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The Music Library’s Reel-to-Reel Recordings

The Music Library’s reel-to-reel recordings represent the early history of the University’s Music Department.  For several decades, faculty and student recitals, symphony, chamber music and choral concerts were recorded directly to the reels, and archived in the Music Library.  Among

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Secret Page

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Tech Spotlight: iTunes U

iTunes U is a great source of free educational materials.  You can access it through iTunes on your laptop or through the iTunes U app on your phone or tablet.  Hundreds of universities and cultural institutions offer free access to

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Tech Spotlight: Pixabay

As we all know, plagiarism and intellectual property rights are prime subjects these days for academics and business people alike.  It’s difficult to find sources of media that are available for use without stepping on someone else’s intellectual property rights.

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Jay Levenson awarded the Frederick R. Preston Partnership Award

Stony Brook Libraries Access and User Services department is proud to announce that on Wednesday, June 21, our colleague Jay Levenson was awarded the Frederick R. Preston Partnership Awards from the Office of the Dean of Students. The award was

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LGBT Pride Month

It’s LGBT Pride month! Here are some resources to learn more about this month-long celebration!   Safe Space in Melville Library Queer Studies Research Guide Stony Brook University LGBTQ* Services Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month 2017 from Library of

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Spring 2017 Events – A Look Back

We had so many wonderful events this semester (30 to be exact)! A huge thank you to our cross-department collaborators who helped make the lecture series and concerts a success; thank you to all of our speakers for sharing their expertise and knowledge

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Safe Space

Safe Space is an  LGBTQ* Services program of that seeks to ensure that SBU becomes a more inclusive place for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning* (LGBTQ*) people by fostering a supportive learning and working environment.   The goals of Safe

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One Last Look at Therapy Dogs

In case you missed last week’s visit from the therapy dogs Chip, Lucy, Jesse, and Hans, here they are again to get you through that last bout of finals. A great big thanks to CAPS and their PALS program and

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Dr. Anurag Purwar on Innovating and Inventing Mechanical Motion Generating Devices

On April 19, the final lecture of the spring 2017 University Libraries STEM Speakers Series, Dr. Anurag Purwar engaged audiences with his talk, “Innovating and Inventing Mechanical Motion Generating Devices” in the Special Collections Seminar Room, second floor of the

Posted in About Us, Computer Science, Education, Engineering, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Technology