June is Pride Month! The LGBTQ+ community faces a number of health disparities, compared to the general population. In order to address these specific needs, the Health Sciences Library offers a research guide on LGBTQ+ Health. One page is devoted…
2020 Summer Volunteer – Catherine Heiba
Chris Kretz and Clara Tran will be mentoring Catherine Heiba during this summer. Catherine received her Bachelor of Music at Rutgers University and Master of Music at University of Michigan. Currently she is a first year student of the MLIS…
Posted in Libraries
One Last Data Visualization as an Inaugural CDH Intern
Over the course of this strange spring semester, I have been fortunate to serve as one of the first graduate interns at SBU’s Center for Digital Humanities. Although the many events that had been planned by the library’s DH working…
Posted in Digital Humanities Tagged with: Data Visualization, Digital Narratives, Digital Storytelling, Fan Fiction, Literary Studies
For Faculty Teaching Online
As you continue to develop classes for online instruction, we wanted to let all faculty know that SBU Libraries is right there with you. Librarians can provide online instruction support in a number of ways. We can hold synchronous library…
Bringing Data Visualizations to the Humanities Dissertation
In my previous posts, I’ve provided an introduction to the field of data visualizations—outlining both what they are and what they are used for. In this post, I discuss what data visualizations have added to my own research before addressing…
National Nurses Month 2020
Normally in early May we celebrate National Nurses Week, which traditionally ends on May 12, the birthday of nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale. This year, however, is Nightingale’s 200th birthday and we are honoring our nurses all month long. Each week…
Posted in Health Sciences Library, Nursing
Walt Whitman’s Long Island: A Research Guide
April is National Poetry Month, a celebration of poets and their craft founded in April 1996 by the Academy of American Poets. Walt Whitman’s Long Island: A Research Guide presents a curated selection of sources for research on the poet’s life and his immense influence on literature,…
The Value of GIS, Part II
Historians deal with the “where” as much as the “when.” GIS and geospatial analysis provide a suitable platform to tackle the former theme. Yet, GIS remains underdeveloped or absent in history programs. It is strange that history departments have not…
Gregg A. Stevens receives MLA Presidential Award
The Medical Library Association has announced the winners of the 2020 Presidential Awards. Our very own Health Sciences Librarian, Gregg Stevens, is among this year’s recipients! Gregg has earned this honor for his contributions to the transformation of the Medical…
Posted in Health Sciences Library
Instructors: Apply for a 2020-1 Open Educational Resources (OER) Grant
The Open Educational Resources Grant is funded by SUNY and will award funds of $2500 to instructors of record (faculty, instructors, TAs) for the development of Open Educational Resources or integration of OER into their courses. Proposals will be accepted…
Posted in Open Access, Scholarly Communication
