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Welcome Elisabeth Pankl, Head of Academic Engagement!

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SBU Libraries is excited to announce the newest member of our team, Elisabeth Pankl, the Head of Academic Engagement. Lis grew up in Washington State and attended Washington State University as an undergraduate. She began her academic career at Louisiana State

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Call for Lightning Talks: Library Research Forum

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To learn new ideas and generate discussions among colleagues, the Library organizes a Research Forum that will take place on Thursday, May 7 from 10am to 12pm in the Javits Room. Below is the agenda of the forum: 10:00am –

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Suggestions for the Dean of Libraries

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From treading water to smooth sailing

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An article written by Colleen Kenefick and Jennifer A. DeVito, “From Treading Water to Smooth Sailing: Mentoring for New Academic Librarians,” was published in College & Undergraduate Libraries (2015, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p90-96).  The article explores the challenges and benefits

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Spring Break: the perfect time for gaming in the library!

For those of us who will be remaining on campus during the upcoming Spring Break, things will be a little more relaxed.  The campus crowds will be gone, classes will not be in session, and parking will be the best

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Spring Break 2015 Hours

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What’s more fun than being in the library during Spring Break? The Libraries hours for Spring Break 2015: Spring Break Hours:  Friday, March 13, 2015 – Sunday, March 22, 2015 Friday March 13 Saturday March 14 Sunday March 15 Monday

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Your Guides

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Research and Instructional Services, the fine folks answering your reference desk, chat, and email questions, would like to announce the spring 2015 graduate intern, Thomas Maxheimer.  Thomas is a Library and Information Science graduate student at Long Island University, and

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And…we’re back!

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Some recent enhancements to ILLiad software did not go as planned and you may have experienced some frustration in attempting to access your ILLiad account.  For that we truly apologize. The good news is that ILLiad is back with a

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Uday Takes On a New Role…

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The Stony Brook University Libraries community extends congratulations to Mr. Uday Karki in his new role as Supervising Programmer Analyst. Uday has been a longtime member of the SBU Libraries family, previously serving in various positions as Senior Programmer, Web

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Welcome to Brenda Polis!

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On December 9th, Stony Brook University Libraries welcomed Brenda Polis to our staff. Brenda is the Executive Assistant to the Library Dean of Stony Brook University Libraries, Constantia Constantinou.  Before coming to the library,  Brenda was the Administrative Assistant in the

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