University Libraries Congratulates Seawolves Basketball

Darren Chase, liaison to the Department of Theatre Arts; the Center for Dance, Movement & Somatic Learning; and the Sustainability Studies Programs

University Libraries Dean, Constantia Constantinou met with Stony Brook’s Seawolves Basketball team to offer congratulations on its best season in history.

Posted in About Us, Libraries

History of Costumes and the Arabian Nights Discussed at Writers Series

On Tuesday March 22, an engaged audience of students, faculty, staff, and community members attended the second event of the spring 2016 University Libraries Writers Series: A Conversation with Celia Marshik and Ruth (Sue) Bottigheimer. Costumes were incredibly popular in

Posted in Special Collections & University Archives

University Libraries Present– French Fairy Tales: When Women Took Over

Join us on March 23 at 1:00 in the Center for Scholarly Communications (2nd floor of the Central Reading Room in Melville Library) for the next event in our month-long colloquium series in honor of Women’s History Month: Dr. Sophie

Posted in Arts & Humanities, Cultural Analysis & Theory, Events, French

Update 3/21/16: On-site Reference in the Humanities Building

On-site library reference hours will re-commence in the Humanities Building lobby on Monday, April 4th, 2-3.  We look forward to seeing you then!   Image: By The McClouds from Chicago ‘burbs, USA (New welcome mat from my parents) [CC BY-SA 2.0

Posted in Arts & Humanities, Reference

Tech Spotlight: 60 Minutes 1997-2014

Did you know that 60 Minutes is the longest continuously running American network primetime show? Stony Brook students, faculty, and staff now have access to every episode of 60 minutes that aired between 1997-2014. This collection covers over 350 hours

Posted in Emerging Technology, Library Technology, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Library Concert Series: “The Art of Violin”

SBU Libraries, in cooperation with Michael Hershkowitz, Director of Concerts,  and Department of Music faculty member, two time Grammy nominee Jennifer Frautschi,  was honored to present the first concert of the Spring 2016 semester featuring violinists and musicians from the Department

Posted in Events, Library Outreach, Melville Library, Music, Stony Brook University

Writers Series Event on Tuesday, March 22

SBU professors Celia Marshik and Sue Bottigheimer will be the featured speakers at the University Libraries Writers Series program on Tuesday, March 22 from 1-2 p.m. Only a few spaces remain for this popular series, so please RSVP to reserve

Posted in Special Collections & University Archives

Let’s Have a “BLAST” with Sequence Similarity Searching

One of the most widely-used tools in computational biology/bioinformatics is the NCBI’s Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST). BLAST allows rapid, easy sequence similarity searching online. However, use of BLAST is only truly effective when you understand what it does

Posted in Health Sciences Library

Pi-Day Honors the Delicious Side of Mathematics

Stony Brook University Libraries kicked off Pi-Day a little early again this year as a nod to the irrational side of the symbol known as Pi, and also because the true Pi-Day – today – falls on spring break.  The event drew

Posted in Events, Featured, Library Outreach, Math, Physics and Astronomy Library, Melville Library

SBU Hospital CEO Recognizes Pop-Up in Library

Reuven Pasternak, MD, Chief Executive Officer of Stony Brook University Hospital hosts his own blog to recognize and highlight achievements throughout the hospital and medical schools. These blog posts usually focus on the clinical departments and achievements within the hospital.

Posted in Health Sciences Library

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