Janet Clarke

Dean Constantinou Presents at the International Conference in Qualitative and Quantitative Measures in Libraries, Istanbul, Turkey

Constantia Constantinou, Dean of Stony Brook University Libraries, presented “When disaster strikes: The critical importance of effective communication and teamwork” at the International Conference in Qualitative and Quantitative Measures in Libraries (QQML), May 27-30, 2014, Istanbul, Turkey. She paid a visit to the Ecumenical Patriarch Archives at Fanar, Istanbul when

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“Marvels & Monsters” Symposium in the News

“Marvels & Monsters: A Symposium on Asian Images in Comics and Graphic Narratives” was presented April 23 at the Charles B. Wang Center, and reporters from the Stony Brook Statesman were there: The interesting topics that [Keynote Speaker Dr. Min Hyoung] Song highlighted were what the audience was looking for.

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Buy a Bag of Books

Calling all book lovers and bargain hunters!  The Melville Library will be having a one day Buy a Bag of Books sale on Wednesday, April 30th from 9am to 4pm. Pay $2 at the Circulation desk (3rd floor, Main Stacks) and fill the bag with books.  Contact the Circulation Desk

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Michael Huang, Health Sciences Librarian, Presents at the 2013 Chinese Library Annual Conference, Shanghai, China

Michael Huang, Librarian at the Stony Brook University Health Sciences Library, organized and chaired a panel titled, “Exploration and practice of innovative services in U.S. libraries” at the 2013 Chinese Library Annual Conference, November 7-9, 2013, Shanghai, China. The speakers included: Margaret Donnellan Todd, County of Los Angeles Public Library;

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Melville Library Book Sale

Melville Library Book Sale in the Main Stacks on the 3rd floor of the Melville Library. Updated inventory including fiction and non-fiction titles in subjects such as art, science, history, Chinese studies, math and psychology.  Paperbacks are $.50 and hard covers are $1.00 unless otherwise marked.  

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Marvels & Monsters Symposium

University Libraries, the Charles B. Wang Center, and the Center for Korean Studies presents “Marvels & Monsters: A Symposium on Asian Images in Comics and Graphic narratives” on April 23 at the Charles B. Wang Center.  The symposium features writers, authors and researchers examining graphic images of Asians in a

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Database Trial: Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination

Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination Trial The fifth edition features more than eight hours of new clinical skill video content for head-to-toe and systems-based physical examination techniques for the Advanced Assessment or Introduction to Clinical Medicine course. Lynn Bickley, MD, author of Bates’s Guide to Physical Examination and History

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The Flame Challenge: “What is color?”

The Flame Challenge is an international science communication competition, hosted by the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, that asks scientists to explain complex science in ways that would interest and enlighten an 11-year old.  This year’s question is:  What is Color? The winning answers will be seen by 20,000

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