On the evenings of November 17 and November 18, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, SBU librarians and writing tutors offered drop-in Zoom consultations with students who wanted extra support on their research papers. Students delved more deeply into discovering…
A Celebration of SBU’s Writing Students and the Art of the Personal Essay
On Wednesday, November 17, University Libraries was proud to host ten undergraduate students as they read aloud their personal essays in a virtual event. The event was the fifth installment of Dr. Rita Nezami’s Personal Essay Student Reading Series, and…
Posted in Writing and Literature
Stony Brook Undergraduate History Club Visits Special Collections
Special Collections hosted the Stony Brook Undergraduate History Club on November 17. The lively discussion and viewing of unique research collections focused on historical materials that can only be found and accessed at Stony Brook University. Original sources on display…
Student Survey on Reference Service Model
University Libraries would like to gauge student opinions regarding our reference service model. The survey contains 6 questions and will take only a minute to complete. Please use your phone to scan the QR code on this page to start…
Posted in About Us
Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis at SBU Center for Digital Humanities premiere speaker event “Medieval Manuscripts and Digital Collections: The Case for IIIF”
On November 4th, 2021 the Stony Brook University Center for Digital Humanities (CDH) hosted its first guest speaker event since our grand opening with a particularly illustrious subject expert: Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis PhD, Director of the Medieval Academy of…
Dr. Arianna Maffei on “Neural Mechanisms for Taste Learning”
On October 19, 2021, Dr. Arianna Maffei presented the second lecture of the fall 2021 STEM speaker series at the University Libraries. Dr. Arianna Maffei discussed her recent work that she has been studying in the lab for the past…
Caterina Reed-Araujo named 2022 ALA Emerging Leader
This post was written by Heath Martin, former Associate Dean, Collection Strategy & Management. SBU Libraries is very pleased to announce that Caterina Reed-Araujo, Instructional Support Associate in SBU Libraries’ Content Acquisitions and Services Department, has been selected as an…
Event Recap – More than Recipes: A Taste of the Jacqueline M. Newman Chinese Cookbook Collection
Did you know that SBU has the largest Chinese cookbook collection in the world? Nearly 140 guests attended “More than Recipes” to learn about the Jacqueline M. Newman Chinese Cookbook Collection, a special library collection at Stony Brook University with…
Laurel Scheinfeld – Distinguished Member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals
We are pleased to share that Laurel Scheinfeld, Health Sciences Librarian and liaison to the School of Social Welfare, has been accepted as a distinguished member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals. The distinguished level of membership requires extensive…
Posted in Health Sciences Library
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with 5 Resources on American Indian History
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with five library resources about Indigenous histories. November is Native American Heritage Month, an annual time to commemorate and reaffirm Indigenous cultural legacies and histories. 1) Rifkin, Mark. 2011. When did Indians Become Straight?: Kinship,…
Posted in Diversity Equity & Inclusion, History, Indigenous peoples, Research Tagged with: Indigenous peoples, Indigenous research, Research Help
