017
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
SBU students from the Program in Writing and Rhetoric helped diversify Wikipedia yesterday (Oct 24th) with Lane Raspberry, Wikipedia Editor, and Marika Cifor, from Bowdoin College. Professors Kristina Lucenko and Cynthia Davidson worked with their students to help expand Wikipedia…
Papers and Digital Collection of World-Leading Psychiatrist and Neurologist Max Fink Open for Research
Stony Brook University Libraries announce the opening of the Max Fink Papers and Digital Collection. The Max Fink Digital Collection, a subset of the papers, includes nearly 7,000 items (20,000 pages) of Dr. Fink’s original notes on experimental psychiatry, outgoing letters to colleagues,…
Prize-Winning Journalist Bill Bleyer Presents on Naval History
Prize-winning journalist, author, and historian Bill Bleyer presented “Long Island Naval History in Wartime, with an emphasis on World War I” on Thursday, October 19, 2017. Special guests in attendance included residents of the Long Island State Veterans Home, Stony Brook,…
Tech Spotlight: Doodle
With everyone’s busy schedules, it can be hard to find time to meet for a group project or meeting. Instead of sendings dozens of confusing texts and emails, use Doodle, an online scheduling tool! To create a Doodle, one administrator…
Alfred d’Escragnolle Taunay, the Paraguayan War, and SBU Libraries
On October 17th, Dr. Javier Uriarte presented his research on the posthumously published memoirs of Alfred d’Escragnolle Taunay and the ways in which this text engages with the Paraguayan War. The talk, attended by both faculty members and students, was…
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SBU Librarian Presents at Geosciences Leadership Forum and Visits Capitol Hill
Stony Brook Librarian, Bob Tolliver, Head, Science & Engineering and incoming president of the Geoscience Information Society, was invited to speak at the American Geosciences Institute’s (AGI) Leadership Forum as part of a panel on issues of concern to the geosciences.…
New York Archives Week, October 18-25
Special Collections and University Archives is participating in New York Archives Week, October 18-25, 2017. Nationally, October is American Archives Month. Archives Week events are designed to raise the public’s awareness of the importance of preserving and making accessible our…
SBU Libraries hosts campus Map-athon event to assist Puerto Rico
SBU Libraries was proud to partner with faculty from the SBU History Department, The Geospatial Center at School of Marine and Atmospheric Studies (SoMAS) and SBU Center for the Study of Inequalities, Social Justice, and Policy to host a volunteer…
Lecture by Dr. Javier Uriarte in Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month
On October 17th, the University Libraries will host a lecture by Dr. Javier Uriarte in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month: Javier Uriarte holds a PhD from New York University and is Assistant Professor in the Department of Hispanic Languages…
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