Tech Spotlight: Productivity Special

The dog days of summer include working like a dog for many Stony Brook scholars. Here are some of the best technologies to keep your writing and research game hot while the temps rise: White Noise Time away from your

Posted in Emerging Technology, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Tech Spotlight: Fabula Maps

Fabula Maps is a digital humanities teaching tool that makes it easy to create interactive maps. The action of the map is similar to Storymap JS, but Fabula is aimed at users who might need a technology assist and more

Posted in Emerging Technology, Library Technology, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Special Collections and University Archives featured by APALA!

Chinese Cuisine American Palate

Did you know that Stony Brook University on Long Island has a gigantic collection of Chinese cookbooks? What about the papers of the first published female Chinese American novelist? This week, the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) featured an

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Shoreham Documentary Filmed at SBU Libraries Airs on Japanese TV

A Japanese documentary on the Shoreham Nuclear Plant featuring rare government documents held by Stony Brook University Libraries, including the Emergency Evacuation Plan for the Shoreham Nuclear Power Station, will be broadcast on July 24 on Tokyo’s channel 4. The program, “NNN

Posted in Government Information, Japanese Studies, Melville Library

Tech Spotlight: Pokémon Go

Is it a learning technology? Is it a major tech event? Is Stony Brook all about it right now? This week, Niantic Labs (of Ingress fame) and the Pokémon Company released Pokémon Go, a location-based augmented reality iteration of the

Posted in Emerging Technology, Mobile Technology, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Southampton Library Hosts Writers Conference Registration

Libraries, especially academic libraries, are known for being quiet spaces where students can find their favorite study spot and curl up with their assigned reading. The occasional outburst greeted with a stern warning from the Student Assistant covering the front

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Get Inspired with Making of the Modern World, 1450-1914

Writing a paper in history, political science, economics or cultural studies?  Try searching in SBU Libraries’ Making of the Modern World, 1450-1914 (Gale).  Find searchable books, serials, pamphlets, and essays from around the world that tell the story of four

Posted in Africana Studies, Arts & Humanities, Asian and Asian American Studies, Cultural Analysis & Theory, Databases, Economics, History, Italian American Studies, Journalism, Political Science, Sociology, Women's Studies, Writing and Literature

JULIET & RoMEO: Find Open Access Permissions, Mandates

SHERPA is a scholarly communication partnership based at the Centre for Research Communications, University of Nottingham.  SHERPA offers a number of web services, including JULIET and RoMEO. JULIET JULIET is a search tool for discovering research funders’ mandates for public access and

Posted in Open Access, Scholarly Communication

Michael Huang Presents at ALA Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida

Michael Huang, Librarian, Coordinator of the Office of Global Library Initiatives, presented “Transformation of academic libraries in China: Challenges, opportunities, and best practices” at the American Library Association Annual Conference and Exhibition, Orlando, Florida, June 23-28, 2016.

Posted in Global Initiatives, Health Sciences Library

Tech Spotlight: Amazon Inspire

Amazon Inspire is a search engine for open educational resources aimed at K-12 teachers. Much like Amazon’s other functions, the power of Inspire is in the review infrastructure. Teachers will be able to rank and review educational resources through the

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