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Binghamton University Libraries implemented an IM reference service using the Trillian client to monitor multiple IM accounts at two distinct reference service points. This paper addresses the process and practical considerations of implementing the service including selection of the appropriate software, creation of IM accounts for each service, development of a staffing schedule, and training of reference staff. Also included is an outline of future plans for improving IM services for students and academic library users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents news briefs related to cataloging from various universities and libraries of the U.S. The Binghamton University in New York had migrated from Aleph500 (Ex Libris) system on January 2, 2002. The authority records of the Library of Congress are available on-line at the Library web site at http://authorities.loc.gov. The OnLine Audiovisual Catalogers (OLAC) Conference was held in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 27-29, 2002.

Focuses on teaching the undergraduate seminar for history majors at the State University of New York in Binghamton which rewarded students' efforts with publication of their term projects on the course Web site. Use of Web-based technology in the seminar; Features of the model employed for the 1997 seminar; Project guides.

Urban planners, community activists, and public archeologists, among others, recognize the importance of engaging residents and their knowledge in developing policies and programs. However, sustainability is typically treated as a top-down challenge. In this article, we demonstrate that sustainability policies might break down or backfire when officials fail to directly involve residents, particularly disenfranchised residents. This conclusion emerges from qualitative research through a neighborhood organizing project in Binghamton, New York. We use a citywide pay-as-you-throw trash policy and a public park design process to illustrate that sustainability was not achieved by widely touted best practices implemented on a municipalitywide basis. The lack of broad inclusivity and participation by disenfranchised residents at the neighborhood level meant that officials missed important knowledge and perspectives, which undercut the effectiveness of sustainability efforts. Sustainability citizenship requires that residents have the space and means to organize and participate—something that local governments should create. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Urbanization negatively impacts the diversity of aquatic insect assemblages in headwater streams and can lead to the homogenization of insect communities at the regional level. However, less is known about the impact of urbanization on insects in headwater streams within smaller cities that have significant upstream portions outside of urban land use. We collected insects monthly from April to September in 2014 and 2015 from five streams that flowed from rural upstream through urban downstream land use, plus two rural reference streams, in Greater Binghamton, New York, in the northeast USA. While urbanization was associated with lower insect taxonomic richness ( α ¯ ) and elevated stream water conductivity, the regional diversity (γ) was similar among urban and rural land use. This corresponded to higher dissimilarity among urban sites (β) than among rural sites. To our knowledge, this is the first report of higher urban stream insect community β-diversity. Our results suggest that urbanization in this medium-sized city negatively impacts stream insect richness, but the change of community assemblages is not homogenous across the urban landscape. Connectivity between upstream rural sites and downstream urban sites may provide some relief from the impacts of urbanization in smaller cities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the scholarship programs of Broome Community College for the students in Binghamton, New York. Application for the international visitor fellowship; Submission of papers for international alumni; Leadership of the Student Branch Executive Committee.

Revitalization of the City of Binghamton has been seen as a key element for economic recovery of the central New York region. Recently, civic leaders have favored neoliberal strategies. Supporters justify these strategies based on notions of community well being. They also assume that government sponsored creative destruction will counter-act the inherent tendency within capitalism to seek spatial fixes. Archaeological research on the history of landscape transformations in Binghamton demonstrates the depth of capitalist spatial fixes that have contributed to Binghamton's current economic crisis. The resulting exploitation of labor and the working class was often obscured by ideologies associated with individual achievement or social reform. Thus, the history of capitalist social relations as it was written in the city scape of Binghamton echoes contemporary conditions and has the potential to inform critiques of these conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article features biologist David Sloan Wilson and provides information on his Design Your Own Park Competition, which encourages community members of Binghamton, New York to improve outdoor spaces of the city. It states that what motivates Wilson is to improve the quality of life in Binghamton and to examine the city as an evolutionary landscape. It mentions that Wilson has been a prominent person in the field of evolutionary biology since the 1970s.

The article features "Portrait," a monthly journal published by the Ansco Company in Binghamton, New York from 1909 to 1921. According to the author, the magazine is devoted to art in portraiture and profit in photography. He added that although the primary purpose of the magazine is to promote the use of Ansco products, particularly its Cyko paper, it also published article containing news and advice. Furthermore, the magazine published advice regularly on the use of photographic materials, compositional strategies and technical topics.

This essay seeks to explain the history that led to the establishment of First-Year Writing at Binghamton University, a program which offers a set of electives that complement discipline-specific and writing-across-the-curriculum courses while providing first-year students a common experience in and comprehensive introduction to college writing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]