Dates: October 28 and 29, 2021Time: 10:00A – 2:00P Eastern timeLocation: VirtualCost: Free! Featuring keynote speakers Mike Huerta Director of the Office of Strategic Initiatives and Associate Director of NLM, National Library of Medicine Nick Shockey Director of Programs & Engagement, SPARC Questions? Please contact…
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Stony Brook University Libraries honored to participate in 9/11 Memorial & Museum commemorative poster exhibition
Stony Brook University Libraries is honored, having been selected as a recipient institution for the limited, official hardcopy poster collection of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum 20th Anniversary Commemoration. This 14 poster exhibition, September 11, 2001: The Day That Changed…
University Libraries offers entertaining and engaging events during New Seawolf Welcome Week August 16-22!
Welcome Week is an opportunity for our new students to get acclimated to the University, learn about resources to support their success, and most importantly get to know each other and members of our campus community. The University Libraries is taking…
Love Who You Love: The University Libraries celebrates Pride Month
Commemorating the anniversary of the riots that followed a police raid on The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich Village, Pride Month has grown over the last 50 years to become an international month-long celebration raising awareness and showing…
Posted in About Us, Central Reading Room, Events, Inclusion Tagged with: Central Reading Room, Library events, Pride Month
Poetry Reading in honor of National Poetry Month
On April 6, 2021, the University Libraries held a virtual poetry reading in honor of National Poetry Month. Hosted by Lisa Socci, Head of Public Services, participants were invited to read poems they wrote or ones that were meaningful to…
Giving Day: April 21, 2021
A great university requires a great library at its core. But, this doesn’t happen by accident. It requires spaces that foster collaborations, examination and exploration. It means everyone from first-year undergraduates to postdoctoral fellows has access to print and digital…
SBU Libraries hosts successful symposium on Advancing Equity in Higher Education on Long Island
On April 9, 2021, Stony Brook University Libraries hosted an inaugural Symposium on Advancing Equity in Higher Education on Long Island. This event brought together 135 college and university community members and thought leaders from across the region in order…
Posted in Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Events
Escaping the Escape Room
We want to thank all of the players who participated in the Escape the Library Mystery Tour event last week! We had six teams in all, including one intrepid group (the Han Solos) who had never met before that night.…
The Library’s Escape Room Event (LIVE UPDATES)
On Thursday, March 11th from 6:00 – 7:30 pm, all are invited to challenge themselves to Escape the Library Mystery Tour. This online event features a series of escape rooms through which you and your team must navigate – working…
IIIF and Mirador viewer for digital collections and research
On March 3rd, 2021 the SBU Center for Digital Humanities in collaboration with the SBU Libraries Digital Projects team hosted an hour-long “Digital Humanities Show & Tell” presentation entitled “Mirador 3.0 IIIF Image Viewer for Digital Collections and Research.” Chris…
