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Michael Bailou Huang Elected to IFLA Standing Committee on the Health and Biosciences Libraries Section

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Nominated by the American Library Association (ALA), Michael Bailou Huang was elected as a Standing Committee member on the IFLA Health and Biosciences Libraries Section for the term 2015-2019. The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the

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Colleen Kenefick Visits the John Radcliffe Hospital Cairns Library, University of Oxford

On Friday, November 21, 2014, I (Colleen Kenefick, Health Sciences Librarian) spent the day at the John Radcliffe Hospital Cairns Library. This visit was very graciously coordinated in advance between Dr. Hagan Bayley (Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford Chemistry

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Michael Huang Presents a Panel at the 2014 Chinese Library Annual Conference, Beijing, China

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Michael Huang, Coordinator of the Office of Global Library Initiatives and Health Sciences Librarian, organized and presented a panel titled “The librarian in the transitional time: Exploration and practice in academic libraries in the United States” at the 2014 Chinese

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Dean Constantinou Keynotes at the 2nd International Conference on Leadership and Innovative Management, Shanghai, China

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Constantia Constantinou, Dean of Stony Brook University Libraries, made a keynote speech titled “The future of research libraries: Challenge, collaboration, opportunity” at the 2nd International Conference on Leadership and Innovative Management in Academic Libraries in the Age of New Technology,

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University Libraries Welcome Students from Gezhi High School, Shanghai, China

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Students from Gezhi High School visited Stony Brook University from August 11 to August 18, 2014. They were working on five research topics ranging from engineering science to social science. A small group of five students were working on a

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Dean Constantinou Presents at Shanghai Normal University

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Constantia Constantinou, Dean of University Libraries, was invited to present “The future of research libraries: Challenge, collaboration, opportunity” at the Shanghai Normal University Library, Shanghai, China on June 6, 2014. Michael Huang, Librarian from the SBU Health Sciences Library served

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Dean Constantinou Presents at the International Conference in Qualitative and Quantitative Measures in Libraries, Istanbul, Turkey

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Constantia Constantinou, Dean of Stony Brook University Libraries, presented “When disaster strikes: The critical importance of effective communication and teamwork” at the International Conference in Qualitative and Quantitative Measures in Libraries (QQML), May 27-30, 2014, Istanbul, Turkey. She paid a

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Michael Huang, Health Sciences Librarian, Presents at the 2013 Chinese Library Annual Conference, Shanghai, China

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Michael Huang, Librarian at the Stony Brook University Health Sciences Library, organized and chaired a panel titled, “Exploration and practice of innovative services in U.S. libraries” at the 2013 Chinese Library Annual Conference, November 7-9, 2013, Shanghai, China. The speakers

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Michael Huang, Health Sciences Librarian, Presents at Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China

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Michael Huang, Health Sciences Librarian, presented “New development in open access to biomedical literature” at Guangxi Medical University Library, Nanning, China, on November 6, 2013. From left, Professor Xiaomin Wei, Guangxi Medical University Library Director and Michael Huang

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Dean Constantinou Met with Ioannis (Yiannis) A. Economides

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Dean Constantinou had the pleasure of meeting Ioannis (Yiannis) A. Economides, SBU Alum and an Engineer in November 2014. “I met with Yiannis in Nicosia for coffee. We had a wonderful exchange of information and memories from his years in

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