This collection contains the records of the Binghamton University Libraries.

The collection documents the varied work of the University Library, including events, programming planning and assessment, public relations campaigns, budgets and financial planning, circulation, collection development, disaster planning, exhibits, online discovery, inter-library loans, data management, special collections, teaching and reference, building maintanance, and orientation. The library building, Bartle Library, is particularly well documented with photos, floor plans, and renovation records. There is some materials related to the management of faculty and staff personell, especially through faculty committees and photographs of events. The changing technology of the library, especially with the introduction of a computerized catalog, is also documented.

As a department that works with the academic offices and faculty across campus, the Library records also document partnerships with other departments. Of particular note are reports of new and proposed programs, especially new graduate degrees, which the library collected in order to respond to changing resource needs in the University. In addition to these proposals, there is also a large amount of correspondence with various academic departments about aquisitions, especially during the reduction in the number of serial subscriptions during the SUNY budget crisis in the early 1990s.

The collection also documents the Library's relationships with other libraries and professional organizations, especially the SUNY consortium, Five Associated University Libraries (FAUL), the Research libraries Group (RLG), American Library Association (ALA) Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Division, New York State Education Department, Broome County Public Library, and the South Central Regional Library Council (SCRLC).