The Library Exhibits Committee encourages requests and suggestions for exhibits. Decisions for accepting an exhibit proposal are based on whether it meets the Exhibit Guidelines as well as on space, staffing, and funding considerations.
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Trade Tokens of the Triple Cities, A Look into the Past An exhibit exploring the history and use of trade tokens from the Mark Kulikowksi Collection. Issued by merchants throughout this area, the tokens were utilized to advertise and entice customers to patronize their businesses. They offered a monetary value toward merchandise or a product and were the precursor of the modern day coupon. The tokens were particularly popular from 1870-1920, when local businesses were being established at a steady pace, but began to decline after World War II. Included in the display is a representative selection of historical materials from the Local History Collection utilized to identify and research the history of these trade tokens. The exhibit is located in Special Collections on the second floor of the Bartle Library in and will be on display through the Spring semester. |
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Ten Things You Should Know About the Libraries Visit the Science Library to discover ten services offered by the Libraries that can help students with their course work. |
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The Binghamton University Libraries Celebrate 75 Years of Link Flight SimulationIn 1929, Edwin A. Link, Jr. invented the Link trainer or Blue Box and forever changed the way in which pilots learned to fly. A permanent exhibit honoring Edwin A. Link, Jr., the father of flight simulation, is on display in the lobby of Bartle Library. The current display outlines the history of Ed Link and his contributions to flight simulation. Exhibit items will be changed periodically in order to highlight the various aspects of the Link Collections. The Link Collections are housed in the Special Collections department and consist of the Edwin A. Link, Jr. papers; his wife's materials, the Marion Clayton Link papers; his sister's papers, the Marilyn C. Link collections; records from the Link Foundations and from Hughes Training, Inc. (formerly the Link Aviation Company) as well as over 100 books donated by the Links, most of which are rare aviation books from Edwin Link's personal library. |
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