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Strategic Planning 2024-2029 at SBU Libraries. Update 2023-07-28.

Entering the second half of the strategic planning phase, SBU Libraries is in its feedback-collecting stage. Since our last update, found at https://library.stonybrook.edu/2023/05/26/strategic-planning-2023-at-sbu-libraries/, the libraries’ strategic planning committee has completed its abbreviated self-study. We drafted new mission and vision statements, three themes throughout the libraries’ future work, and four priorities.

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Victoria Pilato July 28, 2023

The Art of Relationships Lecture Series, June events are now available.

In the popular Art In Focus Lecture Series tradition, May 2023 brought a new lecture series, The Art of Relationships, sponsored jointly by the Stony Brook University Libraries and the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center. The Art of Relationships lecture series complements the Pollock-Krasner House’s current exhibition, “Creative Exchanges: Artists

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Victoria Pilato July 10, 2023

Health Sciences Librarian Laurel Scheinfeld Wins Research Award

Health Sciences Librarian Laurel Scheinfeld won the 2023 State University of New York Librarians Association (SUNYLA) Excellence in Scholarship Award at this year’s conference. This honor is granted to a SUNYLA member who has published a particularly impactful research article. Laurel was nominated for co-authoring the article, “A Systematic Review

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Jessica Koos June 22, 2023

Stony Brook University Libraries’ New Subscription to the New York Times

Stony Brook University has a new subscription to the New York Times website and mobile app. The subscription offers complimentary digital access to the New York Times for all Stony Brook University faculty, staff and students. This powerful digital resource will grant our university community unrestricted access to the renowned

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Kimberly Kennedy June 20, 2023

Survey re: Public Library Services and Community Needs During Extreme Events

Stony Brook University’s Department of Civil Engineering, School of Marine and Atmospheric, and the University Libraries are conducting an anonymous survey, which was approved by the IRB, to identify gaps between community needs and available services at Long Island public libraries during extreme weather conditions.  You can find additional information

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Clara Tran June 14, 2023

SUNY Distinguished Librarian Michael Bailou Huang Presents in China

SUNY Distinguished Librarian, Director of Global Library Initiatives, and Health Sciences Librarian Michael Bailou Huang was invited to deliver a presentation titled “ChatGPT and Its Potential Impact on Academia and Libraries” at four universities during a recent trip in China. They are Shanghai International Studies University, Capital Normal University, Northeast

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Michael Bailou Huang June 8, 2023

Stony Brook librarians present at International Conference

Two Stony Brook  Health Sciences Librarians attended the Canadian Health Sciences Library Association Conference June 3-5, 2023 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The conference theme was ‘From Information to Action’. Laurel Scheinfeld and Sunny Chung presented a paper during the Knowledge Synthesis Session entitled: “Putting a Sustainable Service Into Action.” Sunny

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Sunny Chung June 7, 2023

SBU’S Class of 1973 Visits the University Archives

As part of festivities for their 50th class reunion, graduates of SBU’s class of 1973 visited Special Collections and University Archives on Saturday, June 3, 2023. Alums attended an open house featuring photographs, newspapers, yearbooks, and artifacts from their years on campus. Related digitized collections freely accessible online include: Photographs and memories of

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Kristen Nyitray June 5, 2023

The Art of Relationships Lecture Series

In the popular Art In Focus Lecture Series tradition, May 2023 brought a new lecture series, The Art of Relationships, sponsored jointly by the Stony Brook University Libraries and the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center. The Art of Relationships lecture series complements the Pollock-Krasner House’s current exhibition, “Creative Exchanges: Artists

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Victoria Pilato May 30, 2023