Some may claim that library workers aren’t known for their prowess on the open sea, but don’t tell Stony Brook University Libraries’ Daphne Trakis that. Daphne strapped on her sailor shoes Thursday, August 11th, and set off on the SoMAS (School…
University Libraries Presents: STEM Speakers Series
The University Libraries is pleased to announce its first lecture of the fall 2016 STEM Speakers Series presented by Dr. Sotirios Mamalis, Department of Mechanical Engineering. His talk, “Internal Combustion Engine Research for Sustainable Transportation and Power Generation” will be…
University Libraries Presents: Writers Series Announced
The University Libraries proudly announces its exciting Fall 2016 Writers Series. Please register and join us for an hour of diverse, dynamic talks by our esteemed Stony Brook faculty. Tuesday, 9/27: Mary Jo Bona & Adrienne Munich (register here) Mary Jo…
Michael Dorman Collection Open for Research
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The Michael Dorman Collection, located in Special Collections of the University Libraries, is open for research. Journalist, reporter, and author Michael Dorman (1932-2008) was born in the Bronx, New York. He was a writer and editor at Newsday, a professor of journalism,…
Academic Commons: Your Global Audience Is Here
The Academic Commons is an open access scholarly repository and publishing platform for the Stony Brook University community. Works in Academic Commons are: *freely accessible online *easily discoverable via search engines *regularly backed up *assigned a permanent URL so they…
Adrienne Harris visits the Robert Sklar Collection at SBU’s Southampton Library.
Adrienne Harris recently visited the Southampton library with Professor and novelist Robert Reeves. Robert Reeves guided her through the multiple displays that SBU’s Southampton Library put together in honor of her late husband, Dr. Robert Sklar. She spoke in great detail…
Posted in Southampton, Stony Brook University
Name our skeleton! Vote today!
Medical and health sciences students! Visit the Health Sciences Library to vote on a name for our skeleton model and be entered to win a raffle prize. Voting ends on 9/2, a winner will be announced on 9/12. We need…
Posted in Health Sciences Library
Special Collections and University Archives on Instagram
Learn about the university’s one-of-kind library collections and university history on Special Collections and University Archives’ Instagram account. Pictured here: A medieval woodcut illustration from the University Libraries’ oldest book: Schedel, Hartmann, Anton Koberger, Michael Wohlgemuth, and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Liber chronicarum. Nuremberg: Anton…
Librarians Sally Stieglitz and Kristen Nyitray win grant for World War I Centennial programming
Sally Stieglitz and Kristen Nyitray, librarians at Stony Brook University Libraries, have been selected by the Library of America as recipients of a grant for programming marking the upcoming centennial of the First World War. World War I and America is a…
Tech Spotlight: Griti
Griti is a micro-tutoring platform that delivers videos for your particular school, course, and even instructor, created by past students who got an A. Griti is currently active on 52 campuses including many Ivy League and State Universities. Students with…
