Stony Brook University Libraries is pleased to announce the next session in the Colloquium series. All are welcome to attend. Please mark your calendars and join the library faculty and staff as we share our current research, achievements, professional development activities and ideas for service to the Stony Brook community.
December 3, 2015 – 1pm-2pm, Special Collections Seminar Room (2nd floor of Melville Library)
Lis Pankl: Head, Academic Engagement, Research & Instruction Services
Academic Engagement and Personalized Liaison Services:
This presentation explores the the impact of offering personalized liaison services to departments and units on the SBU campus.
Kate Kasten: Head, Humanities & Social Sciences, Collection Strategy & Management
Reading Practices in the Humanities and Lettered Social Sciences: Implications for Selection, Collaboration, and the Liaison Relationship:
This presentation is part of an ongoing research project that seeks to explore theories of reading practices in the humanities and lettered social sciences with an emphasis on format, access, and distribution. By identifying reading modalities in several fields, the Library can more effectively embed itself in the scholarly culture of departments in the humanities and lettered social sciences.