University’s Calidore String Quartet Wins M-Prize

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Congratulations to the Calidore String Quartet, in residence at Stony Brook University, for winning the University of Michigan’s $100,000 M-Prize, a major new chamber music award.  Here is the Quartet in performance in the Library Galleria in 2015: For  more

Posted in Music

Tech Spotlight: Tableau

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Tableau is a data visualization and sharing tool that makes it easy to create meaningful charts and stories around all kinds of data. The tool, which is available in both free and paid versions, has a simple drag-and-drop organization that

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

Congratulations graduates!

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You did it! University Libraries sends a heartfelt congratulations to all of our graduates! [imgur id=LhOIPMl.gif /]   

Posted in Library Outreach

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month

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The month of May is the U.S. Government’s official celebration of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and a rich variety of government resources are available through federal institutions such as the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution.  SBU Libraries is proud to highlight its own resources,

Posted in Asian and Asian American Studies, Cultural Analysis & Theory, Government Information

Elsevier Acquires Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

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In April 2013, Elsevier acquired Mendeley which is an academic website that serves as a platform for researchers to work collaboratively on research projects, manage references and share their work. Researchers also can use Mendeley in storing their research papers,

Posted in Scholarly Communication

Title IX Training

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Earlier this month, library faculty and staff attended a Title IX training on sexual harassment and other sexual misconducts. The training included information on the following topics: What are appropriate/inappropriate behaviors. What to do if you or someone is subjected

Posted in About Us, Education, Libraries

Library Concert Series: Spring Chamber Music Festival

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On Tuesday, May 3, 2016 the Violin Studio’s sixth and final library concert of the year was part of the music department’s Spring Chamber Music Festival.  Violinists Yanki Karatas and Emily Daggett Smith  presented works by Kreisler and Mozart;  violist

Posted in Library Outreach, Music

Tech Spotlight: 2U

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2U has seen a lot of excitement lately! They lost their president, Jim Shelton, to Mark Zuckerberg’s education initiative, but they also recently announced impressive profits and exciting continuations with their higher education partners. 2U is an online education platform

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

Access Services Visits Southampton

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Members of Stony Brook Libraries’ Access Services recently made the trip out east to Southampton as the Melville Library and the Southampton Library continue to make major strides in providing a continuity of service to all Stony Brook students. The

Posted in Circulation, Interlibrary Loan, Library Outreach, Southampton

SBU Libraries & CAPS present PALS!!!

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Yesterday, May 11, 2016, SBU Libraries worked with CAPS, SBU Counseling and Psychological Services to present an assisted animal event. CAPS is excited to introduce the PALS Program: Pet Away Life Stress! Through Animal Assisted interactions, the PALS program offers

Posted in Library Outreach

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