Patricia Brennan, the Director of the National Library of Medicine, spent the day at Stony Brook University on Friday, September 6, 2019 where she met with bioinformatics professionals and medical librarians and gave a fantastic presentation on the use of…
Yearly Archives: 2019
EGL 301 Students Explore Literary History in Special Collections
From his original rough draft of a manuscript to the trowel he used for laying bricks, students in Professor Simone Brioni’s EGL 301 class of English majors visited Special Collections on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 and conducted research using one-of-a-kind,…
Introducing New Melville Library Intern
Greetings to the Melville Library’s new intern Dan Hunt! Dan is a candidate for the Masters in Library and Information Science at SUNY Albany, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in History and Education. He is receiving training here…
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Library Physical Reference and Virtual Chat Services
Welcome to the new semester! Need help with research? We are here to help! During the Fall semester, librarians are on staff at the North Reading Room (NRR) reference desk Monday-Thursday from 9am-5pm and Friday from 9am-3pm. They provide online…
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Dr. Patricia Brennan, Director of the National Library of Medicine speaking at Stony Brook University September 6th
The Antonija Prelec Memorial Committee in collaboration with Stony Brook University Libraries are very excited to bring you the 2019 Prelec Memorial Lecture! This year, we are pleased to announce our speaker is Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, Director of…
Special Collections to Participate in the 5th Annual Culper Spy Day
Save the Date! Saturday, September 14, 2019 marks the 5th Annual Culper Spy Day. Celebrate “Culper Spy Day: Our Revolutionary Story” with us. A collaboration of more than 25 local institutions and organizations, Culper Spy Day is an activity-filled day…
Test Your Literary Knowledge
Try this exercise. Think of your favorite book. Picture its cover, where you were when you read it, what it meant to you. Now: can you remember the first line? The Southampton Library posed that question to patrons and visitors…
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Special Collections & University Archives: Academic Year 2018 to 2019 (Plus Summer) in Review
Special Collections and University Archives had an amazing year from academic year 2018 to 2019! Many classes, tour groups, and researchers visited the department in person to consult our unique research and primary source collections. Approximately 1,000 questions were answered.…
Stony Brook University’s Connection to Apollo 11 Documented in the University Archives
Stony Brook University has always been “far beyond!” Samples of lunar soil collected during the Apollo 11 spaceflight to the moon in July 1969 were exhibited in the Earth and Space Sciences building on October 19, 1972. SBU professor and…
Health Science Librarians Jamie Saragossi & Laurel Scheinfeld present at 2019 SUNY Library Association Annual Meeting
A breakout session on the collection evaluation project and a poster presentation on the Dental Instruments exhibit at the HSL were well received by SUNY Librarians from across the state. http://www.sunyla.org/sunyla_docs/conferences/programs/SUNYLA_2019_Program.pdf
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