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Medical Assistant Course for English Language Learners
The Medical Assistant Course for English Language Learners offered by LaGuardia Community College, the New York Alliance for Careers in Healthcare (NYACH), and the NYC Department of Small Business...
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Podcast #122: Laurie Anderson on Melville, Opera, and Mystery
Subscribe on iTunes.Laurie Anderson is one of the great pioneers of American art, combining and redefining various media, including film, music, spoken word, and performance art. She has collaborated...
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New York Times Read Alikes: August 1, 2016
Everything old is new again this week, as a 2003 Nicholas Sparks book regains a spot in the top five.#1 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Black Widow by Daniel Silva, more juicy spy...
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Latin: The Divine Chore
"Do one thing or the other—amuse yourself or learn Latin; but don't try to do both."—Gertrude, Paul’s mother, Sons and LoversAfter a fast life as an editor in the New York publishing world, Ann Patty...
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2016 City of New York Tech Job Fair
The 2016 City of New York Tech Job Fair will be held on Monday, August 1, 2016, 10 AM - 6:30 PM at the Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Sq. South, New York, NY 10010.The City of New York is looking for...
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Celebrating New U.S. Citizens at NYPL
On July 1, 2016, 225 individuals from 55 countries became United States citizens at the New York Public Library! We were one of one hundred naturalization ceremonies going on around the country as part...
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Elizabeth De Hart Bleecker Diary, Summer 1803
“Mama, Mary and Anthony went to Morris Town — Mama has not been very well for some time past, and she has gone to try if change of air will be of service to her”—Elizabeth De Hart Bleecker, July 27,...
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Ep. 40 "I Am Her Most Important Teacher" | Library Stories
When Alina Baez became a mother, she signed up for the Family Literacy Workshop at the Bronx Library Center and started discovering tips for building a strong platform for language and learning. She...
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图书馆员推荐书单：非小说类书籍 | Recommended Chinese Nonfiction
炎热的八月天，如果您想读点有意思的书，这几本书可以增进阁下的知识：Browder, Bill. 红色通缉令：一个俄罗斯外资大亨如何反击普丁的国家级黑帮。台北：大写出版社，2015。布劳德在拿到了史坦福大学的商业管理学位后，立志往东欧发展。因缘际会，正好遇上了苏联解体，出售国有企业。作者说服了西方头资大亨，招募股本，在1996年创办了“Hermitage Capital”...
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Free Citizenship Resources
Being an American citizen, following the naturalization process to become a US Citizen, provides several benefits as well as rights and responsibilities. An American citizen in the United States...
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Literary Bad Boys
In preparation for Emily Bronte’s birthday, we’re thinking of Wuthering Heights’ quintessential romantic anti-hero: Heathcliff.Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff. Image ID 156736In his honor, we asked our...
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Black Aesthetics: Revisiting 'From Dapper to Dope' and Considering Black...
Schomburg Center's Communications Intern, Kiani Ned, concludes her series on the Black Aesthetic in this final blog post in the series that examines the significance of black self-expression through...
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Are You Getting the Whole Story? Beware the Filter Bubble.
Gisela Giardino on FlickrIn the 1990s, libraries put significant effort into building web guides—curated and vetted lists of Web resources. 10 years later, web guides went out of fashion and patrons...
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BuildingWorks: Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program at CPC
Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC),Inc.'s mission is to serve the Chinese-American, immigrant and low-income communities in New York City by providing services, skills and resources leading to...
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NYPL #FridayReads: The Inaugural Edition July 29, 2016
During the week, it can be tough to stay on top of everything. On Fridays, though, we suggest kicking back to catch up on all the delightful literary reading the internet has to offer. Don’t have the...
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July 2016 International Fiction Bestsellers
What are people reading around the world? In May when we took a look at the bestseller lists in Germany, Italy, Brazil, Argentina, and Russia, we discovered a lot of love for Jojo Moyes, as well as for...
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Election 2016: Register, Research, and Vote
The Republican and Democratic National Conventions are over, and the presidential nominations from the two major U.S. political parties are official: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. With the general...
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Books in Chelsea Clinton’s DNC Speech
Chelsea Clinton, daughter of newly official Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton, took the stage at the Democratic National Convention last night.Her speech was relatively quick, but...
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Hannah Lawrence Schieffelin and Women's Experiences in Revolutionary America
Hannah Lawrence Schieffelin was, in many ways, an exceptional woman. A prodigious poet, she used her talents to provoke the British by depositing, anonymously, her mocking, anti-British poem in front...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of July 31
U.S. Census Bureau - Ongoing Recruitment on Monday August 1, 2016, 8 am - 5 pm for Field Representative (100 P/T Temp openings). Please contact the Recruitment Department of the U.S. Census Bureau...
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