Student pathways to success are greatly influenced by access to required technologies. Consequently in 2022, the Libraries redoubled their commitment to technology lending and added the pilot Digital Scholarship Center (pDSC) at the Science Library. The pDSC hosts technologies used to process audio, visual and video files and accommodates small groups of scholars for presentations and collaborations. Digital scholarship is so much more than using a computer to search and find. Achieving excellence in digital scholarship requires expertise in computing, data analysis and interpretation as well as primary or secondary research.
The Binghamton University Libraries Fine Arts Collection holds a beautiful array of nearly 3,800 miniature scores. At only seven by five inches in size, the diminutive bound books have a special purpose in the field of music. According to the Music Library Association, these pocket-sized print volumes were popularized in the early 1800s by music aficionados who would use them to follow along during live performances. The small stature of miniature scores lends to easily tucking them discreetly into a musical program or playbill. David Floyd, Cataloging librarian and Subject Librarian for Music and Judaic Studies at Binghamton University Libraries, personally enjoys using miniature scores to identify nuances in orchestral performances.
When copyright first surfaced as a primary concern for academics, overhead projectors and microfilm were the latest technology and the world wide web was just a whisper. But by 1994, America Online (AOL) was the fastest growing online service provider of dial up internet and the digital library JSTOR introduced a first-of-its-kind academic journal repository. Academics began to cry foul when rising subscription costs created a divide between individuals and information access.
