Gisele Schierhorst, Head of the Music Library, and Christine Fena, Undergraduate Success Librarian, authored a discussion and analysis of the impact the Libraries’ ongoing concert series has had both on SBU music students and the larger SBU community. The chapter,…
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New ACRL Book Chapter Celebrates SBU Libraries’ Concert Series
Posted in About Us, Events, Libraries, Library Outreach, Melville Library, Music, Music Library Tagged with: library collaborations, library concerts, Melville Library, music library
End of semester reminder: Return or Renew
Before you leave for the semester, remember to RETURN or RENEW any items you’ve borrowed from the library. Students must be registered for an upcoming semester to be able to renew online, over the phone, or in person at one…
Posted in About Us, Circulation, Interlibrary Loan, Libraries Tagged with: book returns, Circulation, library account, return
Librarians and Writing Tutors Come Together to Help Students with their Research Papers
On the evenings of April 19 & April 20, 2023, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, SBU librarians and writing tutors offered drop-in Zoom consultations for students who needed extra support finishing their research papers. Over 120 students joined the…
Posted in About Us, Libraries, Library Instruction, Library Outreach, Research, Writing and Literature Tagged with: Research Help, student success
ChatGPT & Generative AI Forum Features Faculty, Staff & Student Voices
On March 8, 2023, University Libraries hosted ChatGPT & Generative AI: An SBU Forum. Dean Karim Boughida moderated a faculty, staff, & student panel with interest and expertise in large language models (LLM) and how they might intersect with higher…
Service Recognition
On March 2nd, the University celebrated significant milestones for those who have achieved 25 or more years of service. In the library’s we were honored to celebrate the achievements of several team members who have reached milestones of 25, 30,…
Posted in About Us, Health Sciences Library, Libraries, Melville Library, Music Library, Special Collections & University Archives Tagged with: years of service
Grant for Studying How Public Libraries Can Help Prepare For Extreme Weather
The Department of Civil Engineering, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, and the University Libraries at SBU are currently collaborating on a grant project to identify gaps between community needs and available services at Long Island libraries that serve socio-economically…
Meet our Fall Social Media Intern
Did you know that every semester, the library offers a for-credit internship on social media marketing and outreach? Through the Career Center, we run a section of EXT488 working with juniors and seniors of all majors. Students learn more about…
2022 Fall Semester: Reference and Virtual Chat Services
Welcome to the new semester! Need help with research? We are here to help! There are many ways you can connect to librarians for research assistance. You can connect with a librarian virtually via our chat service. Virtual weekday chat…
Congratulations Michael Bailou Huang, Incoming CALA Executive Director
The Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) Executive Board is excited to announce the selection of Michael Bailou Huang as its next Executive Director (2022-2025). His term begins in July 2022, at the end of the ALA Annual Conference in Washington,…
Posted in Global Initiatives, Health Sciences Library, Libraries, Melville Library Tagged with: global initiatives, library faculty
Library faculty team up with undergraduate student to promote open access
In the opening paragraph of his recent post to the Program in Writing and Rhetoric’s RhetComp blog, student Matt Hono explains a typical undergraduate experience of using databases to write a research paper: “Overwhelmed with the simple goal of finishing…
