About Us

Buy a bag of books!

The Melville Library Book Sale is hosting a one day Buy a Bag of Books Sale!   Buy a (plastic) bag for $2 at the Circulation Desk and fill it with books from the Book Sale shelves.  There are books on all subjects: history, health, physics, nature, psychology, art, music, science

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Policies, Procedures & Documents

Access Policies Confidentiality Policy Copyright Policy Collection Development Collection Development Statement 2016 Weeding and Deselection 2016 Dissertations and Theses Collection Policy and Practices Emergency Procedures Melville Building Emergency plan updated 3-15-16 Facilities Policies Exhibit and Display Policy (2017) SBU Libraries Food, Drink and Noise Policy SBU Libraries Use Policy SBU

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Remote Learning

Stony Brook University students, faculty, and staff who are studying or working remotely may request material to be shipped to them. You must be enrolled/teaching for the current semester to use this service and live 50+ miles from the main campus. Electronic material will be delivered to the patron’s ILLiad

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Distinguished Student Employee Award

The University Libraries Distinguished Student Employee Award was established in 2004 by the university libraries staff to reward outstanding work and commitment to the university libraries by the library student staff. The award is funded by voluntary contributions of the university libraries staff and individual owners. University Libraries Distinguished Student

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Employment

Faculty & Staff Positions Internships Student Positions The Library employs both graduate and undergraduate students for federal work study and student assistant positions. You can view current openings through Handshake. The Library hires throughout the year on a need basis and keeps submitted applications until an opening becomes available. If

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