Melville Library will host SBUHacks 2026 in the Central Reading Room starting Friday evening, October 23, all the way through Sunday afternoon, October 25. Organized by the Stony Brook Computing Society, this 36-hour hackathon brings together 300+ students to collaborate on technical projects under this year’s theme: Steel and Steam.
Spies do exist in the archive! Special Collections is pleased to participate in the 12th annual community-wide Culper Spy Day on Saturday, October 3, 2026 from 10am to 1pm. View and learn about an original 1779 letter from George Washington to Benjamin Tallmadge focused on the activities of Culper Spy
The SBU Libraries and our partners are pleased to announce that we’ll be hosting our fourth Human Library event on Wednesday, November 18th from 4:00 – 8:00 PM in the Melville Library Central Reading Room. If you haven’t experienced the Human Library yet, make sure to mark your calendars for
Join us on June 11, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. in the Student Union Auditorium for Kaetrena Davis Kendrick’s public presentation, “Fractals of the Low-Morale Experience Phenomenon: Implications for Humane Library Futures”. Kaetrena Davis Kendrick is a trailblazer and leading scholar in Library and Information Science. Her work focuses on
In celebration of National Library Week (April 19-25, 2026), two events were hosted by University Libraries in conjunction with faculty from the Department of English. On Monday, April 20, 2026, Dr. Elyse Graham discussed her latest book entitled Book and Dagger. Her book uncovers the hidden history of academics and
Please join us for this year’s Antonija Prelec Memorial Lecture, given by Visiting Scholar Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe. She will be presenting, “The History of the Future of Libraries: What Past Visions Reveal About Today’s Information Access Challenges and Opportunities.” Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe is Professor and Coordinator for Research and Professional
On November 3, 2025, the University Libraries hosted an international panel discussion entitled “Beyond the Bookshelf: Data, AI, and the Future of Libraries.” The panel featured Ahmad Pratama (Stony Brook University Libraries), Dan Anthony Dorado (University of the Philippines Diliman School of Library and Information Studies), and Ryun Lee (The
On Tuesday, September 16th, from 11 p.m. to 2 p.m., the Health Sciences Library hosted a Health Tech Fair where representatives showcased their resources. Wolfie made a guest appearance! The fair featured representatives from UpToDate, Complete Anatomy, AccessMedicine, Covidence, the Center for Prevention and Outreach, ClinicalKey, Bates Visual Guide to
Join us at the Health Sciences Library for our Health Tech Fair on September 16th from 11 pm. to 2 p.m. Everyone is welcome, including students, staff, faculty, and University Hospital staff. Representatives from EBSCO Health, Elsevier, Wolters Kluwer, McGraw-Hill, VisualDx, Thieme (MedOne), the Center for Interprofessional Innovation (CIPI), and
SBU researchers now have access to an institutional subscription to Covidence, a web-based platform designed to make conducting evidence synthesis projects more manageable. Most commonly used for systematic or scoping reviews, Covidence can support and streamline any sort of knowledge synthesis project. The platform allows you to do your citation
