Data visualization literacy is rarely taught outside of STEM classrooms, and yet this mode of engaging with information has been taken up as one of the key methods of distant reading within the digital humanities. Drawing on scholarship from the fields of…
Are you required to use MLA citation for your research paper assignment? This workshop will address why, when, and how to cite your sources in MLA format. Although this workshop is designed especially for those students taking WRT 101 and…
The DH Reading Group will meet virtually October 6th at 3:00 to discuss Jill Walker Rettberg’s “Ways of Knowing with Data Visualizations.” Registration Please register for the event via Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information…
The Library offers access to almost 500 databases – that’s almost 500 search engines that can unlock research on any given topic. This workshop will help you understand the most effective ways to search those databases, including finding the right…
What is a research database, anyway? How can you use them to discover what interests you? In this fun and pressure-free workshop, learn about what a database is, how you can access them, and explore some of the hundreds of…
Creating the bibliography is often the most tedious part of writing a research paper. Using EndNote, a bibliographic management software program, this task just became much easier. In this workshop learn: how to create an EndNote Library, how to download…
The DH Reading Group will meet virtually September 8th at 3:00 to discuss Michael Witmore’s “Latour, the Digital Humanities, & the Divided Kingdom of Knowledge.” All are welcome. Registration Please register for the event via Zoom. After registering, you will…
Michael Bailou Huang, SUNY Distinguished Librarian and Director of Global Library Initiatives, was invited to present a keynote speech titled “Responding to COVID-19: Envisaging Role of Libraries” at National Librarians’ Day Commemoration & Prof S. R. Ranganathan Memorial Oration on…
The Digital Humanities Reading Group will meet August 4th at 3:00 to discuss Michael Witmore’s “Latour, the Digital Humanities, and the Divided Kingdom of Knowledge.” All are welcome. This event will be held virtually via Zoom. Please register to receive…
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…