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#LiteraryMarchMadness 2016
Starting March 17, we'll be holding our Third Annual Literary March Madness! This is a bracket-style tournament like the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament, but with a literary twist: our...
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Wonderful New Picture Books
We have been seeing some wonderful new picture books on our shelves recently. Here are a few of our favorites:Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book) by Julie FalatkoA pushy narrator is...
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All the Feels: The Librarian Is In Podcast, Ep. 7
Welcome to The Librarian is In, the New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, and what to read next.Subscribe on iTunesEarnestness sets in when Singing Children's Librarian Emily Lazio...
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Meet Ner Beck: Found Faces Photographer
Our patrons AREN’T being paranoid—there really ARE faces on the walls looking at them! Ner Beck’s “Found Faces” are now on view in the Young Adult room of Mulberry Street Library. The Young Adult room...
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Preparing for the 2016 MTA Conductor Exam
Four People on Platform - Train Conductor in Cap. Image ID: 5038748The MTA Conductor exam is coming in the next couple of months and everyone is looking for the test book to study. The Library does...
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Spring Into Spring: Fresh, Clean, and Green Reading
Spring is right around the corner and the weather has been unseasonably warm. The clocks have sprung an hour forward due to daylight saving time. If you love the warm weather and don’t yet feel ready...
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The New York Public Library Appoints Tony Ageh Chief Digital Officer
Tony Ageh. Photo by Ania BoardmanThe New York Public Library has named Tony Ageh Chief Digital Officer, responsible for the institution’s ongoing digital transformation and its visionary work in...
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#FridayReads Roundup: Hello and What's New
Looking for a great book? Join us on Twitter this morning @NYPLRecommends from 10-11 AM. The Librarian is IN: taking requests and giving recommendations. Hello Out There…What would Harry Potter look...
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Book Notes From The Underground: An Open Letter To Philip Roth
First of all—happy birthday! So now you have turned, what is it now… 83? Eighty-three years old and nearly four years into your “retirement.” How is that going, by the way? The “not writing?” How do...
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International Labour Organization: Women At Work
On International Women's Day, March 8, 2016, the International Labour Organization, a United Nations agency based in Geneva, published the "Women At Work" report as a part of their Women At Work...
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Feminist YA Fiction
Young Adult literature is filled with smart, strong, brave, butt-kicking female characters. So when I say "feminist" I don’t just mean fiction with strong, female characters—that’s a given. What I mean...
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Women's History Month: Celebrating Black Women in Jazz at the Schomburg
The Women’s Jazz Festival at the Schomburg Center, our annual Women’s History Month celebration, allows the opportunity for black women jazz artists—past and present—to be acknowledged, recognized,...
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Recent Acquisitions in the Jewish Division: March 2016
Alles Hat Seine Zeit: Rituale Gegen Das Vergessen = A Time For Everything: Rituals Against Forgetting by Felicitas Heimann-JelinekAutobiography Of A Delicatessen: Katz's by Baldomero FernandezBetween...
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New York Times Read Alikes: March 27, 2016
The top five this week includes something for everyone: urban fantasy, gritty suspense fiction, a new police procedural, a little bit of romance, and some history. Happy reading! #1 Recommendations for...
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Podcast #104: Dana Spiotta on Good People, Heroes, and Writing
Subscribe on iTunes.Dana Spiotta is the acclaimed author of novels including Eat the Document, Stone Arabia, Lightning Field, and most recently, Innocents and Others. She has earned a Guggeinheim...
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Ep. 22 "Anywhere in the World in a Book" | Library Stories
When Angelo Pecunia’s granddaughter Bianca was just one year old, he brought her to the Great Kills Library and let her pick out as many books as she wanted. Over the years, the two have found a home...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of March 20
SAGEWorks Boot Camp on Monday, March 21, 2016, 9:30 am - 2 pm. This 2 week training takes place from Monday - Friday, 3/21/16 - 4/1/16, 9:30 am - 2:00pm, at the SAGE Center, 305 7th Avenue, New York,...
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Department of Labor: Big Ideas to Help Women Succeed
In honor of Women's History Month, U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez presents a blog post, Big Ideas to Help Women Succeed.In this post, he states that in this Women's History Month, the Labor...
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Falstaff On the Road: Or, Why Dickens Was Right About America
James H. Hackett as Falstaff. Image ID: TH-26477Shakespeare’s Star Turn in America focuses on production of Shakespeare’s works in North American theaters and why certain plays were popular at specific...
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The Music Division's Clipping File: The Scandals
Last week I introduced Melissa, a volunteer with the Music Division, who began a series of three blog posts on the newly available inventory of the Music Division's Clipping file. Here is part two of...
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