Monthly Archives: November 2021

Exhibit opening: Printing Solidarity, featuring SBU Libraries material

You are cordially invited to the opening of PRINTING SOLIDARITY: Tricontinental Graphics from Cuba, at Stony Brook University’s Zuccaire Gallery, with guest lecturer Scott Starrett, Founder and Director of Tandem Design NYC. Light refreshments will be served. See details below

Posted in Art, Arts & Humanities

SBU Libraries Co-Sponsors Round Table on the Spanish Golden Age: Event Recap

On occasion of the publication Le Siècle d’or espagnol (Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 2019) by Guillaume Kientz, three Stony Brook faculty members discussed this book’s innovative contribution to the field of Hispanic Studies, in Europe and beyond. Kientz, recently appointed as

Posted in Art, Arts & Humanities, Special Collections & University Archives

Vinyl Notes from the Music Library

Did you know that the Music Library has an extensive collection of LPs available to students along with on-site record players to play them? If you did not grow up collecting vinyl records then you may not realize the amount

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Watch the recorded video of Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis presenting “Medieval Manuscripts and Digital Collections: The Case for IIIF” at SBU CDH

Now available on the SBU Libraries YouTube channel, the recorded version of our recent marquis event at SBU Center for Digital Humanities featuring Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis presenting her talk “Medieval Manuscripts and Digital Collections: The Case For IIIF.” The

Posted in About Us, Digital Collections, Digital Humanities

After Hours Writing & Research Help

On the evenings of November 17 and November 18, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, SBU librarians and writing tutors offered drop-in Zoom consultations with students who wanted extra support on their research papers. Students delved more deeply into discovering

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A Celebration of SBU’s Writing Students and the Art of the Personal Essay

On Wednesday, November 17, University Libraries was proud to host ten undergraduate students as they read aloud their personal essays in a virtual event. The event was the fifth installment of Dr. Rita Nezami’s Personal Essay Student Reading Series, and

Posted in Writing and Literature

Stony Brook Undergraduate History Club Visits Special Collections

Special Collections hosted the Stony Brook Undergraduate History Club on November 17. The lively discussion and viewing of unique research collections focused on historical materials that can only be found and accessed at Stony Brook University. Original sources on display

Posted in History, Library Outreach, Special Collections & University Archives

Student Survey on Reference Service Model

University Libraries would like to gauge student opinions regarding our reference service model.   The survey contains 6 questions and will take only a minute to complete.  Please use your phone to scan the QR code on this page to start

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Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis at SBU Center for Digital Humanities premiere speaker event “Medieval Manuscripts and Digital Collections: The Case for IIIF”

On November 4th, 2021 the Stony Brook University Center for Digital Humanities (CDH) hosted its first guest speaker event since our grand opening with a particularly illustrious subject expert: Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis PhD, Director of the Medieval Academy of

Posted in About Us, Arts & Humanities, Digital Collections, Digital Humanities, History, Library Technology, Manuscripts, Research, Special Collections & University Archives

Dr. Arianna Maffei on “Neural Mechanisms for Taste Learning”

On October 19, 2021, Dr. Arianna Maffei presented the second lecture of the fall 2021 STEM speaker series at the University Libraries. Dr. Arianna Maffei discussed her recent work that she has been studying in the lab for the past

Posted in About Us, Biology, Chemistry, Research, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics