Congratulations to our Undergraduate Success Librarian Christine Fena! She is the recipient of this year’s Excellence in Scholarship Award presented by the State University of New York Librarians Association (SUNYLA). The award celebrates SUNYLA members who authored or co-authored impactful research through publications, presentations, or similar works. Christine was recognized
On March 20th, Dr. Matthew Salzano gave a talk at the invitation of the Libraries’ DEIA Team about artificial intelligence and issues related to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. He delivered a thought-provoking presentation that stimulated a lot of conversation in the room. He detailed some of the well-known and
Stony Brook Libraries hosted the Ready for Success Summit on Friday, March 15th with over 100 librarians, teachers, and administrators from across 40 Long Island school districts. Attendees assembled to hear about the Ready for Success project between SBU Libraries and Brentwood High School and to discuss strategies for improving
On November 1st, SBU Libraries and its partners will be hosting the Human Library® from 1-4 pm in the Central Reading Room. This is an in-person event designed to challenge stereotypes and prejudice through open dialogue between real people. We will have a number of Human Books available for attendees
We are proud to welcome four students as our cohort of social media interns for the fall semester. These interns will be helping communicate the mission and goals of the libraries to the broader university community (and hopefully having some fun along the way). Here they are in their own
Yesterday our Spring 2023 social media interns hosted a special Pop Up Music Library in the North Reading Room’s Learning Lab. The event was designed to introduce students to the library’s rich music resources and provide a relaxing, alternative space to spend some time. Interns Nicole Schuppert, Veronica Huang, and
SBU Libraries has recently installed a display of scholarly works, memoirs, and essay collections that discuss the Holocaust to commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. These books are on display by the spiral staircase in the North Reading Room. All of them can be checked out and you can find
We’ve transformed our Central Reading Room exhibit space into the Rebus Hall of Fame. Take a moment and walk through a selection of challenging and entertaining brainteasers – see if you can guess them all. A rebus, by the way, is a visual riddle. You decipher the words and letters
Our therapy dog events are always the happiest of the year. We held two last week, one at the library on our Southampton campus and one in the Melville Library on West campus. Between the two locations we welcomed eight dogs and over 400 students through SBU’s Counseling and Psychological
Did you know that every semester, the library offers a for-credit internship on social media marketing and outreach? Through the Career Center, we run a section of EXT488 working with juniors and seniors of all majors. Students learn more about the services, functions, and collections of the library including a
