July marks the 58th year of SBU Libraries! When did the first library open on the SBU campus? Why is the Melville Library a building within a building? And when did the catalog first go online? All of these questions…
New Digital Collection – Kronos Yearbooks
Digital Collection The Kronos: Stony Brook University, School of Medicine, Digital Yearbook Collection is now available to the public. This digital collection provides online access to the complete holdings of the yearbook. For this digitization project, print copies of the…
Clara Tran receives Chancellor’s Excellence in Librarianship Award
Congratulations to Associate Librarian Clara Tran, Head of Science & Engineering, on receiving the Chancellor’s Excellence in Librarianship Award! Clara is the liaison to the Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical & Chemical Engineering departments, as well as the Electrical Engineering…
Posted in About Us
Diane Englot receives Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service
Diane Englot, Head of Resource Sharing in the Access & User Services department, is a recipient of a 2019-2020 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service. Diane began working at the University Libraries in 1989, first in the Special Collections…
Posted in About Us Tagged with: Chancellor's Award for Excellence, Library Staff, Stony Brook University Libraries
LGBTQ+ Research Guide
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…
Posted in Health Sciences Library
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
