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
Upcoming Workshop on Research Methods and Sources for Indigenous Studies
Sign up for the upcoming workshop that will cover research methodologies and relevant resources for Indigenous histories and cultures. We will walk through the new LibGuide for Indigenous Histories & Cultures, search strategies, and resources available at Stony Brook University…
Posted in About Us Tagged with: Anthropology, History, Manuscripts, Maps, Special Collections & University Archives
Join Us at the Art Crawl on Saturday, October 23 from 1pm to 3pm
Free guided tours of Stony Brook University’s diverse art galleries will take place on Saturday, October 23 from 1pm to 3pm as part of campus-wide events for the inauguration of Maurie McInnis, sixth president of Stony Brook University. Participating galleries…
Stony Brook University Libraries celebrate Open Access Week: October 25th-29th, 2021
Join the University Libraries in celebrating Open Access week with the following events: October 26th, 2021 from 4-5 via zoom: Come celebrate the launch of Stony Brook University Libraries’ 3rd Open Access Journal Launch: The New York Journal of Student…
Posted in About Us Tagged with: OA Journal Launch 2021, OER Colloquium, Open Access Symposium, The New York Journal of student Affairs
New Library Research Guide: Sources for Studies of Indigenous Histories and Cultures
Stony Brook University Libraries (SBUL) has diverse collections to support research of Indigenous histories and cultures. A new library guide presents a curated selection of freely available and licensed content organized by theme and format. Coverage includes: art; databases; health disparities; languages; law;…
