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Ep. 39 "Working Together for the Common Good" | Library Stories
When playwright and documentarian Calvin Alexander Ramsey discovered The Green Books in the collections of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, he was inspired by the way a community of...
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Share Your Summer Reading Spots with #ireadeverywhere
This summer, we’re celebrating and showcasing all the passionate readers out there with our hashtag #ireadeverywhere. Join authors, librarians, and other readers from around the world in sharing your...
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Picture Books for Working Moms
All moms are working hard all the time, and moms who work outside their homes could sometimes use a hand explaining their jobs to their kids and handling their separation anxiety. These picture books...
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Read 20 Minutes a Day? Finish Moby-Dick before Fall
Twenty minutes a day.That's all it takes for kids and adults alike to avoid a summer reading slump... and, as it turns out, to read some really amazing books. So, with our Summer Reading Challenge in...
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Boys of Summer: 15 YA Romances You'll Totally Fall For
Boys of Summer by Jessica BrodyEvery summer I put together a list of my favorite teen romance novels—new and old—to read during those lazy summer days. It always has a theme—last year it was...
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Hollywood on the Hudson: "Made in NY" Production Assistant Training Program
The filmed entertainment industry is blooming in New York City with at least $9 billion is now spent every year on television and movie production. Officials are trying to make sure it benefits all...
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Staten Island Historical Newspapers Now Online
The New York Public Library just posted more than 9,000 pages from The Richmond County Advance online, covering the years 1886 to 1910. Find them atnypl.org/sinewspapers. This "NYPL Innovation Project"...
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One Bad Podcast: The Librarian Is In, Ep. 17
Welcome to The Librarian Is In, the New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, and what to read next.Subscribe on iTunes! Gwen can barely contain herself this week when she and Frank are...
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Introducing SimplyE: 300,000 E-Books to Browse, Borrow, and Read
The New York Public Library just released SimplyE, a new app that gives NYPL cardholders the ability to browse, borrow, and read more than 300,000 e-books from the Library’s collections in just a few...
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Free Summer Meals | 免费暑假餐点 | Comidas de verano gratis
免费暑假餐点 | Comidas de verano gratisHey, New Yorkers! School's out for the summer! You know what that means—two test-free and homework-less months for kids to hang with friends and play in the...
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E-Book Recommendations to Read in SimplyE
Now that SimplyE is here, if you have a smart phone there's no excuse not to be reading everywhere you go! If you're not sure what to pick from the 300,000 titles available, let our staff offer some...
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Black Aesthetics in the Digital Collections: Thoughts on Black Portraiture
In part two of her Black Aesthetics blog series, our Communications Intern, Kiani Ned, examines the representation of the black body in portraiture:Portraiture is defined by Merriam-Webster as “the art...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of July 24
U.S. Census Bureau - Ongoing Recruiting on Monday, July 25, 2016, 8 am - 5 pm for Field Representative (100 P/T openings) at the Department of Labor sites across the 5 boroughs. Location, dates, and...
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#FridayReads Roundup: What Else Can You Do in 20 Minutes?
Hit us up for a recommendation on Twitter @NYPLRecommends between 10-11 AM EDT on Friday mornings.Read 20 Minutes a Day? Finish Moby-Dick before FallTwenty minutes a day. That's all it takes for kids...
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Spotted: Pokémon Doppelgängers in our Digital Collections
We've had a lot of fun over the last two weeks searching around our libraries for Pokémon and playing Pokémon Go with our patrons (some of our branches are even PokéGyms!), and we've noticed something:...
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Cullman Center Recommends: 15 Books for Summer Reading
Since it opened in 1999, the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers has had seventeen classes of fellows in residence at The New York Public Library. These gifted independent...
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George Avakian and Louis Armstrong
George Avakian with Louis Armstrong during the recording of the album Satch Plays Fats, 1955.Photograph by Guy Gillette. Image ID: 5640626George Avakian's lifelong friendship with Louis Armstrong began...
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Lectura de verano: "Entra en el juego ¡Lee!"
Este blog fue escrito por Luz Valdez.Lo que más queremos en las bibliotecas es que nuestros niños estén continuamente motivados para leer, por eso tenemos el programa de lectura de verano “Entra en el...
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New York on the Front Line: The Black Tom Island Explosion, July 1916
Aerial view of the Statue of Liberty, 1912. Black Tom Island can be seen in the background on the right. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. Image ID:...
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Little Artists on 53rd Street
There must be something in the air around 53rd Street, because ever since the library became MoMA’s new neighbor it has been a hub of creativity and idea sharing.On Wednesday afternoons, children’s...
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