The Health Sciences Library now has access to a collection of e-books from the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI). Based in Australia and one of the premier evidence-based practice organizations in the world, JBI has developed an evidence-based practice model that is considered a benchmark in the healthcare industry. This unique
Meet Gabrielle Bismarck. Gabrielle is currently a senior at Stony Brook University and a long time employee of the University Libraries. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Gabrielle came to Stony Brook as a freshman back in 2015 through the Education Opportunity Program (EOP). It was also around this time that
On Tuesday, April 2, a standing-room only audience filled the Poetry Center in the Humanities Building for a lively discussion between revered poets and Stony Brook University faculty Rowan Ricardo Phillips and Cornelius Eady. Through highly engaging readings and commentaries, Dr. Phillips and Dr. Eady examined Walt Whitman’s influence on
Jin Guo, the Director of Collections and Resource Management, gave a talk “Work Smarter, Together: Unifying the Library Management Systems” at the Long Island Library Resources Council (LILRC) 5th Annual Technical Services Open Forum in Farmingdale Public Library on March 29, 2019. SUNY libraries currently undergo a state-wide system migration
The library collaborated with the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies to host an interdisciplinary panel discussion on issues related to #MeToo as part of the library’s programming in honor of Women’s History Month. The panel was moderated by Dr. Victoria Hesford (Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies,
The planned digital humanities space at SBU Libraries, supported by a gift from the Gladys Brooks Foundation, made the news last week with quotes from Dr. Andrew Newman (Professor of English) and Dr. Kate Kasten (Head of Humanities & Social Sciences, Univ. Libraries). The article focuses on the importance of
on the recent publication of his book, Bangkok Is Ringing: Sound, Protest and Constraint, by Oxford University Press. Bangkok is Ringing is an on-the-ground sound studies analysis of the Red Shirt and Yellow Shirt protests that shook Thailand just before other international political movements, including Arab Spring and Occupy Wall
In celebration of Women’s History Month, on March 25, 2019 the Stony Brook University Libraries Committee on Equity, Inclusion and Diversity presented the “SBU’s Women of Color in Medicine Panel.” The panelists included Dr. Allison McLarty, Associate Professor of Surgery/Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Dr. Alexandra Guillaume, Assistant Professor/Gastroenterologist, and Dr. Kimberly Noel,
Stop by the second floor of North Reading Room in Melville Library to see the new installation of the Spring 2019 Student Art Show. Thank you to Cici Lampa for organizing and curating this semester’s show! Artists include Joey Ventura, Stafford Davis, Laraib Sarwar, Yifei Cheng, Caitline Collica,
On Thursday 2/21, Stephen G. Post, Professor of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine & Founding Director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics at the Renaissance School of Medicine, delivered a talk on the benefits of being good. Is it Good to be Good? Golden Rule Humanism
