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In February 2011, the Binghamton University Libraries received a comprehensive collection from the Kurdish Foundation and Museum consisting of books, papers, traditional costumes, jewelry and other unique artifacts. This gift was generously donated by the Beaudin family in honor of ...

Our Fall 2011 hours will begin today – we will be open Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. For more information, call (607) 777-4844. Let us know how we can help you! ...

The Libraries will be closed Friday, August 19, for a staff retreat. All online resources will remain available via the Libraries’ website. Our regular hours will resume Monday, August 22. For more information about our hours, please visit Library Hours.   ...

On August 12, 1981, IBM introduced its first personal computer known as the IBM PC. The PC wasn’t the first personal computer. It was preceded by computers including the Apple II and Commodore PET.  There were also several PC makers in the business ...

Sinicæ historiæ decas prima : res à gentis origine ad Christum natum in extrema Asia, sive magno Sinarum imperio gestas complexa by Martino Martini. Monachii : L. Straubii, 1658. 362 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Call Number: DS 741.3 .M38  Rare Book Collection Sinicæ ...

The “All Of Us Or None” (AOUON) archive project was started by Free Speech Movement activist Michael Rossman in 1977 to gather and document posters of modern progressive movements in the United States. Though some early works are included, its ...

For the first time, finding aids for fifty-six World War I and II collections at the Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs (AFS Archives) are searchable online on AFS’s Web site: www.afs.org/afs-history-and-archives. The unprecedented availability of ...

Library of Congress conservators and experts discuss how to care for personal collections including traditional paper, electronic documents, and books. Speakers include Annlinn Kruger, a senior paper conservator in the Preservation Directorate at the Library of Congress, Lynn Kidder, a senior rare ...

  Battle-Fields of ’61:  a narrative of the military operations of the war for the Union up to the end of the Peninsular campaign.  Willis J. Abbott. 1889. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company.  Call Number: E470 .A13 1889 Special Collections The ...

Just a reminder: Special Collections will be closed (as will Binghamton University Libraries) on Monday, July 4, 2011. We will re-open on Tuesday, July 5, at 10:00am. We wish everyone a safe and happy Fourth of July! ...