#ReadersUnite! The Librarian Is In Podcast, Ep. 28
Welcome to The Librarian Is In, The New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, and what to read next.Subscribe on iTunes | Get it on Google Play Happy new year! Christopher Platt joins...
View ArticleBooks for Circus Fans
Many were no doubt saddened by the closing of the Big Apple Circus, a nonprofit that set up their tent near Lincoln Center and "provided community programs and free tickets for families who could not...
View Article#ReadersUnite to Share the Books They're Reading
This week, readers and writers are celebrating reading by posting the books they're reading to social media, joined together with the hashtag #ReadersUnite.If you haven't joined in yet, it's simple:...
View ArticleNYPL #FridayReads: The Seconded and Thirded Edition January 6, 2017
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...
View ArticleFree Community Health Worker Training Program
Make the Road New York is now recruiting for their free Community Health Worker Training Program.This training program is for bilingual immigrants with strong English skills who also speak another...
View ArticleCelebrating SIBL: A Bibliography of Works About the "Miracle on Madison Avenue"
The cover of "Current Practices In Public Libraries" (2006) featured SIBLSince The New York Public Library opened the Science, Industry and Business Library on May 2, 1996—at the time considered a...
View ArticleDiscovering Charles Minard: Information Design, Numerical Magnitudes, and a...
The collections of the Map Division of The New York Public Library contain a rare gem of information graphics and cartographic design: a copy of Charles Minard's self-published folio of 1861, Des...
View ArticleNYPL Events: What's Happening 1/9-1/23
The 5th Annual Black Comic Book Festival at The Schomburg Center.Welcome to our biweekly update on events happening during the next two weeks at The New York Public Library. With 92 locations across...
View ArticleJob and Employment Links for the Week of January 8
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is currently accepting applications for the Unpaid Externship - Office of the Chief Information Officer, Patent and Trademark Office. This is a...
View ArticleLive from the Reading Room: Nelson Mandela to Niki Iris Xaba
Live from the Reading Room: Correspondence is a podcast series that aims to share interesting and engaging letters written by or to key historical figures from the African Diaspora. Each episode...
View ArticlePodcast #146: Our Compelling Interests: A Panel on Diversity and Democracy
Subscribe on iTunes.We frequently hear about diversity, but why is diversity important? Recently, with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, we hosted Our Compelling Interests: A Panel on Diversity and...
View ArticleAn Interview with Children's Author Aram Kim
Author/illustrator Aram Kim Since the 53rd Street Library opened last year, a smiling patron has been coming to the branch to pick up her reserved books. The first time I met her, I could feel...
View ArticleBooktalking "Ten Days a Madwoman" by Deborah Noyes
Think women are only capable of writing about fashion and other "feminine" pursuits? Think again. In the late 19th century, Elizabeth Jane "Pink" Cochran set out to turn the journalistic world of the...
View ArticleEp. 59 "The Library Is a Place Kids Feel Safe" | Library Stories
*/A library can be a safe place to work after school, but it's also important to get there safely. As a crossing guard outside Castle Hill Library, Casilda sees her role as an extension of its...
View ArticleExercise Like Your Favorite Author
Some fun cardio from our Digital Collections. It's a new year, and just like every January, millions of people across the world are pledging to get in shape. For some bookworms, it can be a hard...
View ArticleNYPL’s New Digital Archives Lab
The new lab spaceIn August, the Digital Archives Program, took an exciting and long-awaited step by moving into our own space. Prior to this, Digital Archives staff shared a room with the Special...
View ArticleSchomburg Treasures: WPA Photographs
Federal Theatre Project still from Androcles & the LionPart of FDR's New Deal, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was created in 1935 to provide paying jobs for the unemployed at every skill...
View ArticleCalling All Writers! Get Published in NYPL!Zine
Are you writer, poet, or artist? Would you like to see your works published? The New York Public Library has an opportunity for you!NYPL!Zine is a new publication looking to showcase the works of the...
View ArticleNYPL #FridayReads: The Dickinson Workout Edition January 13, 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...
View ArticleJob and Employment Links for the Week of January 15
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is currently accepting applications for the Unpaid Externship - Office of the Chief Information Officer, Patent and Trademark Office. This is a...
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