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Michael Bailou Huang Presents at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Zhejiang College, Jinhua, China

Coordinator of the Office of Global Library Initiatives and Health Sciences Librarian Michael Bailou Huang presented “Changing Roles of Academic Libraries and Librarians” and “Collection Development for the 21st Century Academic Library: Experience from the Stony Brook University Health Sciences

Posted in Global Initiatives

Library Faculty elected President of Asian Pacific Librarians Association

Congratulations to Janet Clarke, Associate Dean of Research & User Engagement, on being elected President of the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) for the 2015-16 term. APALA is a formal American Library Association Affiliate Organization, and one of ALA’s five

Posted in Asian and Asian American Studies, Libraries, Library Outreach

Upcoming Workshops on the NIH Public Access Policy

The Health Sciences Library is now offering workshops and support for NIH Public Access Policy (NIHPAP) Compliance. The Policy requires all NIH funding-supported articles to be submitted to PubMed Central within 12 months of publication in a scholarly journal. Lack

Posted in Health Sciences Library

Articles of Interest: Faculty Responses to Open Access

Open Access means unrestricted online access to peer-reviewed scholarly research. Open access is primarily intended for scholarly journals, but is also provided for a growing number of theses, book chapters, and monographs. Open Access is the publication of research and

Posted in Scholarly Communication

Documentary filmmakers at SBU Libraries

Japanese documentary filmmakers visited SBU’s Melville Library on April 15 in order to examine and film original documents from Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant’s emergency evacuation plan. Their documentary  concerns Japan’s Fukushimi Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant which suffered damage as a

Posted in Asian and Asian American Studies, Government Information, Research

Open Access Resources

University Libraries offers access to a growing collection of Open Access research databases and online collections. Browse Open Access Resources. To learn more about Open Access, recommend a resource, or discuss scholarly publishing at SBU, contact Darren Chase, Scholarly Communication

Posted in Open Access, Scholarly Communication

NEW Queer Studies Guide!

Did you know that the term Queer isn’t necessarily derogatory? It is an umbrella term for gender and sexual minorities who are not cisgender or heterosexual. Check out this reinvigorated guide featuring resources for the study of lesbian, gay, transgender,

Posted in Databases, eJournals, Electronic Resources, Featured, Library Outreach, Reference, Research, Women's Studies

Library faculty to present at TLT Colloquium

At the 7th TLT Colloquium, Friday, April 17th, Darren Chase, Scholarly Communication Librarian, together with Cynthia Davidson and Kristina Lucenko, Program in Writing & Rhetoric, will present: Here, There, & Everywhere: Building Habits of Mind in a Community of Writers

Posted in Information Literacy, Scholarly Communication, Writing and Literature

New Publication From Library Staff

Stony Brook University Libraries are proud to highlight the creative achievements of Celeste Hessler, of the Music Library. who recently published the second book in her Mysterious Fantasy Cube Trilogy.  The series is inspired by her son, Rowe Hessler, former

Posted in About Us, eBooks, Writing and Literature

Welcome Elisabeth Pankl, Head of Academic Engagement!

SBU Libraries is excited to announce the newest member of our team, Elisabeth Pankl, the Head of Academic Engagement. Lis grew up in Washington State and attended Washington State University as an undergraduate. She began her academic career at Louisiana State

Posted in About Us, Library Instruction, Melville Library, New and Notable