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New Publication From Library Staff

Stony Brook University Libraries are proud to highlight the creative achievements of Celeste Hessler, of the Music Library. who recently published the second book in her Mysterious Fantasy Cube Trilogy.  The series is inspired by her son, Rowe Hessler, former US Speedcubing Champion, and the unique world of the cubing

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Welcome Elisabeth Pankl, Head of Academic Engagement!

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 University Libraries as an Instruction Librarian in 2005 after receiving

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Call for Lightning Talks: Library Research Forum

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 – 10:05am: Opening Speech on Research Collaboration from the Dean of

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From treading water to smooth sailing

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 of mentoring for new academic librarians.

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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 it’s been since January 25th!  There will be time to

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Spring Break 2015 Hours

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 – Friday March 16 – March 20 Saturday March 21

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Your Guides

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 he’s here to observe, help, and learn. One of the

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And…we’re back!

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 new single sign-on process.  This means that you have one

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Uday Takes On a New Role…

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 Programmer, and Lab Coordinator. In his new role, he will

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