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The Family and Medical Leave Act: 20 Years and Counting
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), celebrated its 20th anniversary earlier this year. Since 1993, workers have used FMLA leave to care for children and other family members more than 100 million...
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Secrets Revealed: Media from the Mikhail Baryshnikov Archive
I'm Tara D. Kelley, the Audiovisual Specialist for the Mikhail Baryshnikov Archive, and I've been keeping secrets from you.Over the past few months, I've been surreptitiously selecting media for...
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The Fort Washington Branch: A Stop on the Uptown Art Stroll, Part 2
The Fort Washington Library will be participating in the Uptown Arts Stroll as a venue for work by local artists. One of the artists displaying her work is Joan Wesley Usher. She is a...
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Where Are All The Cicadas?
I have been anticipating for a long time the arrival of the cicadas that were laid as eggs in the year 1996. I can still remember the wall of white noise that their parents produced 17 years ago. Most...
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Booktalking "Every Day" by David Levithan
Tired of living with the same people every day? What about being a drifter who gets to experience life in different people's bodies every single day? You can never be in the same person's body for more...
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Make Your Move
There is a good chance that you are starting your summer off in a new home. May, which has been referred to as National Moving Month, kicked off the relocation season. Anyone who has ever moved knows...
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LGBTQ Books for All Ages
To commemorate the the Stonewall riots, which occurred at the end of June 1969, this month has been proclaimed as LGBT Pride Month. To celebrate, I compiled some lists of LGBTQ-themed books. Happy...
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Srimathi Gina: A Life Devoted to Indian Classical Dance
One needs to only glance at the papers of Gina Blau (also known as the performer Srimathi Gina) to see that her study of Indian classical dance was truly her life's passion. From the highly detailed...
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"Across A Crowded Room": Announcing the Musical Theater Summer Songwriting...
Musical theater is an exceptionally collaborative art form, and finding the right collaborator can be as complicated as dating. Although New York City is filled with hopeful musical theater writers and...
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Fortifying Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education in New...
As President Obama is leading our nation in an education reform to Race to the Top and Educate to Innovate, Mayor Bloomberg of the Big Apple is following suit in raising the education standards of K-12...
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Institute for Teachers Aug 5-23, 2013: Primary Sources and the Common Core
Love history? Original archival documents? Looking for new ways to incorporate primary source materials into your lesson plans? NYPL is searching for you! We are looking for innovative master teachers...
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Baryshnikov, Translated
With opening titles in French, closing credits in Russian, and post-production commentary in Japanese, cataloging Mikhail Baryshnikov's audiovisual collection presents an exciting linguistic challenge....
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Stephen Porter (1925-2013)
A death notice for the theater director Stephen Porter appears in today's New York Times. Porter, who died on June 11 at the age of 87, won two Drama Desk Awards (for They Knew What They Wanted and Man...
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Celebrating America: A Book List for Kids
In college, I studied American History and Politics, but my interest in these subjects was sparked long before that, when as a child, I was exposed to several books, movies and TV shows that celebrated...
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Why Your Family Name Was Not Changed at Ellis Island (and One That Was)
Between 1892 and 1954, over twelve million people entered the United States through the immigration inspection station at Ellis Island, a small island located in the upper bay off the New Jersey coast....
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Pre-Job Expo Cohort Seminar II: Social Media For Job Seekers
Social media and online networking sites are becoming very important tools for job seekers and employers. Bronx Library Center Career, Education and Information Services is proud to announce Cohort...
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Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Decisions: A Book List
Last week, the United States Supreme Court ruled Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) to be unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.In 1996 DOMA was signed into...
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A STEM Career in Two Years: Health Information Technology
The two-year associate of applied science (AAS) degree from the Health Information Technology Program at the Borough of Manhattan Community College prepares students to enter a field backed by the...
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Summer 2013 Wall Street Reading Recommendations from the New York Times
Looking for beach reading? New York Times Dealbook columnist (and author) Andrew Ross Sorkin provides his recommendations—"Essential Wall Street Summer Book List"—on the first page of the Business Day...
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Why They Visit
Yesterday, more than 7,500 people waited outside my office here in the main building of the Library. Today looks just as busy. They are not waiting for the latest blockbuster movie or even, as is often...
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