Updated 3/15/2023: The 4th floor has reopened! Patrons can now access all floors of the Main Stacks. Thank you for your patience while this important work was completed. Please contact us at circulation@stonybrook.edu or 631.632.7115 with any questions.
Yearly Archives: 2023
ChatGPT & Generative AI Forum Features Faculty, Staff & Student Voices
On March 8, 2023, University Libraries hosted ChatGPT & Generative AI: An SBU Forum. Dean Karim Boughida moderated a faculty, staff, & student panel with interest and expertise in large language models (LLM) and how they might intersect with higher…
Service Recognition
On March 2nd, the University celebrated significant milestones for those who have achieved 25 or more years of service. In the library’s we were honored to celebrate the achievements of several team members who have reached milestones of 25, 30,…
Posted in About Us, Health Sciences Library, Libraries, Melville Library, Music Library, Special Collections & University Archives Tagged with: years of service
“Design for Discovery: Structural Shape & Topology Optimization in the Age of 3D Printing”
Curious about how topology optimization would help achieve a desirable design? Spend an hour with our STEM speaker, Dr. Shikui Chen from the Department of Mechanical Engineering to learn more. Date/Time: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 from 1pm-2pmLocation: Special Collections Seminar…
Women’s History Month Exhibit Explores New York’s Women’s Suffrage Movement
After seventy years of fighting for the right to vote in New York state, women finally won that right on November 6, 1917. An exhibit on loan from the Long Island Library Resources Council (LILRC) features material related to the…
Posted in Women's Studies Tagged with: Central Reading Room, Melville Library, Voter rights, womens' history month
Representing SBU at Joint Conference of Librarians of Color
Three members of University Libraries presented at the 4th national Joint Conference of Librarians of Color in St. Pete’s Beach, Florida in February, 2023. Caterina Reed, Content Acquisitions and Services Associate, presented a paper: “Repositioning power and privilege in the…
Posted in About Us
Increased Borrowing Privileges for Courtesy Borrowers
Borrowing privileges at the Stony Brook University Libraries may be extended to patrons who are not enrolled or employed at Stony Brook University. Known as “courtesy borrowers,” these patrons may be research assistants, visiting scholars, members of affiliated organizations such…
LEARNING INFORMATION LITERACY
The Ready for Success Information Literacy Project hosted field trips from Brentwood High School in December and January. Over 200 students attended with their ELA, Engineering, and Social Work classes. We were very impressed with the students’ enthusiasm and engagement…
Posted in About Us
NEW NIH DATA MANAGEMENT AND SHARING POLICY
The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) new Policy for Data Management and Sharing (DMSP) will go into effect on January 25, 2023. The policy, initially released in 2020, requires researchers to submit a plan for how the data from any…
Interlibrary Loan department recognized for exceptionally speedy service
The Stony Brook University Libraries is now an OCLC Express Digital Delivery library! OCLC Express Digital Delivery is a program that started in January of 2021 and groups together libraries with the fastest turnaround times for interlibrary loan. Qualifying libraries…
Posted in About Us Tagged with: Access & User Services, Access Services, ILL, Interlibrary loan, OCLC
