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1st Photo Scavenger Hunt is a success!

Students flocked to the Melville Library this past Wednesday to participate in our 1st Annual Scavenger Hunt for a chance to win prizes!

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1st Annual Photo Scavenger Hunt

Stony Brook University Libraries are proud to present our first annual Photo Scavenger Hunt. 

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Give a Book Take a Book – SS Melville Lives On!

The SS Melville boat will serve as a new library outreach vessel for supplying books for patrons to give and take.

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SBU Libraries to Enter Their First Roth Regatta!

This Friday the Stony Brook University Libraries are attempting something never before attempted in the history of the Stony Brook University Libraries – entering a boat in the annual Roth Pond Regatta!  Staff members throughout campus have been showing their

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Community Outreach: Setauket Elementary School

One of Stony Brook University’s  George Washington letters (1779) made a special trip off-campus and was viewed by over 500 children and their parents at Setauket Elementary School on Monday, September 13. The event was covered by News 12 Long

Posted in Library Outreach, Special Collections & University Archives

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays 🙂

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Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men on 11/11

Melville Library Author Series: Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men featuring Michael Kimmel, Professor of Sociology. To a growing list of books about the myths and mysteries of American boys and young males, Michael Kimmel, Professor of Sociology,

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Emily Wells, gift well received

from Victor Santiago, North Reading Room While listening to NPR one day, I heard an interview with a woman named Emily Wells. Emily is musician with the rare ability to transcend the genres of Classical music and Hip Hop. As

Posted in Library Outreach, Music

library (surreal) video

The Long Island Library Resources Council (LILRC) recently sponsored a video contest, LilTube, to showcase Long Island libraries — and Melville Library got in on the act. Stony Brook Southampton librarian Darren Chase describes his entry, secret library, as “surreal”

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Welcome!

Welcome to the University Libraries’ new blog! We’ve packaged together a variety of library happenings in a way that will help you easily stay informed. Each area of our blog has an RSS feed that you can add to your

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