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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
As many gear up to celebrate the life and works of Dr. Seuss, we here at the Mosholu Library will remember the great children's writer and illustrator with a special Dr. Seuss Storytime on Saturday,...
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Find New York Times Bestsellers at NYPL - March 3rd, 2013
For the week of March 3, 2013 we have hardcover fiction, hardcover non-fiction, and paperback mass-market fiction books.If you have an iPhone, iPad or Android phone, download our free app! Use it with...
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Drawing People and Places: A Resource List
This Friday, teaching artist Josh Millis will begin his 10 session drawing class for adults 55+ at Jefferson Market Library. (This class is full, but check out the Creative Aging classes being held at...
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USPTO Patent Examiner Recruiters at CCNY College-Wide Career Fair
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the Federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks. In doing this, the USPTO fulfills the mandate of Article 1, Section 8,...
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Wildlife Special Libraries and Museums
Most of my experience with animals has been with domesticated animals, but I am also interested in wildlife. Below are some wildlife libraries and museums that I found. Special Libraries from the...
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Reader's Den: Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner, Week 1
Welcome to the Reader's Den for March. This month we will be discussing Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner. It is a novel set in Spain, written by a New York author. The novel follows Adam Gordon...
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Drones, Information and the Right to Know: FOI Day at NYPL, April 3, 2013
Of what concern are drones to librarians and other information professionals? I mean those drones, scions of the remote-control model airplanes of a more innocent age — now grown up and more sinister...
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"Saga" by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
Imagine a world gone mad, where everyone seems to be after you behind a backdrop of pointless, unending war. All you want to do is protect your newborn child from danger, but it looms whatever just...
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Booktalking "The Story of My Life" by Helen Keller, edited by Roger Shattuck
At 19 months of age, Keller loses her sight and hearing. A girl spends five years in darkness and silence, yet she runs with strength and is healthy and vigorous. Frenetically, she reaches into...
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NYPLarcade Spec Ops: The Line
Developed by Yager and distributed by 2K Games, Spec Ops: The Line (2012) has been one of the most-discussed video games of the past year.EDGE Magazine calls it "one of the most subversive shooters yet...
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New Business Best Sellers: March 2013
Here is a selection of books new to the New York Times list of Business Best Sellers published in the print edition Sunday, March 3rd. Plus, a quick look at the Nielsen BookScan listing in the March...
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Brother, Can You Spare a Stack: Libraries are in the Spotlight at the Center...
The exhibit 'Brother, Can You Spare a Stack,' on view at the Center for Book Arts through March 30th, is a thoughtful consideration of the contemporary state of libraries by 13 socially engaged...
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It's Henna Time at Mulberry Street!
The teens at the Mulberry Street Library had a special treat at their weekly Crafternoon, a workshop with Mehndi artist Mengala Bühler-Rose of MehndiNYC!First, we learned about the history of henna and...
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Alex Awards 2013 = Adult Books for Teen Readers
Browsing the shelves for a good book to read can be intimidating. There’s thousands of new books published every year and how do you know if a book is good anyway? It’s cover? Haha! Every year the...
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Booktalking "The Person Who Changed My Life: Prominent Americans Recall Their...
This book reads like a brief biography of prominent people, and it includes their essays about the people who influenced their lives. It focuses on the importance of mentoring in young people's lives....
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Free Job Training in Woodworking
Are you an unemployed or underemployed New Yorker who has some experience or skill working with your hands? Do you have a desire for a career in a wood-related trade? If so, attend an orientation to...
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The Call of Cthulhu Turns 85: H.P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos
The short stories of H.P. Lovecraft have always been personal favorites of mine. Ever since I read "The Call of Cthulhu" for the first time as a teenager, I have been hooked on Lovecraft's particular...
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Africans in India: From Slaves to Generals and Rulers
Generals, commanders, admirals, prime ministers, and rulers, East Africans greatly distinguished themselves in India. They wrote a story unparalleled in the rest of the world — that of enslaved...
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Reader's Den: Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner, Week 2
The author of Leaving the Atocha Station, Ben Lerner, is originally from Kansas and has a BA in political science and an MFA in creative writing from Brown University. He was a 2003-2004 Fulbright...
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A Utopian/Dystopian Adventure: Creating a Book Discussion for Metropolitan...
While I've been actively working on the Veterans Oral History project, my behind-the-scenes project has been creating a book discussion syllabus for a book group at Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC)...
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