5/13: Melville Author Series presents Dr. Shetal Shah

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 at 4 p.m.
Javits Room (2nd floor of the Melville Library)

Melville Library Author Series: Passport to Illness: Voyages In and Out of Medicine featuring Dr. Shetal Shah, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Stony Brook University Medical Center.

Program: In fourteen distinct narratives, Dr. Shetal Shah outlines in Passport to Illness: Voyages In and Out of Medicine not just the medical cases that make one a physician, but the personal stories, anecdotes, and relationships that each doctor brings to the bedside. From inner-city New York to the streets of Cuba to rural towns in Kenya, he guides you through his unique world, where the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro and the bedside of a fragile, premature infant in New York are not far apart.

Location: Javits Room (2nd floor of the Melville Library) - Free and Open to All.
Sponsor: University Libraries.

5/13: "Cooking from China’s Fujian Province" special lecture featuring Dr. Jacqueline M. Newman.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2009 FROM 12:30 - 2 p.m. at the Charles B. Wang Center, Room 301

"Cooking from China’s Fujian Province" special lecture featuring food historian and scholar Dr. Jacqueline M. Newman. Reception follows with Fujianese food tasting.

Fujian, a province in southeastern China, boasts a distinct culinary tradition that enjoys a thousand year old recorded history but is barely known in the Western world. Dr. Newman's latest book includes fascinating cultural and historical notes and features a collection of 200 easy to follow, authentic recipes that provide the perfect introduction to this unique cuisine. “Through her insightful writing and well-researched recipes, Ms. Newman is casting much-deserved light on the wonderful Fujian cooking and culture. Her scholarly approach and keen eye for detail make this book a joy to read and a real keeper for any library and kitchen.” -- Martin Yan, cookbook author and chef of TV cookery programs

FREE and Open to All.
Sponsored by the University Libraries.

Herstory Archive Launch & Reception 4/20

Please join us for a reception celebrating Herstory Writers Workshop.

The archives of Herstory and Erika Duncan are being donated to Special Collections of Stony Brook University Libraries. Erika Duncan is the founder of Herstory Writers Workshop, as well as a novelist and essayist whose work many Long Islanders know from her monthly front-page features in the New York Times Long Island Weekly during the 1990s. Herstory Writers Workshop is a community memoir-writing project that provides women from all walks of life with a unique set of tools to help them turn their memories into literary works of art. More than 2000 women on LI have participated in the Herstory project, including women form LI's Latina community and women incarcerated in Suffolk County's prisons.

Additionally, Erika was one of the founders of the Women's Salon, a New York City based network that met for ten years in Erika's Westbeth Apartment. This group gave audience support and serious critical attention to works of writers who were not well known. Emerging works of now-known Feminist writers and artists such as Adrienne Rich, Kate Millet, Susan Griffith, Dorothy Dinnerstein, Olga Broumas, Paula Gunn Allen and Judy Chicago were given early audience exposure there.

Please join us on April 20th for a reception that will include a program of readings will be followed by refreshments.

This event is free and open to the public. Don’t miss this historic event!!

For more information about Herstory, please visit their website at http://www.herstorywriters.org/

Sponsored by the West Campus Chapter of the United University Professions, the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center, Center for Working Class Life, the Women’s Studies Program, the Wang Center, the School of Social Welfare and Stony Brook University Libraries Special Collections.

Spring Break Hours

April 6-10, Monday-Friday: ALL LIBRARIES 8:30 am - 5 pm

April 11, Saturday: ALL LIBRARIES CLOSED.

April 12, Sunday: CRR, NRR, CIRCULATION 2 pm – 10 pm. All other libraries closed.

Libraries Hours Phone Service: 632-7160

GeoPDF Workshop on 4/03

Sharing Spatially with GeoPDFs

Using data and aerial imagery of a Stony Brook University campus (e.g., Stony Brook, Southampton or Manhattan) learn how to:

• Manipulate layers, attach files, add comments, apply stamps


• Search and display object attributes, and zoom to coordinates


• Measure distances and change geographic projections


• Hyperlink GeoPDF objects with other PDF documents, such as floor plans or text

Friday, April 3 @ 12 PM (2 hours)
Classroom A, 1st Floor, Melville Library
Register For This Course

3/30 Workshop - Everything Everywhere: an introduction to WorldCat

Workshop Monday, March 30, 5:30pm, Class A
Everything Everywhere: an Introduction to WorldCat

• Search thousands of libraries worldwide
• Request items via Interlibrary loan
• Create and share resource lists

Everything Everywhere: an introduction to WorldCat

View more presentations from Darren Chase.

Google Earth Workshop on 3/25

In this workshop, learn how to:

• Use the Google Earth user interface and the standard layers


• Locate and use third-party geographic data in Google Earth


• Create your own map features in the form of points, paths, polygons, and overlays


• Add information to your map features such as text, hyperlinks, and photographs


• Manipulate simple examples of Keyhole Markup Language (KML)

Wednesday, March 25 @ 1 PM (2 hours)
Classroom A, 1st Floor, Melville Library

Register @ http://www.stonybrook.edu/library/services/instruction/workshops.htm.

Advanced EndNote Workshop on 3/24

Managing Your Research Using Endnote: Advanced Endnote

For those who are using EndNote already, but have specific questions, or want to learn how to take advantage of ALL the advanced features and customization options. EndNote Advanced offers:

• Customize filters and output styles


• Attaching PDF documents, objects and images


• Footnotes and figure numbering


• Creating term lists and a traveling library

Tuesday, March 24 @ 1 PM (1.5 hours)
Classroom A, 1st Floor, Melville Library

Register @ http://www.stonybrook.edu/library/services/instruction/workshops.htm.

Turn Your Learn On: Web Multimedia for Researchers

LIBRARY WORKSHOP
THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1:00pm, Class A
Register @ http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/training/libclasses.nsf/youtube

Sure YouTube is a lot of fun, but have you ever used it for a class presentation or research project? For news (http://nytimes.com/pages/multimedia/), the arts (http://www.artmuseum.net/w2vr/contents.html), sciences (http://www.sciencemag.org/multimedia/) and everything in between (http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/index.php) there are riches of multimedia content available online. Tap into this wealth of resources to include multimedia in your research and classwork. In this workshop learn:

• How to search for multimedia content online -- including images, video and audio


• How to cite online multimedia in your research


• How to insert multimedia in a presentation and on Blackboard


• Web tools for organizing and sharing media content

MULTIMEDIA SEARCHING

All Media

alltheweb Multimedia (http://www.multimedia.alltheweb.com/ )

CC Search (http://search.creativecommons.org/ )

Audio

AltaVista Audio (http://www.altavista.com/audio/default )

Woonz (http://woonz.com/ )

Yahoo! Audio (http://audio.search.yahoo.com/ )

Images

Clusty (http://images.clusty.com/ )

Google (http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en )

Yahoo! (http://images.search.yahoo.com/)

Video

Google Video (http://video.google.com/ )

Yahoo! Video (http://video.search.yahoo.com/ )

SELECT MULTIMEDIA METASITES

American Memory (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html) from the Library of Congress; historical multimedia digital collections covering all of America’s history

ibiblio (http://www.ibiblio.org/ ) consortium of myriad digital collections, including excellent video and audio

Internet Archive (http://archive.org ) cornucopia of multimedia content, including the exceptional Prelinger Film Archives

iTunes U (http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu_mobilelearning/itunesu.html) works through iTunes – must have iTunes installed on your computer; online educational multimedia podcasts

ONLINE MULTIMEDIA COMMUNITIES YOU CAN JOIN AND/OR SEARCH

How To

5min Life Videopedia (http://www.5min.com/)
eHow (http://www.ehow.com/videos.html)
Expert Village (http://www.expertvillage.com/)
Howcast (http://www.howcast.com/)
MonkeySee (http://www.monkeysee.com/)
Sutree (http://www.sutree.com/)
ViewDo (http://www.viewdo.com/)
VideoJug (http://www.videojug.com/)

General

blip.tv (http://blip.tv/ ) video blogging and podcasting community for user-created content

Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/ ) image and video sharing social network

OurMedia (http://www.ourmedia.org/ ) user-created, grassroots media

Vidpedia (http://www.vidipedia.org/) a "Wikipedia" of video content; "free video encyclopedia anyone can edit"

Vimeo (http://www.vimeo.com/ ) user-created video sharing; favored by video artists for its high-quality video files

YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/ ) a popular, free video sharing site

Teaching & Learning

MERLOT (http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm) Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching

SciVee.tv (http://www.scivee.tv/) science teaching, learning and research media

TeacherTube (http://www.teachertube.com/) the "YouTube" of teaching and instruction (mostly K-12)

CITE ONLINE MULTIMEDIA IN YOUR RESEARCH

APA, Chicago, MLA, Turabian (www.proquestk12.com/pic/pdfs/ProQuest_Citation_Guide.pdf) excellent citation examples from the online database ProQuest

MLA Style (http://lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/mla.html#online ) from the Media Resources Center, Moffitt Library, UC Berkeley

MLA Style via the Moffitt Library, UC Berkeley:

Author's Last Name, First Name OR Corporate/Institutional Author Name (if known)

Title of Document or File

Document date OR date of last revision

Medium (e.g. Online video clip)

Title of larger web site in which clip is located

Name of hosting library or agency (if appropriate).

Access Date

URL (web address)

Examples

Lucasfilm, Ltd. "Star Wars Trailer." 05 November 1999. Online video clip. Star Wars Official Site. Accessed on 02 April 2008. <http://starwars.com/episode-i/news/trailer/ >

"Daughter Turns Dad In." CNN Video. Online video clip. CNN.com Accessed on 04 April 2008. <http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2008/04/02/dnt.oh.drunk.driver.dad.wnwo >

Shimabukuro, Jake. "Ukulele weeps by Jake Shimabukuro." 04 April 2008. Online video clip. YouTube. Accessed on 22 April 2006. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k >

Society of Spectacle. Dir. Guy Debord. 1973. Online video clip. Ubuweb.com. Accessed on 09 October 2007. <http://www.ubu.com/film/debord_spectacle.html >

ONLINE PRESENTATION SHARING

SlideShare (http://www.slideshare.com/) share PowerPoint and Keynote presentations online

WEB TOOLS FOR ORGANIZING AND SHARING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT

Delicious (http://www.delicious.com/) social link sharing site; effective for collecting, organizing and sharing links to multimedia content online

Flock Browser (http://flock.com/) social web browser and tool for collecting and sharing multimedia content

FriendFeed (http://friendfeed.com/) your own clearinghouse for content feeds from your various social networks, as well as your friends and colleagues

Google Shared Stuff (http://www.google.com/s2/sharing/stuff) organize and share with friends & colleagues web "stuff" -- links to content and more

OTHER RESOURCES

Fast Video Downloader (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3590) a Firefox add-on that allows you to download YouTube & other video content

Citation Data Workshop on 3/16

Citation Data: H-Index, Impact Factors and Citation Alerts

In this workshop, learn how to:

• Search your H-index, a measure of scientific productivity and impact


• Find journal impact factors and what that number represents


• Set up citation alerts and find cited reference data using the Web of Science

Monday, Mar. 16 @ 1:30 PM

Classroom A, 1st Floor, Melville Library

Register @ http://www.stonybrook.edu/library/services/instruction/workshops.htm.

Library Research Skills Workshop on 3/12

You have a 15 page paper due and don’t know where to begin. In this workshop, learn how to:

• Get started doing research


• Narrow your topic
  
• Where to look for information (books, articles, and websites


• Use subject headings and keywords


• Evaluate sources and create a bibliography

Thursday, March 12 @ 1 PM
Classroom A, 1st Floor, Melville Library

Register @ http://www.stonybrook.edu/library/services/instruction/workshops.htm.

Melville Library Author Series: The Modern Russian Theater

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 at 12:45 p.m.

Melville Library Author Series: The Modern Russian Theater: A Literary and Cultural History featuring Nicholas Rzhevsky, Professor and Chair, Department of European Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.

Program: This comprehensive and original survey of Russian theater in the 20 th and 21 st centuries encompasses the major productions of directors that drew from Russian and world literature. It is the result of more than two decades of research and the author's professional experience working with the Russian director Yuri Liubimov. The book traces the transformation of literary works into the brilliant stagecraft that characterizes Russian theater.

Location: Javits Room (2nd floor of the Melville Library)

Sponsor: University Libraries.

Stony Brook University Special Collections and University Archives Events

Group Work on the Web Workshop on 3/10

Beyond Blackboard: Web Tools for Group Work

Group work is a fact of Stony Brook University life. Beyond Blackboard there are other collaborative Web tools and networks for enhancing group work, sharing content and managing projects. In this workshop learn:

• How to create and manage groups on the Web using wikis, blogs and more


• Tips and tools for online group work


• How to share online content and research, including using Google Docs


• Using collaborative networks for scholarship


• Where researchers and scholars share links and build communities online, including Connotea and LinkedIn

Tuesday, March 10 @ 11:30 AM

Register @ http://www.stonybrook.edu/library/services/instruction/workshops.htm.

Historical Research Workshop on 3/9

Using the Internet for Historical Research

More and more valuable historical information can now be found on the internet, especially primary source material being digitized by libraries and research institutions around the world. This workshop will highlight some of the most interesting web sites and web tools, and discuss search methods to help you find quality historical information online. Learn about:

• Domain Searches and Other Advanced Searching


• Google Books and other Online Book Collections


• History Web Sites


• Major Digital and Audio/Visual Collections


• Library Resource Pages


• Creating a Google Custom Search


• Wikipedia as a way of finding Online Resources

Monday, March 9 @ 1 PM

Register @ http://www.stonybrook.edu/library/services/instruction/workshops.htm.

Winter Storm Library Hours

Due to the ongoing winter storm, the Melville Library will be open on Monday, March 2, as follows:

• North Reading Room 9:00am - 10:00pm
• Circulation 9:00am - 5:00pm
• Interlibrary Loan 9:00am - 12:00pm, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
  

Also, the following library branches will be open:

• Chemistry 9:00am - 12:00pm
• Math/Physics 9:00am -12:00pm, 4:00pm - 7:00pm

The Central Reading Room, MASIC and the Music Library are closed. Please check later today for updates and possible evening hours; we will try to keep the North Reading Room open as late as possible.

Non-Traditional Students Workshop on 3/5

Research Skills for Non-Traditional Students

Been out of school for a while and feeling lost? Working and going to school, and pressed for the time needed to do research? Learn how to:

• Access Stony Brook University resources from off-campus


• Explore the library’s collection of electronic books and reference material


• Use Suffolk Web and WorldCat to find resources close to home

Thursday, Mar. 5 @ 7 PM

Register @ http://www.stonybrook.edu/library/services/instruction/workshops.htm.

Film Research Workshop on 3/4

You think writing a paper about a movie is easy? Professors aren't the only people who understand The Matrix! We'll show you how interesting film research really is, so your parents will never make fun of you again.

• Find where the peer-reviewed articles on film are - and aren't


• Searching for films and scenes by image and keyword


• Online film archives


• Film buffs, film blogs, film nuts and number crunching

Wednesday, Mar. 4 @ 1 PM

Register @ http://www.stonybrook.edu/library/services/instruction/workshops.htm.

EndNote Workshop @ HSC on 3/2

Managing Your Research Using Endnote: Basic Skills @ the Health Sciences Center

This workshop was created with the needs of students, faculty and staff of the Health Sciences Center in mind. The workshop will be held in Classroom 2 at the Health Sciences Library so that participants don't need to walk across campus. 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 results from a literature search into EndNote


• How to organize your EndNote Library


• How to insert your references into a MS Word document


• How to format your bibliography

Monday, March 2 @ 2:30 PM (1.5 hours)
Location: Health Sciences Library Classroom 2
20 Seat Maximum

Register @ http://www.stonybrook.edu/library/services/instruction/workshops.htm.

EndNote Workshop on 2/25

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 results from a literature search into EndNote


• How to organize your EndNote Library


• How to insert your references into a MS Word document


• How to format your bibliography

Wednesday, February 25 @ 2:30 PM (1.5 hours)

Register @ http://www.stonybrook.edu/library/services/instruction/workshops.htm.

Business Databases Workshop on 2/25

With websites like Yahoo Finance, CNN Money, etc., why do you need the library's databases? Come and find out how to:

• Access information on public companies
  
• Locate current business news and market research


• Select the appropriate database for your research

Wednesday, Feb. 25 @ 5:30 PM

Register @ http://www.stonybrook.edu/library/services/instruction/workshops.htm.