September 22, 2017

SBU Librarians Present!

On September 21st, four SBU librarians presented their research and professional development activities.         Violeta Ilik, Head of Cataloging & Metadata Services, discussed the importance of identity and entity management in cataloging in order to help researchers take control of their professional identity, while also making scholarly

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How to Make a Chapbook

SBU Libraries’ Preservation Department will be out in Southampton on Wednesday, September 27th, teaching students how to assemble their own chapbooks. Chapbooks are handmade, bound collections of writings.  They have a storied history, having served as conveyors of everything from murder ballads to folk tales to political tracts. So come

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Tech Spotlight: Shmoop

So you read the book for class, but you’re still having trouble understanding the themes and characters enough to write your paper. That’s where Shmoop comes in!   Best known for its literature guides, Shmoop provides summaries, themes, important quotations, character biographies, analyses, study questions, quizzes and more for countless

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