Special Collections Blog

February 21, 2008

Ottoman Artifacts Remain on Display

A collection of Ottoman artifacts from the personal collection of Dr. Donald Quataert of the BU History Department is on display in Special Collections on the second floor of the Glenn G. Bartle Library. Materials include textiles, coins, stamps, copperware, and maps. The exhibit will be on display until the end of the Spring 2008 semester.

Hours are M-F, 8:30am-5pm.

For more information, call 777-4844.

Posted by jgreen at 09:23 AM

December 12, 2007

Eastern Perspectives: Faculty Publications and Library Collections in Asian and Asian American Studies at Binghamton University

The campus community is invited to view “Eastern Perspectives: Faculty Publications and Library Collections in Asian and Asian American Studies at Binghamton University.” The exhibit is in conjunction with the New York Conference on Asian Studies 2007, to be held on campus on Oct. 26 and 27 (http://aaasp.binghamton.edu/nycas/).

The Eastern Perspectives exhibit is on display in three locations in the University Libraries. In the Bartle Library’s mezzanine, the exhibit consists of the AAAS program faculty’s publications along with vernacular materials recently acquired by the Libraries in Chinese, Korean and Japanese. The Libraries’ collection on South Asia, Asian and Asian American studies is also shown here.

An exhibit case in the North Reading Room, in front of Special Collections, showcases books on Asian art. Inside of Special Collections, you will find materials including fine Japanese prints and a Thai story cloth.

The Science Library’s exhibit includes Asian Culture and the Environment, History of Asian Science and Technology and Binghamton University Researchers in Decentering Asia.

The exhibit will be on display until the end of the year.

Posted by jgreen at 02:21 PM

The Binghamton University Libraries Celebrate 75 Years of Link Flight Simulation

In 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.

Posted by jgreen at 02:12 PM