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 Council, which consults and advises with the Dean of the
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 U.S. National Book Award, and has been translated into several
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 for all students,” LILTA coming to visit the Central Reading
ACCESSIBILITY Accessibility Standards & Resources Web Accessibility is an important part of creating and maintaining a website. Adhering to standards is a vital requirement for every university website. Stony Brook University Libraries aligns with W3C Accessibility Guidelines and New York State Technology Policy 99-3 to ensure our digital resources are
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 (including open access journals); for effectively preserving and sharing research
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 unforeseen. For today belongs to Elizabeth Bowen. Her works, particularly
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. Jessica Koos also presented on a grant project co-authored by
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 book reveals the book’s authors, Mark Twain and Charles Dudley
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. The subject was Jack Whitten, the noted abstract artist who
On Saturday May 19, Special Collections and University Archives welcomed back Stony Brook University’s class of 1968 for its 50th reunion! Memorabilia, yearbooks, photographs and more documenting their years at SBU were available for the guests to view and examine. A visit to the department is an annual tradition and part
