Last Friday saw the annual Lighting of the Windmill on the Southampton campus. As always it was a festive and friendly occasion with members of the community as well as students, staff and faculty getting together to enjoy a good time. The library provided a festive table with a
Each semester, one student employee is awarded and honored for their exquisite work ethic within SBU Libraries. Originally known as the Thomas Jefferson Award, this year we proudly announced the Fall 2017 Dorothy Award to Pule Wang from the Health Sciences Library, nominated by River Amin and Christopher Larson. The
GIS Day @ Stony Brook University, 15 November 2017 The Geospatial Center (School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences) and the University Libraries celebrated GIS Day at Stony Brook University by hosting four free GIS workshop sessions on November 15.This event showcased some of the ways GIS is being used here
The film screening of the movie, RUMBLE, on November 30 in the Wang Theater drew many students, faculty and staff. The event was co-sponsored by the University Libraries Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee and the Office of the Chief Diversity Officer. It was shown in recognition of Native America Heritage
Attention faculty! At the end of each semester, items are removed from the Reserves collection and returned to our shelves or to you if you put a personal copy on Reserve. If you have material on Reserve and wish to keep it on Reserve for the Winter Session or the
Last week, librarians Claudia McGivney, Dana Haugh, and Michael Huang attended and presented at the International Conference on Embedded Education and Instruction of New Models of Library Service at Capital Normal University, Beijing, China held November 15-17, 2017. Michael Huang gave a keynote address titled “From Embedded to Liaison Librarian: Academic Librarian in Transition”
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, SBU Libraries asked the SBU Southampton community to share what they were thankful for. Head Librarian Chris Kretz set up a “Wall of Thanks” with simple instructions, different colored markers, and Stony Brook University post-its. https://twitter.com/SBShamptonlib/status/931570546235596806 We were so impressed by the amount of participation and
On Thursday, 11/16, two faculty members from University Libraries presented their research projects. Clara Tran presented on her assessment of the information literacy sessions provided to the WISE program each semester, Baseline assessment: Understanding WISE freshman students’ information literacy skills in a one-shot library session. This presentation was followed by a
Visit Oeuvre our current exhibition of student art on the 2nd floor of the North Reading Room. Curator and artist Daniel Donato describes the exhibit: Oeuvre is an alumni and current Stony Brook University student open call art exhibition to display art work outside the art department. The title of
Michael Huang, Director of Global Library Initiatives, was invited to present a keynote speech titled “Innovative Services at Stony Brook University Libraries” at the Academic Seminar on Digital Resource Construction and Knowledge Service held in Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China on October 17, 2017. The Office of Global Library
