The papers of Diana Chang, Chinese American novelist, poet, educator, and artist, are open for research. Her first novel, The Frontiers of Love, originally published by Random House in 1956, was the first novel to have been written by an…
Tech Spotlight: Lynda.com
Stony Brook University students, faculty, and staff have access to Lynda.com, a site that uses professionally produced video content to teach all kinds of skills. You’ll find classes targeted to specific technologies like Excel, Photoshop, and AutoCAD as well as…
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Text & Inspiration at University Libraries Present: Literary Karaoke
On March 2, Students and faculty met in Melville Library’s Center for Scholarly Communications to do literary karaoke with their favorite texts. In honor of Women’s History Month, participants read poetry and prose written by women authors. Literary Karaoke is…
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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 8, from 3-4PM in Melville Library Classroom A, a friendly librarian will be on hand to offer individualized research instruction tailored…
University Libraries Present: Literary Karaoke Event, 3/2 at 2:00
Join us for a month-long colloquium series in honor of Women’s History Month, with presentations by three Stony Brook University scholars of women’s and gender studies and a literary karaoke event. All events will be held in the Center for…
International Baccalaureate students visit SBU Libraries
Tech Spotlight: Learnstream
It can be difficult to keep track of the many open source tools for teaching and learning or to know where to start when you begin to learn about a new topic. Learnstream‘s solution to these problems is a platform…
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The First Comic Book Produced by Women
In anticipation of Women’s History Month, Special Collections is highlighting “It Aint Me Babe,” the first comic book to be produced solely by women. In July 1970, Trina Robbins, Barbara “Willy” Mendes, and other noted artists created this feminist, underground…
University Libraries Writers Series features SBU Faculty
On Tuesday February 22, an enthused audience of students, faculty, staff, and community members attended the first event of the spring 2016 University Libraries Writers Series: A Conversation with Douglas Pfeiffer and Joshua Teplitsky. Looking at Erasmus of Rotterdam’s learned…
Tech Spotlight: Kahoot
Kahoot is a clicker software that helps teachers get better engagement and data from their students. Instructors are able to create an interactive presentation that has points of engagement that quiz students in real time about the content they are…
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