Edvard Grieg’s (1843-1907) Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, op. 16 is one of the most popular works of its kind in the history of classical music. Composed in 1868, it is his only completed concerto (there are sketches for a…
Blog Archives
Librarians Recognized for Outstanding Service to SBU Senate
Librarians Claudia McGivney, Head of Academic Engagement, and Bob Tolliver, Head of Science & Engineering, were recently recognized for their outstanding service to the Stony Brook University Senate committees. Claudia McGivney serves as a library representative on the SPD…
Posted in About Us
Charles Rosen’s Recordings
Charles Rosen (1927-2012) was a pianist, author and educator. He was a faculty member of Stony Brook University’s Music Department from 1971-1985. Among his many books, the most famous, The Classical Style (1971; updated by Rosen in 1997), received the…
Posted in About Us
Long Island Latino Teachers Association To Tour Libraries
Stony Brook University Libraries is proud to welcome the Long Island Latino Teachers Association (LILTA) for a personal tour of the Melville Library. A not-for-profit organization with a mission to “…increase graduation rates, and higher education enrollment, retention and completion…
Posted in About Us
Web Accessibility
Web Accessibility is an important part of creating and maintaining a website. Adhering to standards is a vital requirement for every university website. It is our intention to make all Stony Brook University sites accessible to as many people as…
Posted in About Us
Scholarly Communication Intern
The Stony Brook University Libraries Center for Scholarly Communication provides expertise, information and resources to scholars and researchers: in meeting grants funders’ public access mandates (NIH, NSF, etc.); for leveraging author’s copyright; for discovering quality, impactful, peer-review scholarship and research…
Posted in About Us, Internships
Digging in the Southampton Stacks, Book Two: The Hotel, by Elizabeth Bowen
The Hotel, Elizabeth Bowen There are many literary classics nestled in the Southampton stacks awaiting the attention of a devoted reader. Tomes from Poe, Melville, Dickinson, Conrad lurk about, all of which we shall hopefully explore at a date currently…
Posted in About Us, Books, Southampton, Writing and Literature Tagged with: Elizabeth Bowen, The Heat of the day
Health Sciences Librarians Present at Medical Library Association Annual Meeting
The Medical Library Association (MLA) held its 2018 annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia from May 18th-23rd. Health Sciences Librarians Jessica Koos and Laurel Scheinfeld presented a poster on their research project investigating the educational and professional backgrounds of medical librarians.…
Digging in the Southampton Stacks, Book One: The Gilded Age
Nestled in the stacks of the SBU Southampton library sits a brown, nondescript book with faded, golden font. A crest on the cover of the book reads The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873), and the spine of the…
Art in Focus: Jack Whitten
The Art in Focus series got off to a great start on Tuesday night with Professor Katy Siegel, Thaw Chair in Modern American Art at Stony Brook University and Senior Programming and Research Curator at the Baltimore Museum of Art.…
