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Library Workshop with Associate Director for Research and Instruction at MIT, Tracy Gabridge

SBU Libraries will hold a workshop for liaison librarians on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at the Wang Center. There will be a presentation by Tracy Gabridge, who is the Associate Director for Research and Instructional Services at the Massachusetts Institute

Posted in Interlibrary Loan, Italian American Studies, Libraries, Library Instruction, Library Science, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Melville Library, New and Notable, Southampton, Spotlight, StaffWeb, Stony Brook University, Writing and Literature

Strategic Design Retreat

University Libraries is working on a strategic design that will inform our priorities for the next three years.  On Monday, June 15, 2015, we held an all-staff retreat at the Health Sciences Center.  Along with good food and camaraderie, we

Posted in Libraries

Piano Man

If you are anticipating Billy Joel’s speech at Stony Brook University’s commencement with great excitement and want to learn more about the Piano Man, SBU Libraries have the resources for  you. In addition to sound recordings and music scores, the Library

Posted in Libraries, Music, Music Library, Research

Digital Public Library of America

The Digital Public Library of America is an organization dedicated to free public access to information in myriad formats. The DPLA works with libraries, museums, government agencies and archives across the country. “It strives to contain the full breadth of human

Posted in Libraries, Scholarly Communication

Library Faculty elected President of Asian Pacific Librarians Association

Congratulations to Janet Clarke, Associate Dean of Research & User Engagement, on being elected President of the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) for the 2015-16 term. APALA is a formal American Library Association Affiliate Organization, and one of ALA’s five

Posted in Asian and Asian American Studies, Libraries, Library Outreach

The Everyday Joys of Japan

On display at the Jasmine Gallery (Wang Center) through July 5 is an exhibit entitled “The Everyday Joys of Japan,”  in which artist Jiro Osuga illustrates modern daily life in Japan. For those with interest in learning more about Japanese art,

Posted in Art, Asian and Asian American Studies, Japanese Studies, Libraries, Research

Call for Participation – Survey of Faculty Use of Author IDs

Are you a faculty member or researcher at Stony Brook University? Have you published in academic journals? If so, we need your help. We are conducting a survey on the utilization of author identification and research networking tools. Survey link:

Posted in Health Sciences Library, Libraries, Library Outreach, Science and Engineering Library

Pi Day

March 14, or 3.14, is Pi Day, a day to celebrate all things mathematical. Here at SBU Libraries, we recognize Pi Day by highlighting our resources for your inner Mathlete. For starters, we have subject guides on Mathematics and on our branch

Posted in Databases, Electronic Resources, Libraries, Math, Physics and Astronomy Library

Free Workshop: Jump Start Your Research!

SBU Libraries want to  help you  “jump start” your research assignment, even if you don’t know where to begin. On Tuesday March 10, from 1-2PM, librarians will be on hand to offer individualized research instruction tailored to your topics and

Posted in Events, Libraries, Library Instruction, Research

Search Smarter and Faster

Quotation marks are not just for grammar anymore. Putting quotation marks around a term or phrase of two or more words will yield results that are more accurate than a search of the same words without quotation marks. This is

Posted in Libraries, Research